Get ready-get set-survive! You're lost in the woods without food or water. Confronted by an armed assailant in the dead of night. Forced to outrun a deadly tornado. Don't worry-The Ultimate Survival Manual has you covered. Out in the wild: from navigating with a compass to fending off a mountain lion, learn to prevail in the forests, deserts, and open oceans like an expert outdoorsman. During a disaster: whether it's a towering tsunami or a blazing...

Offers survival skills on using the surrounding wilderness as a useful resource, including how to manufacture needed tools, how to collect and cook food, and how to guard against the elements. --Publisher's description.

This guide to the outdoors provides advice and instructions on camping, building shelters, finding water, and cooking outdoors. Some activities may require adult supervision.

"Are you ready for anything? Join Lonely Planet Kids to learn practical skills for intense situations. This handy little guide is packed full of tips and tricks on how to survive in the woods, mountains, deserts, and even in the city"--

Each year hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts find themselves in an unexpected outdoor emergency. They get lost, injured, or stranded. Cut off from the rest of the world, they have to depend upon their survival skills to survive. For most people, thanks to modern communications such as cell phones, satellite messengers, and personal locator beacons (PLB), it is merely a sobering two- or three-hour adventure. However, for some who did not take the proper...

The second book in the Wilderness series covers the techniques and equipment necessary for surviving in water. Photos and drawings illustrate gear and techniques. Survival skills include keeping warm, creating a campsite, purifying and de-salting water, and finding food along the coast. Learn to navigate with a map, compass, and sexton and how to use a sea anchor and improvise sails. Learn how to signal for help, especially in open water. Upcoming...

Provides step-by-step instructions and dimensions for making Plains Indian shields, box traps, snowshoes, and other Native American survival tools and equipment; and includes approximately one hundred illustrations.

Renowned outdoors expert and New York Times bestselling author Dave Canterbury provides you with all you need to know about packing, trapping, and preparing food for your treks and wilderness travels. Whether you're headed out for a day hike or a weeklong expedition, you'll find everything you need to survive - and eat well - out in the wild. Canterbury makes certain you're set by not only teaching you how to hunt and gather, but also giving you recipes...