The Young Lawyer’s Jungle Book is a survival guide for the new attorney, with in-depth advice on law office life, including working with senior attorneys, legal research, memos, drafting, mistakes, grammar, email, workload, timesheets, reviews, teamwork, deportment, attitude, perspective, working with clients (and dissatisfied clients), working with office staff, using office tools, and, well, not just surviving but thriving in a new career. The Young Lawyer’s Jungle Book is written for all law graduates, for any law office: a firm–large, medium, or small–agency, corporation, or the military.
Change a diaper? Soothe a crying baby? Function on just a few hours of sleep?
Anything moms can do, dads can do–with a little help!
Becoming a father is a colossal event in a man’s life. For nine months, he thought about, worried about, and dreamed about his new child, and finally his little bundle of joy is here. So, now what? This all-in-one guide shows new dads how to:
Plus, this new edition features updated advice on safety issues like vaccinations, financial issues like health insurance and retirement, and cool high-tech gadgets to track and treasure each moment of their new baby’s life. Complete with medical advice and practical information, this is the new dad’s key to raising a happy and healthy baby.
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Six kids are stuck on a desert island. They have no food. No shelter. Nobody knows they are lost. They must take from the island in order to survive. But what if they’re now alone?
Survival (Book 1 of the Guardians of Vesturon), a YA paranormal romance
“Maybe I was caught between the two worlds. I was having serious trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality.”
While on a backpacking trip in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, nineteen-year-old Maddie Pearce finds her world has been thrown into a vortex and is madly spinning toward the impossible. Abducted by a mad psychopath, Maddie narrowly escapes with her life. But that is only the beginning. Her mysterious rescuer introduces her to a world that Maddie has difficulty accepting as reality. Will this strikingly gorgeous stranger be the key to her future or will she return to her mundane world, scarred from her experience? Follow Maddie as she is forced to make difficult decisions that carry her to mysterious places.
Excerpt…
Then, unexpectedly, three brightly glowing melon-sized balls of light came soaring across the dark sky. When they were a few feet away from me, they elongated into long thin slivers. Moments later, the slivers expanded and then took form into three indistinct shapes.
I kept blinking my eyes, not trusting what I was seeing. I was positive I was hallucinating. This must be what happens right before you die.
Then, the indistinct shapes morphed into three men—three very tall, powerfully built men. They were identical in that they were all dressed alike—wearing black hooded cloaks that fell to their ankles. The hoods hid their faces, but I had the strangest feeling they were there to help me.
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This book is suitable for young adults, aged 15 and older. It is recommended that parents inspect and review what their children are reading.
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Resurrection, Book 2 of the Guardians of Vesturon
Survival (Book 1 of the Guardians of Vesturon), a YA paranormal romance
“Maybe I was caught between the two worlds. I was having serious trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality.”
While on a backpacking trip in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, nineteen-year-old Maddie Pearce finds her world has been thrown into a vortex and is madly spinning toward the impossible. Abducted by a mad psychopath, Maddie narrowly escapes with her life. But that is only the beginning. Her mysterious rescuer introduces her to a world that Maddie has difficulty accepting as reality. Will this strikingly gorgeous stranger be the key to her future or will she return to her mundane world, scarred from her experience? Follow Maddie as she is forced to make difficult decisions that carry her to mysterious places.
Excerpt…
Then, unexpectedly, three brightly glowing melon-sized balls of light came soaring across the dark sky. When they were a few feet away from me, they elongated into long thin slivers. Moments later, the slivers expanded and then took form into three indistinct shapes.
I kept blinking my eyes, not trusting what I was seeing. I was positive I was hallucinating. This must be what happens right before you die.
Then, the indistinct shapes morphed into three men—three very tall, powerfully built men. They were identical in that they were all dressed alike—wearing black hooded cloaks that fell to their ankles. The hoods hid their faces, but I had the strangest feeling they were there to help me.
