Most Popular Books by Joshua Piven

Nunca podemos saber con total certeza con qué giros nos va a sorprender la vida, qué nos espera a la vuelta de la esquina, qué está pasando donde no logramos ver o qué se esconde debajo de la superficie que conocemos. Nunca sabemos cuándo será necesario que realicemos un acto de valentía extrema y debamos escoger entre la vida y la muerte con nuestras propias acciones. En este bestseller internacional, los autores nos ofrecen consejos e instrucciones para salir airoso de situaciones imprevistas en las que podrías jugarte la vida. Dentro de los peligros que aborda, se encuentran situaciones clásicas como arenas movedizas, ataques de tiburón o realización de una traqueotomía urgente; pero también se incluyen amenazas del siglo XXI: cómo eludir un dron, cómo reconocer noticias falsas o cómo escapar de un cenote, entre otras.

世界如此瘋狂，局勢瞬息萬變， 生與死的關鍵，就在於知道與不知道。 面對各種突發狀況， 這本書能讓你做好準備、沉著應對！ 暢銷20週年助人無數， 《紐約客》、《時人》、《紐約時報》一致好評， 與時俱進全新增修版，在台救命上市！ 橋斷了車落水，如何逃離？ 地震、暴雨河川潰堤，怎麼求生？ 被催淚瓦斯攻擊，如何自保？ 手機起火、掉入馬桶，怎麼救？ 如何正確使用心臟除顫器（AED）？ 危機四處潛伏，你永遠無法知道下一刻會發生什麼！ 求生的首要關鍵就是──不要驚慌失措！ 專家解析╳簡單易懂的步驟說明 危難時刻知道該怎麼辦，就能保持冷靜、取得生機！ 本書針對各種現代生活突發狀況， 提供來自各領域專家的最新求生技巧， 這些簡單知識能讓你在面對生死關頭之時保持沉著、即時採取正確行動， 拯救你的性命、手腳和所愛的人！ • 機上遇到孩童哭鬧，怎麼避免精神耗弱？ • 被挾持時，如何自保？ • 沒有GPS，怎麼確定方位？ ‧ 如何識別炸彈？ ‧ 要挨揍了，若逃不了該如何迎擊減少身體損傷？ • 遭遇駭客攻擊、資料外洩，怎麼辦？ ‧ 如何對抗網路霸凌？ • 如何在病毒暴發或超級流感中求生？ • 熱衰竭、凍傷、骨折、刺傷……，怎麼緊急處理？ 精選多個生活中常見緊急時刻， 涵蓋人為與自然危害、科技災害、防禦、急救與戶外生存等項目， 掌握面臨危難情況可用上的各種技巧，助人自救，化險為夷！ 【好評推薦】 步驟說明簡單易懂，幫助你和其他人擺脫各種可怕的困境。 ──《紐約客》（The New Yorker） 這本書的出版對人們的生活產生了影響。居住在加州的凱文‧摩根（Kevin S. Morgan）就在亞馬遜網站上發文表示：「〈如何破門而入〉這一篇，成功幫助他與女友在危難時逃離自己的房屋。」──《時人》雜誌（People）

¡Es el apocalipsis! ¿Y ahora qué? Prepárate para el final de la civilización con la ayuda de dos expertos en supervivencia y preparacionismo y aprende cómo levantarte de nuevo, sacudirte el polvo y empezar otra vez. El reloj del fin del mundo está a segundos de llegar a la medianoche, y las probabilidades de extinción son más cercanas con cada tictac. ¡Pero no temas! Aquí tienes una guía indispensable que te prepara para sobrevivir en el último de los escenarios más terribles, con humor y simpatía. No puedes entrar en pánico si te estás riendo. Encontrarás instrucciones paso a paso para hacer una maleta en treinta minutos, sentirte como en casa en tu bunker, sobrevivir a una invasión alien o a un ataque de robots, sobrevivir en la próxima pandemia, defenderte de un clan hostil, comer insectos y roedores... ¡y reconstruir una sociedad utópica!

