Mother Nature is Not Trying to Kill You

Mother Nature is Not Trying to Kill You

Author: Rob Nelson

Publisher: Mango Media Inc.

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1642503223

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Living With Mother Nature—and Other Things Learned in the Wild “Having this book in your backpack just may save your life one day.” —Jesse Weiland, national park ranger #1 New Release in Earth Sciences, Natural Disasters Prepare for all the worst case scenarios mother earth throws at you with Mother Nature is Not Trying to Kill You—the only survival kit you need to overcome wildlife, natural disasters, and everything else outdoors. Survive the unexpected. Statistically, you’re more likely to die from a vending machine than a shark. But, Rob Nelson knows many shark survivors. His college girlfriend was attacked by a crocodile and his roommate, a grizzly bear. His wife was sucked by a wave down a blowhole, he was left stranded at sea after a storm sank his sailboat, and the list goes on and on. To Rob, these “improbable” altercations are “random acts of nature,” and he’s learned how to survive them. On knots, poisonous plants, and natural disasters. Featuring 52 challenges you can encounter in the wilderness, this survival guide is your year-long crash course for ultimate disaster management. Whether you’re preparing for a moose attack or a nuclear fallout, Mother Nature is Not Trying to Kill You enables you to confront the natural world with skill and confidence. This wilderness survival guidebook also includes: • Pop culture examples like Jaws and The Revenant • Nature and science-packed stories and narratives • Diagrams, survival tips, and more! If you enjoyed books like Bushcraft 101, The Worst Case Scenario, or SAS Survival Handbook, then Mother Nature is Not Trying to Kill You is your next read!


Survival Hacks

Survival Hacks

Author: Creek Stewart

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-04

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1440593345

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"Survival expert Creek Stewart shares his cache of practical, easy-to-follow tricks to help you transform everyday items into valuable gear that can save your life" -- from back cover.


Extreme Wilderness Survival

Extreme Wilderness Survival

Author: Craig Caudill

Publisher: Page Street Publishing

Published: 2017-03-21

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1624143504

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Real-World Tactics for Safety and Survival in Extreme Situations For the beginner and way beyond, Extreme Wilderness Survival has what every outdoorsman needs to stay safe in the woods: the right mind-set, skills, advanced tactics and gear choices based on real experiences. Craig Caudill of Nature Reliance School has spent four decades gathering expertise in outdoor survival—including two 30-day solo sabbaticals in remote woods with only a knife. He teaches military personnel as well as everyday citizens how to avoid trouble and what to do when you can’t avoid it. In this book, Craig puts it all together in a sensible way, step by step, for almost any scenario—from getting lost alone to extreme group tactics. You’ll learn how to: · Strengthen your mental fortitude · Heighten awareness to avoid danger · Hunt, fish and forage for food · Make gear from scratch · Use tactics and self-defense to fight off predators · Track animals and other people · Choose the right gear to help you get home safe always In this book, you’ll learn how to work with nature, not against it, so you can travel with a healthy dose of confidence and caution, stay safe and survive no matter what dangers you encounter.


Pet Emergency Pocket Guide

Pet Emergency Pocket Guide

Author: InforMed InforMed

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2012-03-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781890495466

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The Pet Emergency Pocket Guide is a practical reference for pet owners that provides complete planning, response and survival guidelines for both common and uncommon pet emergencies, presented in an easy to use and convenient pocket-sized format. This compact tool delivers step-by-step instructions for daily care, first aid, illness and injury assessment, emergency planning, and natural disaster preparation and survival. It features tabbed, color-coded and illustrated sections that make it easy to use, with checklists and inventory lists for creating your own pet emergency, travel, and evacuation kits. This new Second Edition features the following: Updated content as suggested by emergency veterinarians Expanded Glossary of Signs & Conditions, including new entries and illustrations Reorganized content and tabs for ease-of-use Updated toxic food list and detailed reactions for dogs Information about preventing dog bites and scratches, as well as how to break up dog fights 3 pages of common plants that are poisonous to cats New section for 'Pocket Pets', including basic information and signs and conditions for ferrets, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, rabbits, birds, fish, turtles and snakes New graphics, charts and an updated design


Survival Mom

Survival Mom

Author: Lisa Bedford

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-04-24

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 0062089455

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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.”


Survivorman Three-Book Bundle

Survivorman Three-Book Bundle

Author: Les Stroud

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2014-05-06

Total Pages: 699

ISBN-13: 1443437573

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In a survival situation, life really does hang in the balance: one wrong decision could spell the difference between life and death. No one knows this better than Les Stroud, who has survived everywhere from the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon. Will to Live is a compilation of history’s most intriguing survival stories by one of the world’s foremost experts, and includes the tales of Chris McCandless, subject of Into the Wild; Yossi Ghinsberg, who survived alone in the Amazon for twenty-one days; Douglas Mawson, the Antarctic “superman” who survived three hellish months at the bottom of the planet; and Nando Parrado, who was trapped for two months high in the Andes after a plane crash killed his friends and family. With over sixteen weeks on the Globe and Mail bestseller list, Survive! is the ultimate insider’s guide to survival. Les Stroud has survived it all, and now he shares his field-tested expertise in this no-nonsense look at the real world of survival. Beyond Survivorman offers us a rare glimpse of some of the world’s most remote places and a chance to meet fascinating groups of people like the Sea Gypsies in Malaysia and the San Bushmen in Africa, allowing us to learn how they live, how they survive, and what lessons they can teach us.


