Last-Minute Survival Secrets: 128 Ingenious Tips to Endure the Coming Apocalypse and Other Minor Inconveniences - Softcover

Green, Joey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1613749856 ISBN 13: 9781613749852

Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2014

Synopsis

The Department of Homeland Security advises all citizens to develop an Emergency Preparedness Plan, along with a Disaster Supply Kit . . . but who has the time? Don’t panic—it’s Joey Green to the rescue! Last-Minute Survival Secrets contains more than a hundred ingenious survival tips that may sound quirky at first but really do work. You will discover how to escape perilous situations using common household products:

· Start a campfire with potato chips

· Create a Wi-Fi antenna from a coffee can

· Repair a broken fan belt with a pair of panty hose

· Prevent heatstroke with a disposable diaper

· Remove cactus spines with Elmer’s glue

· Open a locked suitcase with a ballpoint pen

· And much, much more!

The book also includes interesting and goofy sidebars related to these survival tactics and fascinating trivia to keep you entertained until FEMA arrives—which may be a while. It’s the perfect resource for armchair survivalists, budding MacGyvers, and adventurists on a budget.

About this title

About the Author:

Joey Green is the author of more than 50 books, including Joey Green’s Fix-It Magic, The Ultimate Mad Scientist Handbook, and Polish Your Furniture with Panty Hose. He has written for Rolling Stone, National Lampoon, Time, and more.

Review:

"Written by humorist Joey Green, it's packed with quirky DIY tips for coping with everything from a power outage to the total collapse of life as we know it. . . . It's good to know that I can now, if necessary, create a functioning emergency toilet from trash bags and Kitty Litter." --Huffington Post

"What a fantastic little book Green, author of about a skajillion books,...has written!  It's all here: Repel mosquitoes with mouthwash. Start a dead car battery with aspirin. Use an iron to cook food. Green's tongue-in-cheek humor is spot-on." --Library Journal, 9/3/2015

"At first glance [the book] is just a funny take on survival techniques that readers might never imagine needing--creating secret weapons, such as fireballs made with flour, for example. But a closer look reveals many extremely useful, if improbable, techniques involving simple household items." --Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1613749856
• ISBN 13: 9781613749852
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240