How to: Escape from quicksand. Wrestle an alligator. Break down a door. Land a plane. The indispensable, indestructible guide for surviving life’s sudden turns for the worse. Survival experts provide step-by-step instructions on everything you need to know fast: • How to Fend off a Shark • How to Deliver a Baby in a Taxicab • How to Survive a Poisonous Snake Attack • How to Jump from a Moving Car • How to Identify a Bomb…and dozens of other dire situations, because you just never know.

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Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht are both residents of Philadelphia. They have appeared on 20/20, Today, National Enquirer TV, as well as in Time, USA Today, The New Yorker and People.