Max Brooks

The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain.Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack 1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you?3. Use your head: cut off theirs.4. Blades don’t need reloading.5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on. Don’t be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset—life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.

As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death. Yet it is also far more than that. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before.

When China invades America, guerrilla warfare explodes on the streets of Los Angeles in this provocative short story about the future of war from Max Brooks, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z. China thought it would be a quick war, an easy war. But now, years later, as the insurgency on the streets of Los Angeles escalates but the propaganda never changes, a Chinese officer can’t keep silent any longer. Torn between loyalty to his country and loyalty to his troops, he writes a brutally honest—and possibly suicidal—letter home to unmask the truth. Brooks combines his signature meticulous research with unforgettable characters in this landmark work of speculative fiction.

A terrifying new collection of short stories from the master of zombie fiction, Max Brooks, bestselling author of World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide and Recorded Attacks.

Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks, #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z, is the first official Minecraft novel. In the tradition of iconic stories like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, Minecraft: The Island will tell the story of a new hero stranded in the world of Minecraft, who must survive the harsh, unfamiliar environment and unravel the secrets of the island.From the Hardcover edition.

Es ist die größte Katastrophe seit den beiden Weltkriegen: der Krieg der Zombies gegen die Menschen. In zahlreichen Berichten, Tonbandmitschnitten und Interviews kommen hier die Überlebenden zu Wort. Augenzeugen und Experten berichten aus erster Hand von den erschütternden Ereignissen, als die Menschheit am Abgrund stand …

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years. Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War. Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, "By excluding the human factor, aren't we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn't the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as 'the living dead'?" Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission.

Sobrevivimos el apocalipsis zombi, pero ¿cuántos de nosotros seguimos marcados por esa época tan espeluznante? Derrotamos a los muertos vivientes, pero ¿a qué costo? Guerra mundial Z es el único relato de esa época infernal, contado por los hombres y mujeres que fueron testigos del horror.

In the tradition of iconic stories like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, Minecraft: The Island will tell the story of a new hero stranded in the world of Minecraft, who must survive the harsh, unfamiliar environment and unravel the secrets of the island.

The final book in Max Brooks’s official Minecraft trilogy! The New York Times bestselling author of The Island details the story of two stranded heroes whose block-breaking expedition lands them squarely in the middle of a conflict that only they can resolve. Journeying into the unknown is a scary prospect, but together Guy and Summer can navigate any challenge. The two castaways strike out in this curious, blocky world, searching for a way home. As they cross the Overworld—traversing frozen wastelands and scorching deserts—the pair makes an exciting a community populated by villagers!   Guy and Summer settle in to learn more about their new friends, trading with the residents and exploring the surrounding area as they work out the next steps in their voyage. But with monstrous mobs and perilous pitfalls around every corner, they soon find that they might be needed here more than they’d thought.   When a villager disappears, their investigation uncovers new foes—ones so powerful that this might spell the end of their adventure. Drawing on the lessons they’ve learned along the way, Guy and Summer must work together to protect the village.

The next official Minecraft novel from Max Brooks, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of World War Z, Devolution, and Minecraft: The Island! In the next exciting Minecraft novel from Max Brooks, the stranded hero from Minecraft: The Island fights to get back home--and, for the first time in this unfamiliar world, encounters another person.

Trabalhando para a Comissão do Pós-Guera das Nações Unidas, Max Brooks teve acesso quase exclusivo aos arquitectos da vitória da Guerra Mundial Z. Se o relatório da ONU fornece um relato factual autorizado de tudo o que aconteceu, nesta obra, de um dos principais autores e investigadores que contribuíram para esse relatório, estão os testemunhos, feitos na primeira pessoa, dos que viveram o surto de epidemia/pandemia e que revelam o terrível custo humano deste conflito. Do doutor Kwng Jingshu, o médico chinês que examinou o "Doente Zero", a Paul Redeker, o muito controverso autor do Plano Laranja, Brooks falou com mais protagonistas fundamentais da guerra dos Zombies do que qualquer outra pessoa. Ao longo deste livro, o autor revela a extensão integral das transformações sociais e políticas a que o surto deu origem. A natureza perturbadora destes relatos exige ao leitor alguma coragem. Mas, como diz Brooks, não podemos esconder-nos por detrás das estatísticas entorpecedoras dos relatórios oficiais. Chegou a altura de encarar o verdadeiro horror que foi a guerra dos Zombies.

As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier’s eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing—and too earth-shattering in its implications—to be forgotten. In these pages, Max Brooks brings Kate’s extraordinary account to light for the first time, faithfully reproducing her words alongside his own extensive investigations into the massacre and the legendary beasts behind it. Kate’s is a tale of unexpected strength and resilience, of humanity’s defiance in the face of a terrible predator’s gaze, and inevitably, of savagery and death. Yet it is also far more than that. Because if what Kate Holland saw in those days is real, then we must accept the impossible. We must accept that the creature known as Bigfoot walks among us—and that it is a beast of terrible strength and ferocity. Part survival narrative, part bloody horror tale, part scientific journey into the boundaries between truth and fiction, this is a Bigfoot story as only Max Brooks could chronicle it—and like none you’ve ever read before.

