Survival Books
SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation
For Any Climate, in Any Situation. Newly updated to reflect the latest in survival knowledge and technology, the internationally bestselling SAS Survival Handbook is the definitive resource for all campers, hikers, and outdoor adventurers. From basic campcraft and navigation to fear management and strategies for coping with any type of disaster, this complete course includes: Being prepared: Understanding basic survival needs and preparing essentials, such as a pocket survival kit. Making camp: Finding the best location, constructing the appropriate shelter, organizing camp, and creating tools. Food: What to eat, what to avoid, where to find it, and how to prepare it. First aid: A comprehensive course in emergency/wilderness medicine, including how to maximize survival in any climate or when injured. Disaster survival: How to react in the face of increasingly frequent natural disasters and hostile situations—and how to survive at home if all services and supplies are cut off.
Amazon Price: $19.99 
Primitive Skills and Crafts: An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Weapons, Tracking, Survival, and More
Anyone eager to master survival skills for outdoor vacations, or simply to find a fun new family activity for a Saturday afternoon, will be educated and inspired by the practical advice presented here by archaeologists, anthropologists, primitive practitioners, craftsmen, and artisans. These experts help modern readers rediscover the skills that have served humanity for millennia: fire-making, camp cooking, basket weaving, pottery making, animal tracking, and much more. You can even learn how to turn seashells into arrowheads or make glue from yucca plants. Plus, there’s intriguing information on the benefits of a hunter-gatherer diet. More than just a how-to, this handbook provides inspiration to live life to the fullest.
Amazon Price: $12.95
Wilderness Survival: 2nd Edition
"A must-read for anyone who goes outdoors. Informative and captivating." -- Capt. Scott O'Grady, survivor, Bosnia Completely updated with information on keeping yourself safe and healthy in the wilderness A comprehensive, well-organized, and user-friendly guide to staying alive in the backcountry With concise explanations and detailed illustrations, survival expert Gregory Davenport covers the five basic elements of survival--personal protection, signaling, finding food and water, travel, and health--providing the reader with complete information on how to stay calm and alive until rescue arrives.
Amazon Price: $19.95
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
"Unique among survival books...stunning...enthralling. Deep Survival makes compelling, and chilling, reading."—Penelope Purdy, Denver PostAfter her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better-equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference? Examining such stories of miraculous endurance and tragic death—how people get into trouble and how they get out again (or not)—Deep Survival takes us from the tops of snowy mountains and the depths of oceans to the workings of the brain that control our behavior. Through close analysis of case studies, Laurence Gonzales describes the "stages of survival" and reveals the essence of a survivor—truths that apply not only to surviving in the wild but also to surviving life-threatening illness, relationships, the death of a loved one, running a business during uncertain times, even war. Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors.
Amazon Price: $15.95
US ARMY RANGER HANDBOOK, Military Manuals, Survival Ebooks
