Ever wonder what it takes to swallow a sword? Or how someone can walk across hot coals without burning the bottoms of his or her feet? Well wonder no more! The Daredevil's Manual offers a behind-the-scenes, no-hold-barred look at these stunts and many others —straight from the men and women who have turned them into an art form.

Today's modern daredevils breathe fire, eat live scorpions, parachute off buildings, juggle chainsaws, and catch arrows in mid-flight, barehanded. Author Ben Ikenson, a longtime daredevil admirer, exposes the mysteries of these and dozens more of the most celebrated stunts in the world through first-person interviews with the daredevils themselves.

The Daredevil's Manual offers step-by-step explanations of how the most fearless daredevils in the world perform their incredible feats of derring-do. Detailed drawings and descriptions examine how:

John Hall sails a motorcycle through a flaming wall of fire!Harley Newman escapes from hundreds of feet of plastic wrap encasing his body!Tom Comet balances a running lawn mower—on his chin!...and much, much more!
Ben Ikenson is a speechwriter, journalist, and lifelong admirer of the daredevil and the art of the stunt. His work has appeared in numerous book and magazines, and he is the author of Patents: Ingenious Inventions—How They Work and How They Came to Be.