The Date Rape Prevention Book is a proactive source of information essential for girls and women to safeguard themselves. Being armed with information is a woman's best defense. These pages look at when and where date rape happens, what turns an ordinary man into a rapist and the three ingredients in most acquaintance rapes.In non-judgmental terms, the book explores the roles of drugs and alcohol, tells women what to do if they are confronted and provides communication techniques a...

Read James Wesley, Rawles's posts on the Penguin Blog**In the vein of Sam Sheridan's The Disaster Diaries, a comprehensive guide to preparing for the apocalypse!With the recent economic crisis, formerly unimaginable scenarios have become terrifyingly real possibilities- learn how to prepare for the worst**Global financial collapse, a terrorist attack, a natural catastrophe-all it takes is one event to disrupt our way of life. We could find o...

The new and fully updated and expanded edition of the bestselling security classic.Written by renowned ex-SAS security expert Andrew Kain, this handbook provides the most reliable, authoritative and respected security information on the market. Don’t leave home without it on your smartphone, laptop or ereader!Andrew Kain served in the SAS for 11 years, leaving in 1990 to set up AKE Group, a world leader in the field of risk mitigation. In this fully updated...

The Apocalypse, end of the world, a black swan or an extinction level event is the principle reason most survivalists prepare, and for which most books are written.Being prepared for all these disasters is a worthwhile goal, but the real reason to be prepared is already here in our daily lives. While most prepare for a Tsunami, it's a rising tide that takes the highest toll.Instead of discussing how much firepower you need, or how deep the bunker should be, the point behind...

A medical expert reveals risks of the most commonly prescribed drugs-and why the drug industry doesn't want consumers to know about them.Recent scandals involving diabetes drugs, Vioxx, and many other medications reveal the serious and undisclosed risks of some of the most commonly used prescription drugs in this country. In Before You Take That Pill, Dr. J. Douglas Bremner, a researcher and clinician at Emory University whose study on Accutane and depress...

Do you often dream of becoming a top-secret operative? Do the televisions shows such as The Americans or The Bourne Identity catch your attention? Do you find yourself highly engaged in articles about new and improved spy gadgets? Are you curious about what spy skills it really takes to be undercover and work as an emissary? If that’s the case, you have stumbled across a one-of-a-kind book that discusses the valuable and applicable spy secrets about the mental and physica...

The book that could save your life.   Are you a healthcare worker who has been assaulted, or know someone who has? Violence against healthcare workers has reached epidemic levels, and emergency personnel are particularly at risk. Assaults on healthcare staff are leading to life-changing injuries, PTSD, and even death.  The American Nurses Association states, “Workplace violence is one of the most complex and dangerous occupational hazards facing n...

The West Nile Virus is currently one of the fastest spreading viruses ever observed. In the space of eighty or so years, it has spread from the far reaches of Uganda to Europe, Canada, and the United States. In a time where over 600 citizens of America have fallen ill due to the West Nile virus, it is important that people become educated, and do not fall prey to the assorted illnesses that this virus can cause. In this book, many of the most pressing answers asked about the West...

The Fire Safety and Risk Management Revision Guide: for the NEBOSH Fire Certificate is the perfect revision aid for students preparing to take their NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management. As well as being a handy companion volume to the Fire Protection Association textbook Fire Safety and Risk Management: for the NEBOSH National Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management, it will also serve as a useful aide-mémoire for those in fire s...

~ Knowledge and action lead to preparation. ~Congratulations on finding this book. You are one step closer to surviving an Ebola pandemic emergency.Hello, my name is Jake S. Alive. I wrote this book because I lost a distant family member to an infectious disease. She was only 6 years old and had her whole life ahead of her. She didn’t get a chance to grow up, make mistakes, fall in love, or start a family of her own. It was tragic and affected our entire fa...

In the summer of 2012, exposure to hantavirus in Yosemite National Park created illness in over 20 people, and fatality in 3 of those people. A confirmed case of hantavirus was also found in Houston, Texas. Hantavirus began causing illness in the United States in 1993. Since then, cases of hantavirus have been found to be extremely rare – only three or four hundred cases – but the serious and sometimes fatal respiratory complications this illness can cause are very dangerous. In ...

The process of globalization of markets has led to a situation inwhich the distances between the various countries have beensignificantly reduced. This guide is designed to understand thelegislative situation for materials in contact with food in South andCentral America.The guide also includes links to the main MERCOSUR, Central andSouth America legislation for direct consultation.