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The gift of fear : survival signals that protect us from violence / Gavin de Becker.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316235778
ISBN: 0316235776
Physical Description: xiv, 386 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Back Bay edition
Publisher: New York, NY : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, [2021].
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:: "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, June 1997"--Title page verso.

"Foreword copyright ©2021"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-376) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: In the presence of danger -- The technology of intuition -- The academy of prediction -- Survival signals -- Imperfect strangers -- High-stakes predictions -- Promises to kill (understanding threats) -- Persistence, persistence (dealing with people who refuse to let go) -- Occupational hazards (violence in the workplace) -- Intimate enemies (domestic violence) -- "I was trying to let him down easy" (date stalking) -- Fear of children (violent children) -- Better to be wanted by the police than not to be wanted at all (attacks against public figures) -- Extreme hazards -- The gift of fear -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix one: Signals and predictive strategies -- Appendix two: Help-giving resources -- Appendix three: Gun safety, with a 2021 update on guns in America -- Appendix four: Preparing the mind for combat -- Appendix five: Gavin de Becker & Associates -- Appendix six: The elements of prediction -- Appendix seven: Questions for your child's school -- Recommended reading -- Index.