«Tan minucioso y bien documentado que asusta más que divierte.» ESQUIRE «Dudo que lea un libro más inquietante este año... Brillantemente escrito, morbosamente divertido, completamente convincente.» VECTOR «Un libro que empiezas a leer por diversión hasta que, al llegar a la página 50, sales a comprar un machete sólo para sentirte seguro.» NEW YORK POST ¡No descuides tu mayor tesoro: la vida! Este libro es la clave para sobrevivir a las hordas de no muertos que pueden estar acechándote en este preciso momento sin que lo sepas. Zombi. Guía de supervivencia ofrece protección completa contra los muertos vivientes gracias a útiles consejos para salvaguardar tu vida y la de los tuyos. Este es el libro que podría salvarte la vida. Max Brooks vive en Nueva York pero está preparado para mudarse a un lugar más remoto y resguardado si la situación lo requiere. Su reciente Guerra Mundial Z ha sido aclamada por el experto en zombis Simón Pegg como una obra "absolutamente indispensable".

Greenloop fue, hasta la inesperada erupción del Rainier, una selecta comunidad ecológica. Ubicada en los bosques del estado de Washington, a poca distancia de Seattle, ofrecía una vida idílica a sus habitantes, gracias a unos avances tecnológicos que estaban en comunión con la naturaleza. Ahora, de entre los escombros y los rastros de sangre de la urbanización, han podido recuperarse los diarios de Kate Holland. En ellos se relata una historia demasiado espantosa para ser olvidada, tan horrenda que podría romper nuestras convicciones. Incluso las más firmes, como la solidez de nuestra civilización. En las páginas de Involución, Max Brooks no solo hace público por primera vez el extraordinario testimonio de Kate, sino que también expone los resultados de su propia investigación sobre la masacre de Greenloop y sobre las letales criaturas que la llevaron a cabo, seres con un aura legendaria pero que se han revelado como terroríficamente reales.

Brooks, Max, World War An Oral History Of The Zombie War

Max Brooks ha dedicado varios años a recorrer el mundo en busca de todos los testimonios que ahora reúne aquí sobre la guerra mundial zombi. Por insólito que parezca este libro, que algunos tildan de novela demasiado realista, es la parte censurada del informe que le encargó Naciones Unidas para que quedara memoria de «La Crisis», los «Años Oscuros» o la «Plaga Andante», principalmente conocida como Guerra Mundial Z. Al parecer había «demasiado factor humano». Este libro aclara realmente cómo el doctor Kwang Jingshu descubrió los primeros casos y se destaparon las pruebas ocultadas por el gobierno chino sobre el gran estallido. También cómo surgió y se propagó el controvertido Plan Naranja de supervivencia, fruto de un oscuro cerebro del apartheid sudafricano. Además contiene los testimonios directos de gentes de la posguerra: contrabandistas de Tíbet, oficiales de servicios secretos de medio mundo, militares, científicos, industriales, políticos, ecologistas, supermodelos, gentes de culturas alternativas tras el cataclismo y muchos otros que lucharon para defendernos de la amenaza de los zombis. También de aquellos que no lo hicieron tanto e incluso de aquellos que creen que la lucha continúa. Por fin, el mundo sabrá la historia verdadera de cómo la humanidad estuvo a punto de extinguirse. Desde el fin oficial de hostilidades se han producido numerosas tentativas para documentar la guerra zombi. Guerra Mundial Z es el relato definitivo –realizado por los propios supervivientes- de los detalles tecnológicos, militares, sociales, económicos y políticos de cómo la civilización estuvo al borde de la extinción en la lucha total contra el muerto viviente. Un relato insólito y realista, lleno de interrogantes sobre cómo se comportó la Humanidad ante la gran amenaza de la extinción

Até à erupção do monte Rainier, Greenloop era uma comunidade de sonho. Localizada numa floresta perto de Seattle, oferecia uma vida idílica aos seus habitantes, aliando tecnologia e natureza. Agora, dos escombros da cidade, foram recuperados os diários de Kate Holland. E eles contam uma história demasiado angustiante para ser esquecida… Nas páginas de Involução, Max Brooks divulga, pela primeira vez, não só o testemunho de Kate - uma história arrepiante sobre o confronto com um terrível predador e a selvajaria e morte que daí advém -, mas também os resultados da sua própria investigação sobre o massacre de Greenloop e as criaturas que o realizaram… seres com uma aura lendária mas que se revelaram terrivelmente reais. Se o que a Kate relata nos seus diários é verdade, teremos de aceitar o impossível. Esta é uma narrativa de sobrevivência, uma sangrenta história de terror, uma jornada na fronteira entre a realidade e a ficção. Esta é a história do Bigfoot como só Max Brooks consegue contar - e como nunca ninguém leu.

The Zombie Survival Guide, written by American author Max Brooks and published in 2003, is a survival manual dealing with the fictional potentiality of a zombie attack. It contains detailed plans for the average citizen to survive zombie uprisings of varying intensity and reach, and describes "cases" of zombie outbreaks in history, including an interpretation of Roanoke Colony. The Zombie Survival Guide was also featured on The New York Times Best Seller's list.