books about: safety     books:       Burning for Revenge (The Tomorrow Series #5)19 reviews John Marsden Houghton Mifflin, 2000 Another excellent addition to an addictive series. The Tomorrow series of books by John Marsden got me through High School (as a lucky New Zealander, I have had the books since the 1990's). I awaited every new instalment with excitement and trepidation. `Burning for Revenge' was no exception and it delivered everything I was hoping for and more. `Burning for Revenge' is a nice return to the action, gunfire and explosive situations after a more ...             Officer Buckle & Gloria (Caldecott Medal Book)52 reviews Peggy Rathmann Putnam Juvenile, 1995 a fantastic story this is the book our 16 month old picks up every morning when he wakes up and wants to read... a great story.             Tom Patire's Personal Protection Handbook: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know to Keep Yourself, Your ...150 reviews Tom Patire Three Rivers Press, 2003 Information To Teh Safer Side A family from my town in Wisconsin recently appeared on the Montel Show. Watching the show one had to feel for the terrible ordeal that the family went through during their violent home invasion. At the end of the show Montel brought out a security expert named Tom Patire. Mr. Patire's comments were for everyday people and his tone and way of speaking showed his compasion for human life and left ...             Overcoming Jet Lag24 reviews Charles F. Ehret Berkley Trade, 1983 This Really Works I have used the program detailed in this succint little book for 10 years now, beginning with a trip from Los Angeles to Thailand. After following the program and flying for what seemed like days, I arrived at midnight. The following morning I was fully functional and alert at 10 am and suffered no symptoms. I recently used the program for a trip to London and back with no appreciable jet lag. ...             Clinton Anderson's Downunder Horsemanship: Establishing Respect and Control for English and Western Riders44 reviews Clinton Anderson, Ami Hendrickson Trafalgar Square Books, 2004 Great Book !!! Clinton is Awesome! This book is great at illustration. I have a new horse that is only 5 yrs old and these techniques are working great. The book is very easy to follow and it totally helps to read each section over and over until you get it down. He gives do's and don't's and classic mistakes etc which help you to fine tune your technique because you know what mistakes to watch for in yourself.             Terror at Beslan: A Russian Tragedy with Lessons for America's Schools39 reviews John Giduck Archangel Group, 2005 Excellent read, but before you buy more books by this author, read this. I found this was an excellent book. While the military is at war, America is at the mall, and this book aims to try and get our country of ostriches to pull their heads out of the sand and DO something about the possibility of a terrorist threat in American schools. This book was well-written, packed full of information and suggestions. It covers the history leading up to the school siege at ...             The Bridge Never Crossed21 reviews George A. Burk Science & Humanities Press, 1999 The Bridge Never Crossed After meeting the author in person,reading his book was as powerful as listening to him speak.Mr.Burk takes you on a journey that only a true survivor would attempt. His stop at the Bridge is the starting point for us all !             It's Time to Call 911: What to Do in an Emergency (It's Time to)44 reviews Inc. Penton Overseas Smart Kids, 2005 Great for young kids! I highly recommend this book for toddler age kids, it allows them to dial 911 and gives different reasons for calling for help. The pictures are for young people, they are not scary or intimidating! The classroom teacher made a lesson plan from this book after my son brouhgt it in for show and tell!             The Art of Shen Ku: The Ultimate Traveler's Guide : The First Intergalactic Artform of the Entire Universe63 reviews Zeek Perigee Trade, 2001 One copy for the coffee table- another for the evacuation kit. If you don't own or read another book in your life, at least have this one handy. Its kind of big, the size of a laptop- but if it comes to taking only what I can carry if the big earthquake hits one night, I will have my glasses in one hand and screw the laptop (its the most expensive thing I own!), taking this book in the other! In fact I don't even have to think that far because I have stuffed ...             To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire91 reviews David Cowan, John Kuenster Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 1996 An Entire Community Destroyed by a Tragic Arson Fire This is one Chicago tragedy that resonates with me strongly. My former attorney, recently deceased, was a survivor of the deadly fire at Our Lady of Angels Catholic School. Despite our shared interest in history, he never spoke of the fire during the twenty years in which I knew him. Last year, I found a web site maintained by survivors of the fire and questioned him about the inclusion of his ...             