The Disaster Diaries - One Man's Quest to Learn Everything Necessary to Survive the Apocalypse (Paperback)


Gain the basic skills you'd need to live through a cataclysmic event--one humbling and angst-filled lesson at a time
We're inundated daily with images of chaos and catastrophe from movies, books, and the nightly news. When Sam Sheridan became a father, these tales of disaster became impossible to ignore, and he was beset with nightmares about being unable to protect his son. He soon realized, however, that each possible doomsday scenario required a different skillset, and in order to really survive the apocalypse, he'd have to learn everything, from starting a fire to stealing a car, learning to fight with a knife, and even building an igloo. With just the right mix of seriousness, paranoia, and self-deprecation, "The Disaster Diaries" is irresistible armchair adventure reading that informs as much as it entertains.

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Gain the basic skills you'd need to live through a cataclysmic event--one humbling and angst-filled lesson at a time
We're inundated daily with images of chaos and catastrophe from movies, books, and the nightly news. When Sam Sheridan became a father, these tales of disaster became impossible to ignore, and he was beset with nightmares about being unable to protect his son. He soon realized, however, that each possible doomsday scenario required a different skillset, and in order to really survive the apocalypse, he'd have to learn everything, from starting a fire to stealing a car, learning to fight with a knife, and even building an igloo. With just the right mix of seriousness, paranoia, and self-deprecation, "The Disaster Diaries" is irresistible armchair adventure reading that informs as much as it entertains.

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Imprint

Penguin USA

Country of origin

United States

Release date

February 2014

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First published

February 2014

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Dimensions

213 x 142 x 18mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

336

ISBN-13

978-0-14-312450-4

Barcode

9780143124504

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LSN

0-14-312450-1



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