The gift of fear : survival signals that protect us from violence /

Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face -- street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace -- de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: De Becker, Gavin (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Little, Brown, [1997]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:Covering all the dangerous situations people typically face -- street crime, domestic abuse, violence in the workplace -- de Becker provides real-life examples and offers specific advice on restraining orders, self-defense, and more. But the key to self-protection, he demonstrates, is learning how to trust -- and act on -- our own intuitions.
Physical Description:viii, 334 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-324) and index.
ISBN:0316235024
9780316235020
9780440508830
0440508835