Offers one hundred concise methods of surviving dangerous situations based on the skills of military special forces operatives, covering such topics as evading ambushes, escaping confinement, and winning a knife fight.
Participating in Nature teaches you how to stay warm and comfortable without a sleeping bag, how to start a fire by friction, and how to build a reliable shelter from natural materials. Thomas J. Elpel extensively researched self-reliance skills, including fishing by hand, cooking edible plants, felting with wool, and making stone knives, wooden containers, willow baskets, and cordage. Nearly 200 photographs and sketches demonstrate these outdoor skills.
"Fire is the main comfort of the camp."--Henry David Thoreau Master the art of building and maintaining a fire, indoors or outside in this fun and definitive new field guide! This little field guide makes the art of fire building easy, accessible, and fun! This go-to guide features: tips for finding, identifying, and gathering the best kindling; how to find, chop, stack, and haul wood; the best methods and safety practices for building indoor fires, outdoor fires, fire pits, and bonfires; how to put out any fire; how to properly stack wood; the secret of making the perfect s'more; how to get a spark without a match; plus delicious recipes to cook over your fire! Whether you are by the hearth or campfire, cozy up with How to Build a Fire.
Provides instructions and guidelines for creating security strategies to protect against a potential failure of civilization, and includes tips on perimeter security, house fortifications, firearms and weaponry, and security animals.--
Anyone can get lost while camping or on a hike and Survivor Kid teaches young adventurers the survival skills they need if they ever find themselves lost or in a dangerous situation in the wild. Written by a search and rescue professional and lifelong camper, it's filled with safe and practical advice on building shelters and fires, signaling for help, finding water and food, dealing with dangerous animals, learning how to navigate, and avoiding injuries in the wilderness. Ten projects include building a simple brush shelter, using a reflective surface to start a fire, testing your navigation skills with a treasure hunt, and casting animal tracks to improve your observation skills.
LEARN HOW TO SURVIVE! When it comes to surviving a disaster, having survival skills and know-how is as essential as having the necessary survival gear. Without the right knowledge, survival gear is useless. Build the Perfect Bug Out Survival Skills will teach you the essential wilderness survival skills you need to endure a bug out situation or prolonged off-grid scenario. You will learn how to meet the four core survival needs – shelter, fire, water and food – with a minimum amount of equipment. Detailed photos and step-by-step instructions will help you master each skill. FEATURING: • Detailed instructions for survival skills that require little gear – an emphasis on primitive tools • Step-by-step photos that clearly illustrate complex techniques like knot tying, shelter construction, fire building and setting snares and traps • Advanced knowledge that could save you and your family during a real emergency
In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. Yet, historian Jay Winter suggests, alongside the 'major utopians' who murdered millions in their attempts to transform the world were disparate groups of people trying in their own separate ways to imagine a radically better world. This original book focuses on some of the twentieth-century's 'minor utopias' whose stories, overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust and the Gulag, suggest that the future need not be as catastrophic as the past. The book is organized around six key moments when utopian ideas and projects flourished in Europe: 1900 (the Paris World's Fair), 1919 (the Paris Peace Conference), 1937 (the Paris exhibition celebrating science and light), 1948 (the Universal Declaration of Human Rights), 1968 (moral indictments and student revolt), and 1992 (the emergence of visions of global citizenship). Winter considers the dreamers and the nature of their dreams as well as their connections to one another and to the history of utopian thought. By restoring minor utopias to their rightful place in the recent past, Winter fills an important gap in the history of social thought and action in the twentieth century.
From the creator of TheSurvivalMom.com comes this first-of-its-kind guidebook for all the “prepper” moms keen to increase their family's level of preparedness for emergencies and crises of all shapes and sizes. Publisher’s Weekly calls Lisa Bedford’s Survival Mom an “impressively comprehensive manual,” saying, “suburban mom Bedford helps readers learn about, prepare for, and respond to all manner of disasters. . . . From 'Instant Survival Tip' sidebars to a list of 'Lessons from the Great Depression'. . . Bedford's matter-of-fact yet supportive tone will keep the willies at bay.”