From the bestselling author of The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook comes the ultimate guide to making impossible choices. Which would be worse to notice on your dentist''s hand: flesh-eating bacteria or leprosy? Which would you rather discover in your backyard: a West Nile mosquito or a West African dictator? Which would be worse to find in your slipper: a Black Widow spider or a giant centipede? Some decisions are easy. Skinny or full-cream milk? Eat-in or takeaway? No sweat. Don Corleone or Darth Vader as your father? Not so easy. Welcome to the horns of dilemma - the pinnacle of ''lose-lose'' decision making. The Bad vs. Worse Handbook provides you with a series of impossible choices and the facts, figures, stats and tips you eed to make a decision when the options are either Bad or Worse.

Be prepared for love''s sudden turns with the help of The Worst-Case Scenario Sex Kit! Based on the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Dating and Sex, this kit comes with instructions for tackling every bedroom catastrophe-from removing a shirt caught in a zipper to dealing with body odor-all printed on 15 portable, two-sided cards for quick and easy reference when you need it the most. The kit also includes one sheet of glow-in-the-dark stickers guaranteed to liven up even the most boring bedroom encounter, and an in case of an emergency vial of massage oil cleverly hidden in a reusable secret-compartment keychain.Published under license from Chronicle Books, LLC. Worst-Case Scenario(R) and The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook(TM) are trademarks of Quirk Productions, Inc. The kits are based on the books The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook(TM), (c) 1999 by Quirk Productions, Inc., and The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook(TM): Dating & Sex, (c) 2001 by Quirk Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California, USA.

The 20th anniversary edition of the international bestseller With expert, illustrated step-by-step instructions for life''s sudden turns for the worst: Danger! It lurks at every corner. Quicksand. Sharks. Cyberbullies. Super-Flu. From wrestling an alligator to evading drones to landing a plane if the pilot passes out, The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help. Needed now more than ever, this revised and expanded edition delivers frightening and funny real advice readers need to know fast. With crucial information added from across the Worst-Case series and 20 all-new scenarios for twenty-first century threats (extreme weather, "fake news," dropping a cell phone in the toilet). Fans of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series will need to have the updated 20th anniversary edition to always be adequately prepared for dire situations in this crazy world. Action-packed hardcover handbook brings emergency instruction for anxious times. Expert – and humorous – advice for extreme situations including great escapes and entrances (how to escape from a sinking car), tooth and claw (how to escape from killer bees), technical trouble (how to survive an out-of-control autonomous car), and adventure survival (how to survive an avalanche). Makes a great gift and reference guide for those who like to be prepared for whatever might happen

Provides practical information for would-be space tourists, describing different types of flights and covering flight training, the launch, emergencies, and such aspects as sleeping in weightless environments and using the vacuum toilet --

Joshua Piven explores and explains incredible stories of good and bad luck, revealing how we think of luck, and what factors affect it.

Following the success of The Complete Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook (more than 150,000 copies sold!), this ruggedly handsome hardcover collection brings together new and classic advice from Worst-Case experts to help readers master the manly artsfrom wrestling an alligator to calming a crying child to extinguishing backyardbarbeque fireswith all the contents fully searchable on an accompanying CD.

A mille lieues des kits de survie pour baroudeurs, ce guide pratique réunit une mine d''explications illustrées et de conseils d''experts réellement utiles, qui vous permettront d''affronter le danger ou d''échapper au pire, avant qu''il ne soit trop tard ! Encaisser un coup de poing. Démarrer une voiture sans clé de contact. Faire fuir un requin. Mettre au monde un bébé dans un taxi. Soigner une blessure par balle. Echapper à un taureau qui charge. Survivre à la morsure d''un serpent venimeux. La plupart de ces situations ne vous tomberont probablement jamais dessus. Probablement. Mais le jour où cela se produira, mieux vaudra avoir lu ce livre ! C''est sans doute ce qui lui a valu un énorme succès de librairie aux Etats-Unis, où sa parution a suscité un véritable phénomène de société. Avec l''aide du journaliste Joshua Piven, David Borgenicht, auteur du Petit Livre des questions stupides, a consulté toutes sortes d''experts pour écrire ce livre : cascadeurs, médecins, toreros, moniteurs de plongée...