TABLE OF CONTENTSRANGER CREEDSTANDING ORDERS ROGER’S RANGERSRANGER HISTORYCHAPTER 1 – LEADERSHIP1-1. PRINCIPLES1-2. DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ACTIONS 1-3. ASSUMPTION OF COMMANDCHAPTER 2 – OPERATIONS2-1. TROOP-LEADING PROCEDURES2-2. COMBAT INTELLIGENCE 2-3. WARNING ORDER 2-4. OPERATIONS ORDER2-5. FRAGMENTARY ORDER2-6. ANNEXES 2-7. COORDINATION CHECKLISTS 2-8. DOCTRINAL TERMS 2-9. TERRAIN MODELCHAPTER 3 – FIRE SUPPORT3-1. PLANNING3-2. TASKS3-3. CAPABILITIES 3-4. RISK ESTIMATE DISTANCES3-5. TARGET OVERLAYS3-6. CLOSE AIR SUPPORT3-7. CALL FOR FIRECHAPTER 4 – MOVEMENT4-1. TECHNIQUES4-2. TACTICAL MARCHES 4-3. MOVEMENT IN LIMITED VISIBILITY CONDITIONS4-4. DANGER AREASCHAPTER 5 – PATROLS5-1. PRINCIPLES5-2. PLANNING5-3. RECONNAISSANCE PATROLS 5-4. COMBAT PATROLS 5-5. SUPPORTING TASKS5-6. MOVEMENT TO CONTACTCHAPTER 6 – BATTLE DRILLSSECTION I. INTRODUCTION6-1. DEFINITION6-2. FORMATSECTION II. DRILLS 1. REACT TO CONTACT 2. BREAK CONTACT 3. REACT TO AMBUSH 4. KNOCK OUT BUNKERS5. ENTER BUILDING/CLEAR ROOM6. ENTER/CLEAR A TRENCH 7. CONDUCT INITIAL BREACH OF A MINED WIRE OBSTACLE (PLATOON) 8. REACT TO INDIRECT FIRECHAPTER 7 – COMMUNICATIONSSECTION I. INTRODUCTION7-1. MILITARY FREQUENCY MODULATED RADIOS 7-2. AUTOMATED NET CONTROL DEVICESECTION II. ANTENNAS 7-3. REPAIR7-4. CONSTRUCTION AND ADJUSTMENT7-5. FIELD-EXPEDIENT OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS 7-6. FIELD-EXPEDIENT DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS 7-7. ANTENNA LENGTH7-8. ANTENNA ORIENTATION7-9. IMPROVEMENT OF MARGINAL COMMUNICATIONSCHAPTER 8 – ARMY AVIATION8-1. REVERSE PLANNING SEQUENCE8-2. SELECTION AND MARKING OF PICKUP AND LANDING ZONES8-3. AIR ASSAULT FORMATIONS8-4. PICKUP ZONE OPERATIONS8-5. SAFETY 8-6. CLOSE COMBAT ATTACK AVIATION CHAPTER 9 – WATERBORNE OPERATIONS9-1. ROPE BRIDGE TEAM9-2. PONCHO RAFT 9-3. WATERCRAFTCHAPTER 10 – MILITARY MOUNTAINEERING10-1. TRAINING 10-2. DISMOUNTED MOBILITY10-3. MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENT 10-4. ANCHORS 10-5. KNOTS10-6. BELAYS 10-7. CLIMBING COMMANDS10-8. ROPE INSTALLATIONS 10-9. RAPPELINGCHAPTER 11 – EVASION/SURVIVAL11-1. EVASION11-2. SURVIVAL11-3. WATER11-4. PLANT FOOD11-5. ANIMAL FOOD11-6. TRAPS AND SNARES 11-7. SHELTERS 11-8. FIRESCHAPTER 12 – FIRST AID12-1. LIFESAVING STEPS12-2. CARE UNDER FIRE12-3. PRIMARY SURVEY 12-4. AIRWAY MANAGEMENT12-5. BREATHING12-6. BLEEDING 12-7. SHOCK12-8. EXTREMITY INJURIES12-9. ABDOMINAL INJURIES12-10. BURNS12-11. WEATHER (HEAT AND COLD) INJURIES12-12. POISONOUS PLANT IDENTIFICATION12-13. FOOT CARE12-14. CASUALTY RESCUE AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM LITTER12-15. HYDRATION AND ACCLIMATIZATION12-16. WORK, REST, AND WATER CONSUMPTIONCHAPTER 13 – DEMOLITIONS13-1. INITIATING (PRIMING) SYSTEMS13-2. DETONATION (FIRING) SYSTEMS 13-3. SAFETY13-5. EXPEDIENT EXPLOSIVES--PLATTER CHARGE13-6. EXPEDIENT EXPLOSIVES--GRAPESHOT CHARGE13-7. DEMOLITION KNOTS13-8. MINIMUM SAFE DISTANCES13-9. BREACHING CHARGES 13-10. TIMBER CUTTING CHARGESCHAPTER 14 – RANGER URBAN OPERATIONS14-1. TYPES14-2. PRINCIPLES14-3. METT-TC14-4. CLOSE QUARTERS COMBAT 14-5. REHEARSALS 14-6. TTPS FOR MARKING BUILDINGS AND ROOMS14-7. URBAN ASSAULT BREACHESCHAPTER 15 – VEHICLE CONVOY OPERATIONS15-1. PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS15-2. FIVE PHASES OF TRUCK MOVEMENT15-3. CONVOY TECHNIQUES CONVOY WARNING ORDER CONVOY BRIEFREACT TO AMBUSH (NEAR) REACT TO AMBUSH (FAR) CONVOY FORCED TO STOP (METHOD 1)CONVOY FORCED TO STOP (METHOD 2)BREAK CONTACTRECOVERY AND CASEVAC OPERATIONSAPPENDIX A - RESOURCESREACT TO INDIRECT FIREREACT TO CONTACTREACT TO NEAR AMBUSHREACT TO FAR AMBUSHBREAK CONTACTFORMATIONS AND ORDER OF MOVEMENTLINKUPLINEAR DANGER AREALARGE OPEN DANGER AREACROSSING A SMALL OPEN AREASQUAD ATTACKRAID BOARDS
Amazon Price: $1.99
Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Thrive in the Wilderness
