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 enlarge | Author: Amanda Ripley
Publisher: Crown
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 1193
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0307352897
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.935
EAN: 9780307352897
ASIN: 0307352897
Publication Date: June 10, 2008
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Condition: Shipped within 24 hours of order! Very slight shelf wear and rubbing from being displayed.
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 BUY IT NOW! Seriously, if this subject even interests you, buy this! September 26, 2008
I just finished reading this and cannot wait till I read it again! This is full of not just well written stories, but backed by hours of research and science! It also points you in the right direction of further research with a great breakdown in the back of the book of where the book got it research from by chapter! If emergency management / homeland security even interests you, buy this! Also, if you are in the slightest curious on human response in disasters, buy this book! If you want to better prepare yourself or family and friends for emeregencies, buy this book! Well, buy it and read it is what I truly mean!
Sobering, but also Empowering September 26, 2008
Through study of the latest scientific information regarding human behavior during the stress of disastrous incidents, the author describes how our perceptions and cognitive processes are distorted under these conditions, leading to behaviors that may once have been evolutionarily appropriate but in the modern age are maladaptive and threaten our survival. The book takes us through gripping accounts of individuals who survived 9/11, plane crashes, tsunamis, house fires, terrorist hostage incidents, shootings, etc., illustrating these concepts in action.
The message is that through preparation and training we can create reflexive muscle memory and response patterns that will kick in to override our natural tendencies to tunnel vision, freezing up, or panic when a crisis hits. These are the same techniques used by the police and military.
One of the first and best preparation steps one could take would be to read this book. Recommended!
Empowering September 21, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For me, as a New Yorker who used to work at The World Trade Center, this book was a heart pounder and a tear jerker.
It was also very empowering.
I now understand some of the behaviors I've seen and understand my own.
I know I can survive. It's not just luck.
I can better my chances and that of my family.
For your own sake, read this book.
A toolkit for survivors September 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Quite the primer on surviving disasters. Excellant material for everyone who wants to improve the odds on surviving life threatening situations.
Should be required reading for security professionals, and anyone who has anything to do with emeregency response planning & procedures.
this book is not a fear, anxiety spin, it has common sense information that everyone needs to know about being a survivor.
Quite An Insight into survivability September 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I heard the author on Coast to Coast am radio show and decided to get her book. I bought the CDs. This kept me riveted and gave me alot to think about. As a nurse, we PRACTICE for emergencies and think about what could happen if the patient worsens. That way we ACT instead of having to decide. I highly recommend this book/CD
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