A fully illustrated wilderness survival guide perfect for seasoned and novice outdoors enthusiasts alike. Here, in one essential volume, are the basics of wilderness survival. The most ancient and important skills, preserved for generations, are presented in a simple, easy-to-use format with clear illustrations and instructions. A complete must-have companion to the great outdoors. • How to build natural shelters in plains, woods, or deserts • How to get safe drinking water from plants, trees, the sun, or Earth Herself • How to make fire without matches and maintain it in any weather • How to find, stalk, kill, and prepare animals for food • The "big four" edible plants, and hundreds of others useful for both nutrition and medicine TOM BROWN'S FIELD GUIDES: America's most popular nature reference books, Tom Brown's bestselling field guides are specially designed for both beginners and experienced explorers. Fully illustrated and comprehensive, each volume includes practical information, time-tested nature skills, and exciting new ways to rediscover the earth around us.
Do You Like DIY Projects? How About Makeshift Survival Ideas? If so, then this book is for you! In fact, when you're finished you'll have accomplished a wide variety of fast and easy survival actions, everything from increasing your water supply to making your own cleaners, creating a bug out bag, a 30-second makeshift stove, documenting your possessions, and plenty more. I also realize that we're all pressed for time, that's why these 47 DIY survival projects were handpicked by me to take only ten minutes a day. When finished, you'll have covered nearly every major area of preparedness, including water, food, medical, safety, cooking, gardening, lighting, and evacuation. Realize that you can accomplish so much to further your survival with dozens of easy-to-finish projects found within. But, first... Who I Am, Why Listen To Me... My name is Damian Brindle. I'm a longtime survival blogger with many thousands of readers. I've spent the past decade studying and discovering nearly everything I can about survival, especially at home preparedness, to ensure my own family's survival. Over the last several years I've dedicated my life and my time to helping others just like you better survive disasters of all kinds. Like I said, it's my life. I'm also husband to a wonderful wife and father to two growing boys... as well as a devoted Christian and fellow Patriot. I've spent years ensuring my family will be 100% safe, secure, and ready for disasters of all kinds and now I'm offering you the chance to take an important--even crucial--action for yourself by ensuring your family is ready as well. Here's What's Covered Inside... 8 General Survival Projects (create an emergency binder, document your possessions, prepare your pets, and more) 5 DIY Water Projects (how to store water quickly and properly treat it so you don't get sick) 8 DIY Food Projects (know how to NOT get sick when the power goes out, make homemade MREs, boost vitamin yields of grains, etc.) 5 DIY Cooking Projects (use a thermos to cook with, build a 30-second rocket stove, vegetable can stove, and more) 7 DIY Safety and Security Projects (which NOAA radio to buy, develop a fire escape plan, how to earthquake "proof" shelving, etc.) 4 DIY Hygiene Projects (homemade cleaners, rodent traps, makeshift toilets) 5 "Get Ready to Evacuate" Projects (how to get your bedside ready, pocket survival kits, bug out bag, and more) 5 Miscellaneous Projects (stockpiling cash, makeshift lamps, etc.) Why You Must Prepare Yourself Now... Disasters, including earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, blizzards, floods, and so many more won't wait for you to be ready for them, and most strike without warning! You simply MUST prepare yourself now... here's how to get yourself and your family prepared with dozens of easy-to-finish survival projects in only ten minutes a day without even realizing it. Get the Book Now So You Stay Safe It's simple to do, just scroll up and click the "Buy Now" button and you'll get this knowledge instantly delivered to your fingertips only moments from now. Don't wait. Discover how to do what so many fail to fast and easy, all by following an expert in the field. Remember, we'll cover a wide variety of DIY survival ideas, including water, food, medical, safety, cooking, gardening, lighting, and evacuation... all of which could just save your life. Scroll Up And Click The "Buy Now" Button Discover how to jump-start your survival today with 47 easy, ten-minute DIY ideas anyone can do.