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1 online resource (242 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
Last-Minute Survival Secrets contains more than a hundred ingenious survival tips that may sound quirky at first, but really do work. Readers will discover a wide range of handy and unusual secrets to outsmart the unexpected and escape perilous situations using common, household products. Green shows how to start a campfire with potato chips, open a locked suitcase with a ballpoint pen, and prevent heatstroke with a disposable diaper. Readers will learn to build a solar cooker using cardboard and aluminum foil, a flood alarm with aspirin and a clothespin, and a wi-fi antenna with a coffee can. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 Gadgets and Gizmos; How to Make a Life Vest from Condoms; How to Devise a Gas Mask with Vinegar and a Soda Bottle; How to Build a Solar-Powered Cooker with Aluminum Foil; How to Fashion an Impromptu Helmet with a Bucket; How to Make a Wi-Fi Antenna from a Coffee Can; How to Boost a Cell Phone Signal with a Soda Can; How to Produce a Fire Extinguisher with Baking Soda and Vinegar; How to Assemble a Torch with Tampons and Petroleum Jelly; How to Make a Trip Wire with Dental Floss. |
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How to Detect a Trip Wire with Silly StringHow to Make a Radio Antenna with a Slinky; How to Set Up a Burglar Alarm with Potato Chips; How to Construct a Decoy with a Bleach Jug and Bubble Wrap; How to Make a Smart Phone Stand with Binder Clips; How to Create a Postal Scale with a Ruler; How to Make a Rudimentary Copy Machine with Vanilla Extract; How to Fashion a Battery from a Copper Scrubber; How to Build a Flood Alarm with Aspirin and a Clothespin; How to Soundproof a Room with Egg Cartons; 2 Tricks of the Trade; How to Start a Fire with Steel Wool and a Battery. |
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How to Open a Locked Door with a Credit CardHow to Pick a Lock with Bobby Pins; How to Start a Campfire with Potato Chips; How to Improvise Shoes with Rubber Gloves; How to Make Stilts with Plastic Paint Buckets; How to Create Boots with Duct Tape; How to Write a Secret Message with Soap; How to Hide Valuables in a Tennis Ball, Deodorant Stick, or Tampon; How to Make a Safe with a Hardcover Book; How to Build a Wall Safe with an Electrical Socket; How to Cook Food with a Clothes Iron; How to Brew Coffee Without a Coffee Maker; 3 Foiled Again; How to Thwart a Terrorist with a Cell Phone. |
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How to Slip Up an Attacker with Dishwashing LiquidHow to Create an Oil Slick with Vegetable Oil; How to Blind an Evildoer with Cayenne Pepper; How to Disable a Car with Water; How to Improvise an Alarm System with a Mousetrap; How to Rig Up an Alarm System with Bang Snaps; How to Open a Padlock with a Soda Can; How to Disable a Smoke Detector with Toothpaste; How to Break into a Locked Suitcase with a Ballpoint Pen; How to Tie Up a Bad Guy with Panty Hose; How to Make a Flame-Throwing Torch with Deodorant; 4 Secret Weapons; How to Make a Smoke Bomb with Sugar. |
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How to Create a Stink Bomb with AmmoniaHow to Create a Fireball with Flour; How to Create a Molotov Cocktail with Tampons; How to Fashion a Slingshot from a Bicycle Inner Tube; How to Build a Bola with Tennis Balls; How to Make a Knife from a Toothbrush; How to Make a Marble Gun with a Condom; How to Make a Smoke Screen with an Instant Cold Pack; How to Camouflage Yourself with Shoe Polish; How to Assemble an Emergency Kit with an Altoids Tin; How to Carve a Fake Gun from a Bar of Soap; How to Defend Yourself with a Ballpoint Pen; How to Make a Dart Gun from a Ballpoint Pen. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Survival -- Miscellanea.
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Survival. |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Subject |
Handicraft -- Miscellanea.
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Handicraft. |
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Emergency management -- Miscellanea.
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Emergency management. |
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Consumer goods -- Miscellanea.
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Consumer goods. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Green, Joey. Last-Minute Survival Secrets : 128 Ingenious Tips to Endure the Coming Apocalypse and Other Minor Inconveniences. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, ©2014 9781613749852 |
| ISBN |
9781613749883 (electronic book) |
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1613749880 (electronic book) |
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9781613749869 (electronic book) |
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1613749864 (electronic book) |
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9781613749852 |
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1613749856 |
| Music No. |
MWT11333989 |
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