**If you enjoyed this book consider adding a review on Amazon. You can also sign up for my email distribution list by visiting me at www.amhargrove.com or find me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/guardiansofveturon or Twitter at
www.twitter.com/amhargrove1.**
This book is suitable for young adults, aged 15 and older. It is recommended that parents inspect and review what their children are reading.
Now available…
Resurrection, Book 2 of the Guardians of Vesturon
Lost in the desert? Stuck in quicksand? Confronted by a man-eating tiger? Trapped at a school dance? Fear not, brave reader! With this essential survival guide, you’ll find a way to get yourself out of every imaginable predicament, whether it’s an avalanche or a zombie invasion!
How to survive anything all in one handy book! Inside you’ll find out how to treat a snakebite, send an SOS message, track an animal, make a map, and build a ladder. Find out how to survive a school dance, a shopping trip with your mom, a pop quiz, and a shark attack!
SURVIVAL, EVASION, AND RECOVERY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK REFERENCE CHECKLIST . i
CHAPTER I EVASIONI-1
Planning I-1
Camouflage.I-1
Shelters.I-3
Movement .I-3
CHAPTER II NAVIGATION.II-1
Stay or Move Considerations .II-1
Determine Navigation and Position II-2
Travel Considerations II-9
River TravelII-9
Ice and Snow Travel II-9
Mountain Hazards II-11
Dry Climates II-11
Tropical Climates . II-11
Open Seas. II-12
RADIO COMMUNICATION AND
SIGNALING III-1
Radio Communications (Voice and
Data) III-1
Signaling. III-2
RECOVERYIV-1
Responsibilities.IV-1
Initial Actions.IV-1
Actions on the Ground/in the Water IV-1
Site SelectionIV-2
Prepare for RecoveryIV-2
Communicate with Recovery Force IV-2
General Principles of Recovery.IV-3
Unassisted RecoveryIV-3
Assisted Recovery IV-5
SURVIVAL MEDICINE V-1
Immediate First Aid Actions .V-1
Common Injuries and IllnessesV-5
Plant Medicine .V-9
Health and Hygiene .V-12
Rules for Avoiding Illness.V-12
PERSONAL PROTECTION .VI-1
PrioritiesVI-1
Care and Use of ClothingVI-1
Other Protective Equipment VI-2
Shelters VI-3
FiresVI-8
WATER .VII-1
Water RequirementsVII-1
Signs and Symptoms of Dehydration.VII-1
Water ProcurementVII-1
Water Preparation and Storage .VII-7
FOOD .VIII-9
Food Requirements VIII-9
Food Preparation VIII-15
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CHAPTER IX
APPENDICES
GLOSSARY
FIGURES
Food Preservation VIII-17
INDUCED CONDITIONS . IX-1
Nuclear Conditions. IX-1
Biological Conditions IX-6
Chemical Conditions IX-6
A. The Will to Survive A-1
B. Publication Information . B-1
. Glossary-1
Figure I-1. Camouflage Patterns I-2
Figure II-1. Stick and Shadow
Method to Determine North/South
LineII-2
Figure II-2. Wristwatch Method to
Determine North/South Line II-3
Figure II-3. Celestial Aids (Stars)
Method to Determine North/South
LineII-3
Figure II-4. Map Orientation with a
Dial or Needle CompassII-4
Figure II-5. Map Orientation with a
Compass RoseII-5
Figure II-6. Triangulation .II-6
Figure II-7. Setting the Compass for
Night Navigation II-7
Figure II-8. Dogleg and 90-Degree
Offset.II-8
Figure II-9. Improvised Snowshoes.II-10
Figure III-1. Radio Transmission
CharacteristicsIII-1
Figure III-2. Size and Ratio.III-3
Figure III-3. Signal Key.III-3
Figure IV-1. Rescue Strap. IV-4
Figure IV-2. Forest Penetrator. IV-4
