What It Feels Like - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007177399 ISBN 13: 9780007177394

Publisher: Flamingo, 2003

Synopsis

Exactly what it says on the tin: short, first-hand accounts of what it actually feels like to walk on the moon or be struck by lightning; to participate in an orgy or be shot in the head; to be 7'6' tall, or be bitten by a shark!

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Review:

‘What It Feels Like to Be Stuck in a Tornado’:
‘As the old joke goes, in Mississippi, divorces and tornadoes have one thing in common. Somebody’s gonna lose a trailer...’

‘What It Feels Like to Get Frostbite’:
‘...So I used a Black & Decker vice and a saw in the toolshed. It wasn’t too painful, but going through the bone was quite difficult...’

‘What It Feels Like to be Really, Really Tall’:
‘In high school I was 7’6” already...if we went to a mall or something, I was the place that you’d meet at. Everyone knew where I was. They’d say, “Let’s meet at Shawn”...’

‘What It Feels Like to be Bitten by a Venomous Snake’:
‘...She must have smelled the mice and rats on me because she sunk her fangs into my right forearm, just below the elbow...’

Synopsis:

In all likelihood, you've never walked on the moon. You've probably never won a Nobel prize, been swept up in a tornado, gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel, or been mauled by a ferocious animal. Not to worry. Thanks to Buzz Aldrin, you can share what it's like to stomp your boots on the fine talcum powder that covers the moon. Thanks to a California spearfisher named Rodney Orr, you can read about the crunch of a great white shark chomping down on your head. Sir Ranulph Fiennes will tell you what it feels like to black-and-decker your own frost-bitten fingers off, while actor Gabriel Pementel ("Mini-Me") will tell you all about being 2'11" tall.

About this edition

• Publisher: Flamingo
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0007177399
• ISBN 13: 9780007177394
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Jacobs A. J.