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Extreme Encounters

How it Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...

By: Greg Emmanuel

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Paperback | 13 September 2002

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After reading The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook (more than 3 million copies sold worldwide), did you ever wonder what it feels like to be attacked by a great white shark? Or how it feels to be launched into space? Or what it's like to contract Mad Cow Disease? Extreme Encounters describes these scenarios and 37 more calamitous encounters with endlessly addictive "you-are-there" second-person narratives - so you chill to the numbing effects of frostbite, you hear the 110-decibel roar of a grizzly bear, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. This is no survival guide - it's a moment-by-moment, blow-by-blow account of what is happening to you physically, emotionally, and scientifically. Armchair adventurers can learn what it feels like to go right to the edge - and to be able to return. It's The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook meets Into Thin Air.

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Introduction	p. 6
When Animals Attack
Fire Ant Picnic	p. 11
Snake in the Grass	p. 15
Shark! Who Goes There?	p. 19
Maul of the Wild	p. 22
Swim with the Fishes	p. 25
Jellyfish Jamboree	p. 29
Pamplonaaah!	p. 32
The Great Outdoors
Hot and Bothered	p. 37
Ice, Ice Baby	p. 41
Say It Ain't Snow	p. 45
Drown and Out	p. 50
Blowin' in the Wind	p. 54
Sinking in Quicksand	p. 58
Bomb Voyage!	p. 62
Somebody Get a Doctor!
Kiss of the Defibrillator	p. 67
Three Days of Detox	p. 71
Meat Your Maker	p. 75
Amputation, Civil War Style	p. 79
Pass the Kidney Stones, Please	p. 82
Ebolapalooza	p. 86
Crime and Punishment
Caught in the Crossfire	p. 91
Ol' Sparky	p. 94
Good to the Last Drop	p. 99
The Third Degree	p. 102
Six Feet Under	p. 107
Nineteen Days in the Hole	p. 111
Dancing at the End of Your Rope	p. 116
Everyday Mishaps
Express Elevator	p. 121
Not-so-lucky Strike	p. 125
Buzz Kill	p. 129
Acid Test	p. 133
Blow-Dryer in the Bathtub	p. 137
It's Just Gas	p. 140
Going to Extremes
Bent Out of Shape	p. 145
Banel o' Laughs	p. 149
Major League Pain	p. 153
Nine Rounds of Heavyweight Boxing	p. 157
Shake, Rattle, and Roll Over	p. 162
The 12,000-Foot-High Jump	p. 166
Don't Forget Your Launch!	p. 170
Bibliography	p. 174
Acknowledgments	p. 176
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Extreme Encounters

How it Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences...

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