Survival Wisdom is a large-scale practical guide, jam-packed with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure. Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the most complete, all-in-one volume on every aspect of outdoor adventure and survival ever, from orienteering to campfire cooking to ice climbing and beyond. Culled from dozens of respected books from Stackpole, the industry's leader in outdoor adventure, this massive collection of wilderness know-how leaves absolutely nothing to chance when it comes to surviving and thriving in the wilderness—and appreciating every minute of it. Topics include Building Outdoor Shelter, Tracking Animals, Winter Camping, Tying Knots, Orienteering, Reading the Weather, Identifying Edible Plants and Berries, Surviving in the Desert, Bird Watching, Fishing and Ice Fishing, Hunting and Trapping, Canoeing, Kayaking, and White Water Rafting, First Aid, Wild Animals, Cookery, and much more. Useful illustrations and photos throughout make it easy to browse and use. With contributions by the experts at the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) as well as the editors of Stackpole's Discover Nature series, Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the definitive, must-have reference for the great outdoors.
Amazon Price: $19.95
Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook: The Portable Guide to Getting Out Alive
U.S. Special Forces Captain and outdoor survival expert Mykel Hawke provides the most practical and accessible survival skills and information necessary to survive in the outdoors. These methods are based on Hawke's 25-year career as a Captain in the U.S. Army, as founder of the survival training company Special Ops Inc, and as a popular survival expert on television--including his new series,Man Woman Wild, which debuted on The Discovery Channel in summer 2010.Geared to the untrained civilian, Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook provides illustrated how-to info on shelter, water, fire, food, first aid, tools, navigation, signaling, and survival psychology. Now with a flexibind cover and small format perfect for the glove compartment and backpack, this edition gives readers the tools necessary to survive the worst circumstances and make it out alive.
Amazon Price: $15.00
Wilderness Survival Handbook: Primitive Skills for Short-Term Survival and Long-Term Comfort
An essential guide to everything you need to stay sheltered, fed, healthy, and safe in the backcountry Organized around the six essentials of survival (shelter, water, food, fire, comfort and health, and navigation), Wilderness Survival Handbook covers 100 skills and techniques, including preserving fire, building pit shelters, toolmaking, stoneboiling cookery, and trapping and hunting animals with handmade tools and weapons. By mastering these skills, you will be able to survive with few tools or provisions in any wilderness setting--forest, plain, desert, or tundra--in nearly any part of the world.
Amazon Price: $19.95
SAS Survival Guide 2E (Collins Gem): For any climate, for any situation
Includes new case studies and survival scenarios The experts' survival techniques, based on John 'Lofty' Wiseman's 26 years in the SAS Practical, easy-to-follow advice with diagrams and color illustrations *Visit the Apple iTunes store to be fully equipped with the SAS Survival Guide iPhone App.
Amazon Price: $7.99
Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse
The end of the world is coming. Are you going to be ready when the sh*t goes down? Here’s a quick checklist: Have you dug up your wife’s rose garden and built a fallout shelter, equipped with a prison where you can lock up annoying family members? Have you mapped out an escape route to your safe zone? Is there a vehicle of death sitting in your garage? Have you filled your go bag with all the needed instruments, including waterproof matches, postapocalyptic goggles, and at least one sexual party favor? Have you learned how to milk various types of animals, including a giraffe? You need this book more than you even know. Without it, you’re roadkill. Lucky for you, Forrest Griffin is the perfect apocalyptic chaperone. From spotting the signs of the global downfall to alienating your loved ones now so they don’t come looking for you after, to hot-wiring a car to starting a religion in your own image, Griffin provides you with all the hot knowledge you need to survive the downfall of civilization. Simply put, this is the most important book about the apocalypse that you will ever read by a UFC fighter from Georgia.
Amazon Price: $14.99
