Compiles information from movies and television programs including `Star Trek`, `Top Gun`, and `Body Heat` to teach readers such skills as how to tell if someone is really dead, how to evade a MiG, and how to pick up someone in a bar. Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Up with the Indiana Joneses   For everyone whoâ€TMs ever wanted to be as smooth as James Bond, as clever as Captain Kirk, or as tough as Charlieâ€TMs Angels, The Action Heroâ€TMs Handbook is the ultimate guide to the essential skills every action hero needs to survive and thrive in this dangerous but exciting world.   This book features dozens of real-life action hero techniques, directly from experts in the subjects at hand: FBI agents, sexologists, stuntmen, hypnotists, karate masters, criminologists, detectives, and many others. Learn how to:       •  Catch a great white shark     •  Deliver the Vulcan Nerve Pinch     •  Spyproof your hotel room     •  Win a fight when outnumbered     •  Climb down Mount Rushmore National Monument   And dozens of other Good Guy Skills, Paranormal Skills, Fighting Skills, and Escape Skills. With meticulously researched step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow illustrations, The Action Heroâ€TMs Handbook will get you ready for anything. Good luckâ€"weâ€TMre all counting on you.