Extreme Encounters: How It Feels To Have Unpleasant Experiences

How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences . . .

Brace yourself. If you're the squeamish type, turn back now. If you're afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you've ever wondered what it's like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand, or stung by a jellyfish, then fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a wild ride.

'Extreme Encounters' offers blow-by-blow accounts of life's most dangerous experiences in thrilling "you-are-there" second person - so you chill to the numbing effect of frostbite, you hear the ear-splitting roar of a tornado, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. Full of harrowing adventure and surprising scientific insights, 'Extreme Encounters' is a journey you'll never forget.

Prepare to encounter . . . great white sharks, quicksand, kidney stones, bullet wounds, Niagara Falls in a barrel, tornados, fire ants, solitary confinement, mad cow disease, blow dryers in bathtubs, acid burns, carbon monoxide poisoning, nine rounds of heavyweight boxing, Chinese water torture, piranhas, pythons, the running of the bulls, avalanches, deserts, frostbite, grizzly bears, deep sea disasters, and more . . .