Figure IV-3. Fixed Loop IV-5
Figure V-1. Open Airway V-1
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Figure V-2. Combat-Application-Tourniquet V-2
Figure V-3. QuickClot V-3
Figure V-4. Useful Plants.V-11
Figure VI-1. Improvised Foot WearVI-2
Figure VI-2. Sun and Snow Goggles VI-3
Figure VI-3. Gaiters VI-3
Figure VI-4. Immediate Shelters .VI-4
Figure VI-5. Thermal A-FrameVI-5
Figure VI-6. Snow Trench.VI-5
Figure VI-7. Snow Cave .VI-6
Figure VI-8. Poncho/Parachute Shade
ShelterVI-7
Figure VI-9. Elevated Platform Shelter .VI-7
Figure VI-10. Shingle Method.VI-8
Figure VI-11. Tepee Fire and Log Cabin
Fire.VI-9
Figure VI-12. Sod Fire and Reflector VI-10
Figure VI-13. Dakota Fire Hole .VI-10
Figure VII-1. Water Procurement .VII-2
Figure VII-2. Water IndicatorsVII-3
Figure VII-3. Banana Plants.VII-4
Figure VII-4. Water Vines VII-5
Figure VII-5. Beach WellVII-5
Figure VII-6. Transpiration Bag.VII-6
Figure VII-7. Vegetation Bag .VII-6
Figure VII-8. Seepage BasinVII-7
Figure VIII-1. Snare Placement VIII-9
Figure VIII-2. Locking Loop.VIII-10
Figure VIII-3. Squirrel Pole .VIII-10
Figure VIII-4. Funneling VIII-11
Figure VIII-5. Procurement DevicesVIII-12
Figure VIII-6. Procurement Methods.VIII-12
Figure VIII-7. Small Game Skinning .VIII-16
Figure IX-1. Immediate Action Shelter IX-1
Figure IX-2. Improvised Shelter IX-2
Figure IX-3. Radiation Shielding Efficiencies IX-3
Figure IX-4. Filtration Systems, Filtering
Water .IX-4
Figure IX-5. Filtration Systems, Settling
Water .IX-4
SURVIVAL, EVASION, AND RECOVERY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK REFERENCE CHECKLIST . i
CHAPTER I EVASIONI-1
Planning I-1
Camouflage.I-1
Shelters.I-3
Movement .I-3
CHAPTER II NAVIGATION.II-1
Stay or Move Considerations .II-1
Determine Navigation and Position II-2
Travel Considerations II-9
River TravelII-9
Ice and Snow Travel II-9
Mountain Hazards II-11
Dry Climates II-11
Tropical Climates . II-11
Open Seas. II-12
RADIO COMMUNICATION AND
SIGNALING III-1
Radio Communications (Voice and
Data) III-1
Signaling. III-2
RECOVERYIV-1
Responsibilities.IV-1
Initial Actions.IV-1
Actions on the Ground/in the Water IV-1
Site SelectionIV-2
Prepare for RecoveryIV-2
Communicate with Recovery Force IV-2
General Principles of Recovery.IV-3
Unassisted RecoveryIV-3
Assisted Recovery IV-5
SURVIVAL MEDICINE V-1
Immediate First Aid Actions .V-1
Common Injuries and IllnessesV-5
Plant Medicine .V-9
Health and Hygiene .V-12
Rules for Avoiding Illness.V-12
PERSONAL PROTECTION .VI-1
PrioritiesVI-1
Care and Use of ClothingVI-1
Other Protective Equipment VI-2
Shelters VI-3
FiresVI-8
WATER .VII-1
Water RequirementsVII-1
Signs and Symptoms of Dehydration.VII-1
Water ProcurementVII-1
Water Preparation and Storage .VII-7
FOOD .VIII-9
Food Requirements VIII-9
Food Preparation VIII-15
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CHAPTER IX
APPENDICES
GLOSSARY
FIGURES
Food Preservation VIII-17
INDUCED CONDITIONS . IX-1
Nuclear Conditions. IX-1
Biological Conditions IX-6
Chemical Conditions IX-6
A. The Will to Survive A-1
B. Publication Information . B-1
. Glossary-1
Figure I-1. Camouflage Patterns I-2
Figure II-1. Stick and Shadow
Method to Determine North/South
LineII-2
Figure II-2. Wristwatch Method to
Determine North/South Line II-3
Figure II-3. Celestial Aids (Stars)
Method to Determine North/South
LineII-3
Figure II-4. Map Orientation with a
