title: The Zombie Handbook
author: Dr. Robert Curran
description: "This compact book does a good job of introducing zombies . . . . the text is highly readable, the interspersed artwork is creepy and plentiful, and the suggestion that zombies are among us is most intriguing." <br /> <i>Booklist </i><br /><br /><br /><br />
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  _This story is also available for download from major ebook retailers._
  
  
  There was less blood than he expected, and the sound they made when they
  popped out was almost like boots breaking through crusty snow. And just
  yesterday, a zombie-proof life had seemed so simple.
  
  
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  Not long before that, Ronald had been sitting on the toilet seat and listening
  to the zombies paw at the locked door.
  
  
  These zombies understood the mechanics of doorknobs, but weren’t quite smart
  enough to use tools to batter down doors. More Russo zombies than Romero or
  Brooks. But not textbook Russos: They grunted and snarled, but none of them
  spoke.
  
  
  At least they weren’t fast.
  
  
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  At home in his attic, Ronald had crates of rations and water, a shotgun, six
  rifles, boxes of ammo, fuel, even a cylinder of liquid nitrogen. The steps to
  the