Tiny SURVIVAL GUIDE

Tiny SURVIVAL GUIDE

Author: David Polczynski

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03-26

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9780692041215

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How To Survive Almost Anything! What will YOU do WHEN disaster strikes? Every day people like you (and me) are thrown into life and death situations without any warning. Unfortunately some die due to lack of knowledge, skill and preparation. But you don't have to. Tiny Survival Guide is treasure chest full of the life-saving tips you need to survive almost anything - all in a compact, credit card-sized, micro-guide. Carry It Everywhere - All The Time. When when technology fails and you don't have anything, but your wallet, Tiny Survival Guide is there! At less than one ounce Tiny Survival Guide is designed for every day carry (EDC) in your wallet, pocket, purse, pack, glove box - just about ANYWHERE! A Life Insurance Policy in Your Pocket. You'll Learn How To Survive These Threats: Wilderness Mishaps / Civil Unrest / Surprise Attacks / Natural Disasters / Mass Destruction: Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Disasters (and Attacks) / Abduction / Hostage and Terror Threats / Active Shooters / Vehicle Accidents / Hiking, Camping and Hunting Emergencies / And MORE. INSIDE You Will Find: 174 Expert Tips / 101 Detailed Illustrations / 67 Life-Saving Skills / 24 Essential Gear Checklists / 10 "Killer" Mistakes You MUST Avoid. How Can We Fit SO MUCH - In Such a Tiny Guide? Good question. Using a special 3-row by 12-column folding process and high-resolution printing on special paper, we have been able to condense the equivalent of a book nearly 75 pages into a guide with the footprint of a credit card, making Tiny Survival Guide the first publication of its kind. One Tough Guide! Tiny Survival Guide is designed in the USA, using durable tear and weather-repelling, hybrid materials found in the world's toughest wilderness maps.Who Is Tiny Survival Guide For? According to FEMA, the majority of Americas do NOT have an emergency plan, sufficient supplies, knowledge or the training needed to survive a major disaster - so, Tiny Survival Guide is a great tool for just about anyone! It's also perfect for folks who like to hike, camp, fish, hunt, backpack, travel or explore new wilderness or urban destinations.


Outback Survival

Outback Survival

Author: Bob Cooper

Publisher:

Published: 2016-12-22

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9780733637513

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'a guidebook that might just save your life' HERALD SUN Bob Cooper's incredible bushcraft skills have been developed through more than 30 years of experience in Australia's harsh outback. He has picked up tools of survival from the experiences of living with traditional Aboriginal communities, instructing Special Forces units, lecturing with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Service on desert survival in the Mexican Desert, delivering wilderness lessons in the UK and learning the skills of the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. Bob has put his own lessons to the test and showed that with the right knowledge of the land, you can survive in even the harshest of conditions. OUTBACK SURVIVAL tells you WHAT you need to do, and HOW, if you want to survive. Based on Bob's Big 5 techniques, he explains: WATER - how to find, purify and transport WARMTH - fire and wind-proofing SHELTER - against rain, cold, wind and sun SIGNALS - by day and night FOOD - foraging and fishing This new edition also features Bob's OUTBACK DRIVING guide. The outback of Australia is one of the most unforgiving regions of the world, but Bob Cooper is committed to protecting and enhancing the experience people have when venturing out into the bush.


Essential Survival Gear

Essential Survival Gear

Author: James Morgan Ayres

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-02-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1493015281

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Disasters strike every day, but despite the best laid plans you may find yourself in one with only the clothes on your back and without a well packed first-aid kit. In Essential Survival Gear, J. Morgan Ayres explains in detail what you need to have when a dire emergency occurs, wherever you are, whoever you are. Ayres—a former Green Beret, martial arts master, and wilderness and urban survivalist—explains his four-layer concept (clothing, day bag, backpack, basic equipment and luxuries) and profiles and provides photos of a broad range of gear, with recommendations on what works best in what scenario—from cityscapes to wilderness and everywhere in between—and how to use it.


Essential Survival Skills

Essential Survival Skills

Author: Colin Towell

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-02-21

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0756673380

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Essential Survival Skills is a step-by-step guide to surviving and thriving in the wilderness. This eBook includes everything you need to know when hiking or camping, such as how to build a shelter and first aid information for various types of insect bites and possible illnesses. Essential Survival Skills progresses from the very basics for beginners, through all the elements essential to becoming adept at wilderness survival, to advanced techniques to keep you ahead of the game. Illustrated sequences provide a precise guide for learning new skills or brushing up on techniques. The perfect guide for anyone interested in building their survivalist skills!