Dial or Needle CompassII-4
Figure II-5. Map Orientation with a
Compass RoseII-5
Figure II-6. Triangulation .II-6
Figure II-7. Setting the Compass for
Night Navigation II-7
Figure II-8. Dogleg and 90-Degree
Offset.II-8
Figure II-9. Improvised Snowshoes.II-10
Figure III-1. Radio Transmission
CharacteristicsIII-1
Figure III-2. Size and Ratio.III-3
Figure III-3. Signal Key.III-3
Figure IV-1. Rescue Strap. IV-4
Figure IV-2. Forest Penetrator. IV-4
Figure IV-3. Fixed Loop IV-5
Figure V-1. Open Airway V-1
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Figure V-2. Combat-Application-Tourniquet V-2
Figure V-3. QuickClot V-3
Figure V-4. Useful Plants.V-11
Figure VI-1. Improvised Foot WearVI-2
Figure VI-2. Sun and Snow Goggles VI-3
Figure VI-3. Gaiters VI-3
Figure VI-4. Immediate Shelters .VI-4
Figure VI-5. Thermal A-FrameVI-5
Figure VI-6. Snow Trench.VI-5
Figure VI-7. Snow Cave .VI-6
Figure VI-8. Poncho/Parachute Shade
ShelterVI-7
Figure VI-9. Elevated Platform Shelter .VI-7
Figure VI-10. Shingle Method.VI-8
Figure VI-11. Tepee Fire and Log Cabin
Fire.VI-9
Figure VI-12. Sod Fire and Reflector VI-10
Figure VI-13. Dakota Fire Hole .VI-10
Figure VII-1. Water Procurement .VII-2
Figure VII-2. Water IndicatorsVII-3
Figure VII-3. Banana Plants.VII-4
Figure VII-4. Water Vines VII-5
Figure VII-5. Beach WellVII-5
Figure VII-6. Transpiration Bag.VII-6
Figure VII-7. Vegetation Bag .VII-6
Figure VII-8. Seepage BasinVII-7
Figure VIII-1. Snare Placement VIII-9
Figure VIII-2. Locking Loop.VIII-10
Figure VIII-3. Squirrel Pole .VIII-10
Figure VIII-4. Funneling VIII-11
Figure VIII-5. Procurement DevicesVIII-12
Figure VIII-6. Procurement Methods.VIII-12
Figure VIII-7. Small Game Skinning .VIII-16
Figure IX-1. Immediate Action Shelter IX-1
Figure IX-2. Improvised Shelter IX-2
Figure IX-3. Radiation Shielding Efficiencies IX-3
Figure IX-4. Filtration Systems, Filtering
Water .IX-4
Figure IX-5. Filtration Systems, Settling
Water .IX-4
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With the same sharp eye, quick with, and narrative drive that marked his bestsellers The Game, The Dirt, and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Neil Strauss takes us on a white-knuckled journey through America’s heart of darkness as he scrambles to escape the system. It’s one man’s story of a dangerous world—and how to stay alive in it.
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Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation.
What can you do when it all hits the fan?
You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive without the system.
**I’ve started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes.** So begins Neil Strauss’s harrowing new book: his first full-length worksince the international bestseller The Game, and one of the most original-and provocative-narratives of the year.
After the last few years of violence and terror, of ethnic and religious hatred, of tsunamis and hurricanes–and now of world financial meltdown–Strauss, like most of his generation, came to the sobering realization that, even in America, anything can happen. But rather than watch helplessly, he decided to do something about it. And so he spent three years traveling through a country that’s lost its sense of safety, equipping himself with the tools necessary to save himself and his loved ones from an uncertain future.
