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Matloff has turned decades of experience in war zones and disasters into a brilliantly practical guide for how to stay safe and help others when things go wrong. If you're going to read one book to prepare for the unthinkable, read this one. -- Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm Manages to be extremely practical, laugh-out-loud funny, and somehow very comforting. In these uncertain times, thoughtful preparedness is a key to happiness, and Matloff covers every situation. -- Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author It's always nice to know that you're in the best of all possible hands, and that's how you'll feel reading Judith Matloff...[in] this wise and witty book. -- Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author

"""It's always nice to know that you're in the best of all possible hands, and that's how you'll feel reading Judith Matloff...[in] this wise and witty book."" -- ""Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author"" ""Manages to be extremely practical, laugh-out-loud funny, and somehow very comforting. In these uncertain times, thoughtful preparedness is a key to happiness, and Matloff covers every situation."" -- ""Gretchen Rubin, New York Times bestselling author"" ""Matloff has turned decades of experience in war zones and disasters into a brilliantly practical guide for how to stay safe and help others when things go wrong. If you're going to read one book to prepare for the unthinkable, read this one."" -- ""Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm"""

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Judith Matloff teaches conflict reporting at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. She has pioneered safety training seminars for journalists, specifically women, helping hundreds of people feel confident to face an increasingly dangerous world. Her stories about war and violence have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times Magazine, the Economist, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal. Matloff's work has been supported by the MacArthur Foundation, the Fulbright Scholar Program, the Logan Nonfiction Fellowship, and the Hoover Institution. She lives in New York City with her family. Tonya Cornelisse is an award-winning actress and voice-over artist. She has worked both on and Off-Broadway, in over thirty films big and small, and in television. She studied at New York City's Tisch School of the Arts, where she double majored in theater and psychology and was lucky to have the opportunity to be mentored and perform alongside Alan Arkin.

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