How to Hide Anything

by Michael Connor

With little effort and expense, you can hide cash, armaments and even family from the menacing eyes of burglars, terrorists or anyone. Learn how to construct dozens of hiding places right in your house and yard. Here are small hiding places for concealing money and jewelry and large places for securing survival supplies or persons. More than 100 drawings show how to turn ordinary items into extraordinary hiding places.

Genres: Nonfiction, Ebooks

120 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 1984

Reviews

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked up this book while browsing through the gift shop at the Spy Museum in DC. While initially bought for a few laughs it is actually disturbingly graphic from how to build a false bottom on your couch (good for hiding a person) or even to throw incriminating evidence in a pot of baked beans (if the police show up unannounced, but I guess that means you should always have a thick stew on the stove if you're involved in illegal activities). You can even learn how to make a two-way mirror if you need to do some spying of your own.

Another interesting sidenote: the author is a former IRA soldier, so you know he has some experience in hiding stuff. I was thinking I could offer deep insight about this book being an interesting read in this time of increased government surveillance but I'm not that smart.

[Ethan Hulbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was great! Very interesting and specific reference material here, and you never know when this stuff can come in handy. I have hidden the rest of my excellent review, please try and find it.

[Aleksandar · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book because I thought I knew the author, (another Michael Connor). I thought it would be a collection of poems; however, it really is a book about hiding things. It is easy to read, and it's in a slightly paranoid tone, but it is unintentionally amusing and informative. You'll be able to look at everyday things and think of quite unusual uses for them. Props to the author!

[Computeristgeek · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had this book a few years ago and may be even read a few pages. The book is very eye-opening, interesting and practical.

[Kat · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book reminds me of the much unknown film, The Survivors. The book is Robin Williams and I am the Walter Matthau character.

[Justin Bregoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

How to Hide Anything Anywhere, Including Personnel.

[Vé, high-functioning bookaholic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite sure who the target audience of this book was.

[Ashraf Moustafa · Rating 2 out of 5]

كتاب شروحات، بيقدم عدة طرق لإخفاء مقتنياتك الهامة داخل المنزل بعيدًا عن متناول العابثين من أسرتك أو اصدقائك أو أي زائر عمومًا، كذلك اماكن سرية لا يعرفها اللصوص، واماكن تخفّي الأشخاص بعمل حوائط متحركة وانفاق داخلية، وعمل انظمة مراقبة بالكاميرات والمرآت المعكوسة والثقوب السحرية، وبيشرح لك كيفية اختلاق هذه الاماكن وصنعها بأقل التكاليف وادوات بسيطة وفي وقت سريع، مدعم في أغلبه بالصور. لكن مكرر ومطوّل بشكل مستفز وبيستعرض طرق معروفة لسواد الناس في أي بقعة على وجه الأرض، أنا شخصيًا لم استفد بصورة كاملة إلا من طريقة واحدة من ضمن عشرات. كان ممكن يتعمل في 20-30 صفحة لا أكثر.

ما لفت نظري واثار دهشتي هو النسخة المترجمة للعربية منه، وهي غير صادرة عن دار نشر لكن تبدو أنها عمل تطوعي، والمتطوع على مايبدو أيضًا أنه سلفي جهادي وهذا ماوضح من الإهداء للجماعات الاسلامية المسلحة في افغانستان والشيشان وافريقيا..الخ

الغريب أنه لم يذكر اسم المؤلف في المقدمة واكتفى بالإشارة إلى انه "أحد العسكريين في جيش العدو البريطاني"، ودا مخالف للحقيقة وهي إن المؤلف صحفي اسمه مايكل كونر، كاتب حر مهتم بقضايا الغذاء والسفر ومدرب بالمدارس الفندقية وعاش طول عمره رحالة وكاتب لعددد من الصحف والدوريات الانجليزية وعضو في منظمة حقوقية بانجلترا وويلز تهدف لدعم حرية التعبير.

[Joseph Copeli · Rating 3 out of 5]

[This review also appears on FingerFlow.com, a site for review and discussion of creative works.]

This guide has some interesting ideas for hiding places (false pipes in the bathroom, the bottom of a pot of food, etc) as well as tried-and-true favorites (hollowed-out books, false-bottom drawers). There are also some fun ideas for hiding people in hidden rooms and floors.

Although there are tons of pictures, some of the descriptions may be a difficult for a person who is not familiar with construction. A few extra diagrams might have helped.

In general, it's a quick and easy read and is sure to get your imagination going. I especially enjoyed the author's emphasis on hiding things in plain sight. If anything, this guide will get you to think about everyday items and places as potential hiding places.

[Jessi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Came across this book while reading an amature step-by-step guide on how to make LSD. Interesting way to re-examine every-day items that surround you. As a designer, I found the re-appropriation of furniture etc. to be fascinating because it's something that isn't normally considered when creating an object.
Written in an unintentionally-amusing paranoid tone that made some of the dryer parts of the book a lot more enjoyable.

[Rahmat Romadon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ide-ide dlm buku ini dalam upaya menyembunyikan benda2 dan diri dlm upaya menyelamatkan diri dari bahaya/tindak kejahatan sangat brilian. Meski edisi lama cuma isinya msh bisa diterapkan dan relevan di jaman sekarang. Jenius!

[Radwa · Rating 3 out of 5]

كتاب جميل و به العديد من الأفكاار الجديدة لاخفاء أى شئ سواء كان فى المنزل , فى الشارع أو فى الفنادق و ذلك لحماية الممتلكات الشخصية من اللصوص و المتطفلين.

[Dennis Dason · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read, which let your imagination to do the rest

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this as a young kid.

[Count-daniel Fogarty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh I learned how to hide many things in plain sight with this book.

[Rasheed Qeeq · Rating 1 out of 5]

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