With the same quick wit and eye for cultural trends that marked The Game, The Dirt, and How to Make Love Like a Porn Star, Emergency traces Neil’s white-knuckled journey through today’s heart of darkness, as he sets out to move his life offshore, test his skills in the wild, and remake himself as a gun-toting, plane-flying, government-defying survivor. It’s a tale of paranoid fantasies and crippling doubts, of shady lawyers and dangerous cult leaders, of billionaire gun nuts and survivalist superheroes, of weirdos, heroes, and ordinary citizens going off the grid.
It’s one man’s story of a dangerous world–and how to stay alive in it.
Before the next disaster strikes, you’re going to want to read this book. And you’ll want to do everything it suggests. Because tomorrow doesn’t come with a guarantee…
Questions for Neil Strauss
Amazon.com: What initially inspired you to write Emergency?
Strauss: It happened over the last eight years, watching as everything that we thought could never happen in America suddenly started happening. So I decided to take control over my own life, rather than being dependent on an increasingly undependable system, and worked toward becoming as self-sufficient, independent, skilled, and experienced as I could. That journey continues today.
Amazon.com: You use the term “Fliesian” in the book (as in Lord of the Flies). What is a Fliesian?
Strauss: Someone who believes that people, if put in a world where there are no consequences to their actions, will do horrible things.
Amazon.com: So how can we hold on to our kindness and humaneness in a crisis?
Strauss: Fortunately, in my experience, it is precisely these situations when you see the best in people come out. The worst in some tends to arise only when the resources one needs to survive are scarce and there is competition for them.
Amazon.com: Do you think that this book is catering to a fear-based culture?
Strauss: Actually, the book is less about spreading fears than getting over them. What most of us fear is the unknown, and we fret about what’s going to happen in an uncertain future when we consider the calamities of the past. I decided to no longer react to the things I read in newspapers, but instead to understand them. So I took each worst-case scenario to the extreme, and experienced many of the things that used to make me anxious. I guess, in that way, it was like a more interesting, adventurous Prozac.
Amazon.com: A lot of writers these days are basing books on various year-long stunts: read the encyclopedia for a year, always say “yes” for a year, have sex with your wife every day for a year. But your brand of immersion journalism, in Emergency and in The Game, is more open-ended–and more personal–than that. Do you draw any sort of line between the books and your life?
Strauss: My books never begin as books. They usually begin as some sort of lack I recognize in my life and try to fix with the help of the most qualified experts I can find. Often, these people are not in the public eye, but hidden in a splinter subculture. And while I’m trying to get taken under their wing, I realize at some point I’m spending so much time trying to learn and improve that I might as well have something to show for it, so I write a book.
Amazon.com: One of the first subcultures you embedded yourself in was a cabal of billionaires. Are wealthy people safer than the rest of us?
Strauss: No, they’re more scared than the rest of us. That’s why they’re taking so many precautionary measures. They are defined by their money, and now that identity is crumbling around them. You can’t buy safety. Those who are the most safe are the ones with knowledge, skills, and experience.
Amazon.com: You describe the philosophy of the sphincter in Emergency. What is that?
Strauss: I learned that from one of my defense instructors. The basic idea is that, in a high-pressure situation, the first thing that happens is people get nervous and uptight. And as soon as your sphincter tightens, as the metaphor goes, it cuts off circulation to your brain. So one of the best survival skills you can have is the ability to quickly and coolly assess a situation rather than panicking and doing something stupid.
Amazon.com: From your wilderness survival training, it sounds like you’re in pretty good shape if things ever hit the fan. But what if you live in the city?
