The Action Hero's Handbook: How to Catch a Great White Shark, Perform the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, and Dozens of Other TV and Movie Skills

By David Borgenicht and Joe Borgenicht

Filled with action movie-inspired advice, this hilarious guide is the ultimate gag gift or stocking stuffer for anyone who wants to ‘keep up with the Indiana Joneses’

For everyone who’s ever wanted to be as smooth as James Bond, as clever as Captain Kirk, or as tough as Charlie’s Angels, The Action Hero’s Handbook is the ultimate guide to the essential skills every action hero needs to survive and thrive in this dangerous but exciting world.
 
This book features dozens of real-life action hero techniques, directly from experts in the subjects at hand: FBI agents, sexologists, stuntmen, hypnotists, karate masters, criminologists, detectives, and many others. Learn how to:
 
• Catch a great white shark
• Deliver the Vulcan Nerve Pinch
• Spyproof your hotel room
• Win a fight when outnumbered
• Climb down Mount Rushmore National Monument
 
And dozens of other Good Guy Skills, Paranormal Skills, Fighting Skills, and Escape Skills. With meticulously researched step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow illustrations, The Action Hero’s Handbook will get you ready for anything. Good luck—we’re all counting on you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Dec 13, 2011
• ISBN: 9781594745850

David Borgenicht

David Borgenicht is the coauthor and creator of the Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series. He lives in Philadelphia.

Reviews for The Action Hero's Handbook

[mgkbus · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

a perfect gift book. This book is great fofr finding out just how to do those things that we wish we could do. How can you survive without knowing how to disarm a jerk with a gun? Or dirty dance?Hmmmm?

[regularguy5mb · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

There is some solid information in this book; tips on fighting, evading, surviving, and making sweet, sweet love to your love interest. This is a guide on how to be the seemingly perfect action hero, knowing how to make it through any given situation that might come up in your duties as the good guy.A handy reference book using advice from experts in their field. If you ever find yourself in these strange situations, this would be a good book to have by your side.

[ladycato · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I've forced my way through a lot of less-than-stellar books over the past few years. I couldn't make it through this one.The concept here is amusing: take concepts from James Bond/cop movies/scifi and explain how it's done in actual practice. Sure, some of them are fanciful, like how to rappel down Mount Rushmore, but others could be more useful in writing fiction, like how to take fingerprints or be hit by a car.The problems here are twofold:1) The information is bland. It's stuff most anyone would know by watching TV or movies. I wanted nitty-gritty, or extra insight into the process. This might have worked if the material was funny, but...2) It wasn't funny.I'm glad I paid 50 cents for this, and that the money went for charity. At least my purchase did some good.

[joles_3 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

If you've ever wanted to be James Bond or Indiana Jones this is the book for you! (Ladies, there is apparently a copy available just for girls, too.)The book offers instruction on how to do a number of things that will prove important in your crime fighting lifestyle. Who doesn't need to know how to take a hit with a chair or jump out of a plane and catch the guy that took the last parachute and safely make it back to Earth?

[lwbooklover · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book was humorous as intended. It was a very quick read. It is not a book that I would probably want to read more than once.

[redraspus-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A fun look at how to be an action hero, with tips derived from many of your favorite movies and TV shows. I'm a sucker for books like this -- I've got about a dozen -- but this holds a special place in my collection because of the breadth of scope. Rather than focusing on one character from a movie or show -- Indiana Jones or Batman, for example -- this book tends to cover much more, and as a result, is more "valuable" in that respect. If this kind of book is your cup of tea, be sure to add it to your collection. I hear they have a "action heroine" version, too...