Offshore Sailing: 200 Essential Passagemaking Tips15 reviews William G. Seifert, Daniel Spurr International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2001 Offshoore Sailing: 2000 passagemaking tips This is a very comprehensive book explaining what you need to know about offshore sailing.             Air Disaster (Vol. 2)14 reviews Macarthur Job, Matthew Tesch Australian Aviation, 1996 Indulge a bit of "own trumpet-blowing"...? It's perhaps not the done thing for the artist to comment on his work, masquerading as a "review", but I'm pleased to note the other reviewers' comments about the effort which Mac Job and I put into this series. Enormous effort by us both was invested in these books ~ on Mac's part to bring the dry bones of the official investigation reports (and other sources) to life in an intelligently ...             Medisin16 reviews Scott Whitaker, Jose Fleming New Century Press, 2005 Medisin Poor health is a lucrative revenue source that has been exploited by the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. This book is the truth. Incontrovertible. It contains proven information the pharmaceutical industry and the medical community have long surpressed. This knowledge will allow each of us to become proactive instead of reactive about our health. Indeed, our health is our only true ...             The Autoimmune Epidemic: Bodies Gone Haywire in a World Out of Balance--and the Cutting-Edge Science that ...16 reviews Simon & Schuster, 2008 Autoimmune disease, environment and medicine all in one place I am, admittedly, a fan of the book because it tells a powerful story of a neighborhood activism in Buffalo, NY, and I was involved in that story in a small way. But the story of folks with undiagnosed autoimmune disease, how this poor, minority community had the strength of will to ask difficult questions, identify scientific collaborators in the local University, and lead a groundbreaking study ...             Be Safe!: Simple Strategies for Death-Free Living14 reviews Melissa Heckscher Quirk Books, 2004 Relevant and Charming This book is brimming with tons of useful and eye-opening tips that channel the hypochondriac in everyone. The author has done an exhaustive amount of research on the hazards of our day to day choices--many of which I have never even thought twice about. The mini packaging makes it an adorable and handy gift.             93 Seconds to Disaster: The Government's Great Cover-up14 reviews Captain Brian Power-Waters XIII iUniverse, Inc., 2005 93 Seconds to Disaster I've known Brian for many years, and have a great respect for his passions in life. This book reflects those passions! Great information!             Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet15 reviews Denise Caruso Hybrid Vigor Press, 2006 Asilomar was in 1975. Now what? In Intervention, Denise Caruso, a columnist for the New York Times, has written an important and timely book. The set of people who need to read it include but are not limited to policymakers and voters in the US, in the affluent world, and in the developing world. Intervention is mainly about transgenic organisms. One of the numerous unsolved problems people need to tackle this century is ...             Storm Tactics Handbook: Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions17 reviews Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey Paradise Cay Publications, 1999 I had the first, the second is worth having too My first copy was pretty worn, so I decided to buy this edition. Really interesting new stories, not only from the Pardeys expereinces in storms, but also from others. I liked the deductions made by folks from both ends of the experience spectrum, one a real novice, others all along the expereince wave, they all add to the information Lin and Larry share in a very understandable manner. I still ...             My First Book Of Cutting (Kumon Workbooks)18 reviews Kumon Publishing North America, 2004 Wow I know this already has great reviews, but I just had to write what an amazing job this book has done for my 5 year old son. I just gave him one page a day to cut, and I can't believe the improvement in his cutting. Even better, I never corrected him, just said what a great job he was doing (this is what the book says to do). I was skeptical that this approach would work, but it has!! Best ...             Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs14 reviews Stephen Fried Bantam, 1998 Required reading for any empowered patient I didn't know about Stephen Fried and "Bitter Pills," much less quinolone antibiotics, until I myself was, like Mr. Fried's wife, "Floxed," just a few weeks ago. 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