Strauss: That’s a good point. A lot of the wilderness survival skills I learned don’t take into account that, in America today, there’s little actual wilderness left. So I took a class called Urban Escape and Evasion. As the teacher put it, “Once you learn lockpicking, the world is your oyster.” He also taught car hot-wiring, evading pursuit vehicles, and, as an exam, handcuffed me, put me in a trunk, and told me I had to escape. It was one of the most interesting classes I’d taken in my life. If I’d known these skills in high school, I definitely would have been expelled.
Amazon.com: The book has a surprising trajectory–surprising to the reader and I think to you as well. You start out looking for a way to get out of Dodge if one of many possible disasters strikes, but as you develop your survival skills, instead of becoming a lone wolf in the woods, you start becoming tied to your community, as an EMT and a trained crisis management worker (not to mention a goat midwife). It’s actually pretty heartwarming. Did you see any of that coming?
Strauss: Definitely not. I had no idea that when disasters happen now, instead of running away from them, I’d be running toward them and trying to be of some use to the community. I think that, if there’s a silver lining in the dark cloud that is the economy right now, it’s that hard times bring people closer together. Now is the time to get to know your neighbors. You never know when you may need them.
Amazon.com: Has your experience writing Emergency affected you differently from your experience writing The Game?
Strauss: Yes, because now, at 3 a.m. on a Saturday night, my search-and-rescue pager will go off and I’ll have to stop doing what I learned in The Game and start doing what I learned in Emergency.
Here is the ultimate outdoors book, it contains 31 chapters of well researched camping and survival techniques, covering everything from fire making to first aid, building shelters, winter travel and much more. New 2nd Edition ,Now with color photo’s.
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An exciting selection of recipes from around the European continent, now transferred to Kindle and featuring main courses and desserts.
Europe’s wide range of climates ensures that it produces a vast range of fruit and vegetables, leading to an inexhaustible range of recipes from all corners of the continent. These come from tiny countries the size of a large town to the vast expanses of Russia and from countries which sizzle in the heat to those which shiver in the cold for much of the year.
While many European dishes have become staple parts of the worldwide diet, the vast majority wait to be discovered. This book is the first step in that process and provides the gateway to the European food odyssey.
In this book, I have selected recipes from 22 different countries, although that number contains a bit of a contradiction. Perhaps it should be more because I have grouped together a bunch of East-European recipes under the heading Jewish, as these travelled widely with the Jewish populations of these areas. But then, then again, perhaps it should be less as I have included recipes from the British Isles under the headings, England, Scotland and Wales. Whatever, there’ still 108 recipes, as it says on the can.
Some recipes are listed in more detail than others where it is felt that more guidance is called for.
All the recipes are listed by country, enabling you to pick out your menu easily in order to provide yourself and your guests with their gastronomic experience of a lifetime.
All the recipes are given in Imperial and metric quantities and have been tried and tested over many, many years.
An exciting selection of recipes from around the European continent, now transferred to Kindle and featuring main courses and desserts.
Europe’s wide range of climates ensures that it produces a vast range of fruit and vegetables, leading to an inexhaustible range of recipes from all corners of the continent. These come from tiny countries the size of a large town to the vast expanses of Russia and from countries which sizzle in the heat to those which shiver in the cold for much of the year.
While many European dishes have become staple parts of the worldwide diet, the vast majority wait to be discovered. This book is the first step in that process and provides the gateway to the European food odyssey.
In this book, I have selected recipes from 22 different countries, although that number contains a bit of a contradiction. Perhaps it should be more because I have grouped together a bunch of East-European recipes under the heading Jewish, as these travelled widely with the Jewish populations of these areas. But then, then again, perhaps it should be less as I have included recipes from the British Isles under the headings, England, Scotland and Wales. Whatever, there’ still 108 recipes, as it says on the can.
Some recipes are listed in more detail than others where it is felt that more guidance is called for.
All the recipes are listed by country, enabling you to pick out your menu easily in order to provide yourself and your guests with their gastronomic experience of a lifetime.
All the recipes are given in Imperial and metric quantities and have been tried and tested over many, many years.
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