The Reading List/Bookstore - Survival Skills Aisle
Welcome to Survival Skills Books, where we will feature some of our favorites to get you through any apocalypse. And if you want to buy it, we'll provide a link for that too. Yay. Enjoy.
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98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive
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Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down: A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse by Forrest Griffin & Erich Krauss Written by the New York Times bestseller and ultimate fighting champ Forrest Griffin and Erich Krauss, the pair provide this fun and timely guide to surviving the coming apocalypse, bare-chested and squirrel loin cloth, and all. Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down provides everything an aspiring Mad Max needs to know about post-apocalyptic living. Since the time is nigh (if not already upon us), we should all Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down. |
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Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit |
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Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival |
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How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter and Self-Preservation Anywhere by Bradford Angier This guide is a practical, readable-and potentially indispensable-manual for anyone venturing into the great outdoors. Broken down into four essential sections, Sustenance, Warmth, Orientation and Safety, you'll learn how to catch game without a gun, what plants to eat (full-color illustrations of these make identification simple), how to build a warm shelter, make clothing, protect yourself and signal for help. Detailed illustrations and expanded instructions, newly commissioned for this deluxe edition, offer crucial information at a glance, making How to Stay Alive in the Woods truly a lifesaver. |
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How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times by James Wesley Rawles Zombie apocalypse, disruptive elections (we already said zombie apocalypse), or a pandemic - it only takes one event to disrupt our way of life. And with such an event, we could find ourselves facing any number of problems without help from the government. How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It, outlines essential techniques for surviving completely on your own, including how much food is enough, how to filter rainwater, how to protect your money, which seeds to buy for your garden, why goats are a smart choice for livestock, and how to secure your home. |
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Mountaineering First Aid: A Guide to Accident Response and First Aid Care by Jan Carline, Ph.D., Steve MacDonald M.P.H. Ph.D. & Martha Lentz R.N. Ph.D. This guide gives you all the latest information on assessing and treating conditions you may encounter in the wild, from serious injuries such as dislocations and fractures to unexpected major illness to weather-related problems. With quick-reference checklists of symptoms and procedures, recommendations on first aid kits and equipment, and more, Mountaineering First Aid will prepare you for anything in the backcountry. |
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Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen Outdoor Survival Skills has taught three generations of wilderness adventurers how to survive in nature without expensive purchased equipment, instead drawing on knowledge of the land and carefully tested techniques, many of them ancient, for finding or creating shelter, fire, tools, water, and plant and animal foods. In this new edition, anecdotes from the author's lifetime of experience provide thrilling examples of the skills and attitudes that ensure survival outdoors. |
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Petersen Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern/Central North America by Lee Allen Petersen More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous lookalikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses. |
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Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition by Steven Foster & James A. Duke Medicinal plants are increasingly well regarded as supplements and sometimes as alternatives for prescription drugs. Steven Foster and James A. Duke have used recent advances in the study of medicinal plants and their combined experience of over 100 years to completely update the Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. The clear and concise text identifies the key traits, habitats, uses, and warnings for more than 530 of the most significant medicinal plants in the eastern and central United States and Canada including both native and alien species. Seven hundred plus images, the organization-by-color system, and simplified warnings make identifying medicinal plants fast and easy. |
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SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere |
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Survival Hacks: Over 200 Ways to Use Everyday Items for Wilderness Survival by Creek Stewart Survival expert Creek Stewart shares his knowledge of practical, easy-to-follow tricks to help you transform everyday items into valuable gear that can save your life. Survival Hacks takes you step-by-step through transforming simple objects like soda tabs and plant leaves into essential survival tools. This rough-and-rugged guide covers everything from small-scale hacks, like using sticks and rope to make a table, to the big stuff, like creating a one-person emergency shelter from a trash bag or purifying dirty water using a plastic bottle and the sun. And you can be ready anywhere you go with everyday carry kits, pocket-sized survival kits, so you're never without the essential tools you need to make it on your own. Being prepared can make the difference when it comes to your survival in an emergency. And Survival Hacks makes it a whole lot easier. |
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The Art of Eating through the Zombie Apocalypse: A Cookbook and Culinary Survival Guide |
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The Bushcraft Boxed Set: Bushcraft 101; Advanced Bushcraft; The Bushcraft Field Guide to Trapping, Gathering, & Cooking in the Wild; Bushcraft First Aid by Dave Canterbury & Jason Hunt Ph.D. This Boxed Set brings together four titles from wilderness expert and New York Times bestselling author Dave Canterbury. The collection includes: Bushcraft 101: The primer to wilderness survival based on the author’s 5Cs of Survivability (cutting tools, covering, combustion devices, containers, and cordages); Advanced Bushcraft: Takes it to the next level with self-reliance skills that teach you how to survive with little to no equipment; The Bushcraft Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild: Provides everything you need to know about packing, finding, and preparing food while trekking; and, Bushcraft First Aid: Written with Jason A. Hunt, PhD, it’s the go-to first aid resource for anyone headed into the woods. |
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The Prepper's Medical Handbook by William Forgey, MD Who can you call for medical help when you're besieged by a hoard of walking undead? Neither the Ghostbusters nor E911 are likely going to be working, so it's going to be up to you. This handbook provides the basis of prevention, identification, and long-term management of survivable medical conditions and the procedures can be performed with minimal training. Dr. Forgey helps you identify sources of materials you will need and should stock-pile, discusses storage issues, and directs you to sources for more complex procedures that require advanced training of field-expedient techniques. |
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The Preppers Survival Handbook by Buck Collins Disaster preparations do not need to be overly difficult to manage if you have Buck Collins by your side to help. This handbook will guide you through the basics of survival and the necessities for leading a successful transition through emergencies and beyond. Don't just hunker down in your basement - with this guide you'll learn to become self-sufficient and helpful to those in need around you. |
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The Survival Handbook by Colin Towell Written by an ex-SAS Combat Survival Instructor, The Survival Handbook is bursting with survival tips, manual skills, camping essentials, and advice on how to improvise, survive, and get found – on land or at sea. Combining proven, no-nonsense military survival skills with ingenious bushcraft techniques, specially commissioned illustrations, and accessible step-by-step instructions show you how to survive in the wild. Learn how to plan your expedition, how to make a fire, and how to build a shelter and everything you need to know about wild food and natural dangers. Whether you are preparing for a camping trip or fighting for your post zombie-apocalypse life, The Survival Handbook is a perfect guide to the great outdoors in a handy size to pack. |
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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead |
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Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children by Tom Brown Jr. Bestselling nature survival writer, Tom Brown, Jr.'s handbook is an excellent guide to helping children safely explore and enjoy nature. It is designed for teachers, parents, counselors and children, for day trips to local parks or long wilderness treks. Learn to observe and identify animals and plants, lost-proof children, stalk and track, find water and food in nature, along with safety and first aid. |
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Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival by Tom Brown Jr. Here, in one essential volume, Tom Brown Jr. teaches the basics of wilderness survival. The most 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. You'll learn: 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. |
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When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes by Cody Lundin Survival expert Cody Lundin's book provides a blueprint for your family's preparation and education about survival psychology and the skills necessary to surmount a disaster whether you are at home, in the office, or in your car. This guide describes how to maximize a survival mind-set necessary for self-reliance, and does it in an entertaining way. |
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