Extreme Encounters

by Greg Emmanuel Narrated by Henry Levya

Overview

After reading The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, did you ever wonder what it s like to be struck by lightning? To run with the bulls in Pamplona? To ride the crushing swell of an avalanche? Extreme Encounters describes these adventures and 37 others with endlessly addictive you-are-there second-person narratives so you chill to the numbing effects of frostbite, you hear the 110-decibel roar of a grizzly bear, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. Extreme Encounters is a moment-by-moment, blow-by-blow account of what happens to you physically, emotionally, and scientifically during life s most perilous experiences. Like a cross between The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook and Into Thin Air, these heart-racing stories take readers where few have gone before.

Editorial Reviews

AUG/SEP 03 - AudioFile

Quicksand, piranhas, tornadoes--this audiobook’s opening fulfills all its promises for vicarious psychotrauma. Written in the second person, these stories ensure that you will feel the stinging attack of African fire ants and the white shark’s teeth ripping the muscle from your leg. The truth is that people find horror stories all- absorbing, and Henry Leyva’s clever, lighthearted treatment of the bizarre intensifies both the production’s color and its potential for producing nightmares. Trust us, you could have a root canal during some of these accounts and never feel a thing. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

AUG/SEP 03 - AudioFile

Quicksand, piranhas, tornadoes--this audiobook’s opening fulfills all its promises for vicarious psychotrauma. Written in the second person, these stories ensure that you will feel the stinging attack of African fire ants and the white shark’s teeth ripping the muscle from your leg. The truth is that people find horror stories all- absorbing, and Henry Leyva’s clever, lighthearted treatment of the bizarre intensifies both the production’s color and its potential for producing nightmares. Trust us, you could have a root canal during some of these accounts and never feel a thing. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169999495
Publisher:	Penguin Random House
Publication date:	11/12/2002
Edition description:	Unabridged

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