How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes

Are you an aspiring time traveler looking for a thrill? Then you'll want How to Survive History, which provides a broad overview of a handful of major historical events. For example, you'll learn how you (might) outrun a T-rex, or take down a wooly mammoth (and live!) If you prefer more modern settings, you can learn how to survive Rome's downfall or the sack of Constantinople, and maybe even save a few extra scrolls from the library that idiot Mehmed and his army burned. Or perhaps you would like to learn how you might survive the Titanic? The 1906 San Francisco earthquake? If you're more enterprising, you might be interested in piracy on the high seas, or traveling with Magellan. How to Survive History is an easy, breezy read. It's something I probably would have read when I was 13. There's lots of interesting information that's not too gory, and doesn't go too deep into details. That said, if something catches your eye in particular, the book provides more than enough sources and key terms for you to go look for yourself. (If you're a good time traveler, you should be doing that anyway.) I'm going to go find me a wooly mammoth. I always wondered what they taste like. Wish me luck!

Really fun book, educational with humor. Obtain knowledge about major events from history while getting a laugh, so well written, and an easy read, hard to put down, very enjoyable. I was curious about the events he writes about, now I have a letter understanding without being overwhelmed.

I bought it after hearing the author on Science Friday NPR. Now I just need to listen to it.

I really enjoyed reading this book. I hope to never need this information but it was very teachable and entertaining.

Educational and hilarious! Author mixed humor into lots of facts and information about various historical times. My 7th grader is laughing out loud and read to his sister for 2 hours! We all enjoyed it so much. I can't wait until he's finished so I can read it!

This is a GREAT read, both from a historical as well as written perspective.

Easy reading with interesting facts about historic catastrophic events. Very enjoyable.

If you're familiar with books by Mary Roach, this one has a similar feel. I found it interesting and picked up some historical information I didn't know. It's not deep, but it's an interesting read. It's presented as "how to survive" this or that historical event, but the book actually has a lot information about the events themselves. I recommend it.

If you were to rent a time machine and travel back in time, this book will warn you of the catastrophes and dangers to avoid. Using written details from the time periods and input from the world's leading experts, the author presents possible survival methods faithful to what we know about these historical calamities. If you should want to witness these destructive and dangerous events, or should the time machine malfunction and place you in the path of probable death, this is a serious attempt to guide you on the best path for safety. The author uses hindsight and modern science and vividly describes eras and locations from research in historical detail. Some of these events you may have learned in school, but they only skimmed the surface. For example, I still remember studying about Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, but it was presented as heroic rather than horrific. Research into science and medical opinion at the time of many of these disasters, along with modern scientific opinion today, makes this a fascinating and informative read. Sometimes survival depended on small choices, for example, running in a zig-zag manner, following a path branching right rather than left, knowing who to align with, what food and drink are safe, avoiding any medicines or doctors in many eras, and nearby places least affected by the calamity. The book is informative in its historical detail, which describes in detail some of the greatest catastrophes and threats to life. For example, how to escape from a ravenous dinosaur, how to survive the asteroid that lead to the extinction of dinosaurs, how to live in the Ice Age, being forced to build the pyramids, living through the darkest year in the Dark Ages, surviving the Black Death, joining a pirate crew on Blackbeard's ship. These and many others provide the reader with compelling facts and survival strategies you may thankfully never need. Told in easy-to-understand language through facts, knowledge and some informed speculation, this is a witty, humorous and disturbing account of some of history's most deadly and disturbing events.

I really enjoyed this book, it’s well written and full of true facts! I’m ready to take on the past if it was possible. Read it if you like history and even if you don’t!

Utile lors d’un tour en DeLorean

This is a really fun read. It takes things in history, throws in some science, and tells it all tongue in cheek. Enjoyed it so much I am giving some as gifts in Xmas stockings too.

Great read and the price is cheaper than everywhere else