Perusing through the library for a non-fiction book to design a presentation on, I thought of following the easy route and picking a brain-related book, as neuroscience was my favorite topic. However, in a burst of ambition, I chose a self-help book, “The Gift of Fear”. Primarily choosing it because of the eye-catching title, I decided to borrow it as unlike most other self-help books that caution readers to just stay alert, this book revealed the importance of survival instincts and subconscious danger signals. From body language to unsolicited promises uttered by strangers, this book altered my perspective of viewing crimes. I began to pick up on tell tale signs that the crime committers emitted before the crime occurred while reading news
