Extreme Encounters:

What does it feel like to die in a horrible way? Whatever it is, it’s probably in here.

Written by Greg Emmanuel
Nonfiction · Disaster/Survival
Reviewed September 13, 2006

I came across this book in a second-hand bookshop and bought it for $1 — and I have to say, that was one of the best dollars I’ve ever spent in that shop. For a mere buck, I get to experience being eaten by pirahnas, mauled by a bear, trapped in a falling elevator, dying from the ebola virus, and so much more. The experiences are neatly categorized (animal attacks, household accidents, etc.), are written in the second person so as to bring the experience closer to home, and are laced with the kind of black humor I live — er, die for.

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