Survivalism / Preparing for emergencies Books
HarperCollins Publishers SAS Survival Guide
Book SynopsisTHE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLERTHE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SURVIVING ANYWHEREThe Collins Gem SAS Survival Guide is the pocket companion for adventurers everywhere. From making camp and finding food in the wild to security and self-defence in the streets, be prepared on land or sea. SAS legend John Lofty' Wiseman's unrivalled guide will teach you:Preparation Understanding and assembling latest, most resilient, kit.Navigation Skills, technologies and techniques to get you through unfamiliar terrain.Food and Health Finding resources in your environment, feeding yourself, healing yourself and avoiding disease.Safety and Security Recognising dangerous situations, defending yourself and saving others.Disaster Survival Dealing with unstable environmental conditions: what to do in the face of flash flooding or fast-spreading fire.Trade Review'An ideal level of detail for a single book ... The most valuable 'jack of all trades' book that currently exists' Bushcraft UK
£6.99
Headline Publishing Group The Urban Prepper's Guide: How To Become
Book SynopsisPrepare for future worst-case scenarios while learning to be self-sufficient every day. It's become clear that even in the twenty-first century our comfortable lives can be disrupted at a moment's notice by events far beyond our control. Whether these are global disasters like a pandemic or a continent-spanning war, or local catastrophes like wildfires, floods, power outages or even food-and-essentials supply issues, you need to know how to respond to a wide variety of emergencies.Written by Jim Cobb, an authority on prepping and disaster readiness, The Urban Prepper's Guide will introduce you to techniques and strategies that can prepare your home and loved ones. These simple measures – designed specifically for urban and suburban dwellers who have tight budgets and limited space – include: • Water – how to safely store and purify water • Food – how to store, preserve, and cook food in an emergency • Shelter – how to shield yourself from the elements without power • Medical – how to be prepared for injuries and illnesses • Security – how to protect your house and valuables • Communication – how to stay informed in an emergency • Every Day Carry – how to be ready to handle problems wherever you are • Home Safety – how to protect against fire and other accidents • Financial Preparedness – how to start planning on a tight budget • Soft Skills – how to think clearly and communicate effectively in a crisis • Emergency Evacuation – how to be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice • Mindset – how to develop a survivor's mindset, and all that entails • The First 24 Hours – how to handle everything when the worst happensTrade Review'Jim Cobb is perhaps the most well-respected author in the preparedness community' -- Joe Alton, MD, author of The Survival Medicine Handbook'Jim Cobb is the voice of reason and experience with all things survival. If he says something works then you know you're getting solid, field-tested information from a respected leader in the survival industry who is constantly applying his skills and incorporating what he teaches into his daily life. Jim is the go-to guy for learning how to prepare for an urban disaster so you and your family can prevail through an unexpected emergency' -- Tony Nester, author of the Knife-Only Survival Book'Jim Cobb is an encyclopedia of disaster readiness knowledge. This book is a must-have for anyone's reference material, including my own' -- Craig Caudill, Director, Nature Reliance School'Jim is the author you read when you want no nonsense preparedness and survival. You won't find myths and unproven tactics in his writings, just practical advice you can put to good use!' -- Todd Sepulveda, host of The Prepper Website Podcast'Jim Cobb is one of the most practical, no-nonsense preparedness authors around. You can always count on him to cut through the nonsense of unrealistic advice and boil it down to logical, down-to-earth steps that will work for anyone. The survival world sincerely needs a book that was written for preppers living in urban and suburban areas and this book promises to offer solid gold advice' -- Daisy Luther, Founder of TheOrganicPrepper.com'Jim Cobb is a master at what it takes to survive in the city or anywhere. He provides you with the basic skills and knowledge for handling challenging situations ethically, with the big picture in mind. Jim gives you the tools and the knowledge for finding your path of self-reliance, for surviving with a smile when others are panicking' -- Christopher Nyerges, author of How To Survive AnywhereTable of ContentsTypes of disasters or crises • Water • Food • Shelter • Medical • Security • Lighting • Communication • Tools • Financial Preparedness • Soft Skills • Emergency Evacuation • Pet Preps • Mindset • Appendix: Kits.
£12.59
HarperCollins Publishers SAS Survival Handbook The Definitive Survival
Book SynopsisTHE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLERTHE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SURVIVING ANYWHEREThe SAS Survival Handbook is the complete companion for adventurers everywhere. From making camp and finding food in the wild to security and self-defence in the streets, be prepared on land or sea. SAS legend John Lofty' Wiseman's unrivalled guide will teach you:Preparation Understanding and assembling latest, most resilient, kit.Navigation Skills, technologies and techniques to get you through unfamiliar terrain.Food and Health Finding resources in your environment, feeding yourself, healing yourself and avoiding disease.Safety and Security Recognising dangerous situations, defending yourself and saving others.Disaster Survival Dealing with unstable environmental conditions: what to do in the face of flash flooding or fast-spreading fire.Trade Review'An ideal level of detail for a single book ... The most valuable 'jack of all trades' book that currently exists' Bushcraft UK 'A survival guide for any crazy situation. You will almost definitely never have to use the skills, but it'll make you feel powerful' Caitlin Moran
£17.99
HarperCollins Publishers Ultimate SAS Survival
Book SynopsisTHE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLERTHE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SURVIVING ANYWHEREUltimate SAS Survival is the complete companion for adventurers everywhere. From making camp and finding food in the wild to security and self-defence in the streets, be prepared on land or sea. SAS legend John Lofty' Wiseman's unrivalled guide will teach you:Preparation Understanding and assembling latest, most resilient, kit.Navigation Skills, technologies and techniques to get you through unfamiliar terrain.Food and Health Finding resources in your environment, feeding yourself, healing yourself and avoiding disease.Safety and Security Recognising dangerous situations, defending yourself and saving others.Disaster Survival Dealing with unstable environmental conditions: what to do in the face of flash flooding or fast-spreading fire.
£22.50
Adams Media Corporation The Disaster-Ready Home: A Step-by-Step Emergency
Book SynopsisA complete, step-by-step manual for safely sheltering-in-place at home so you are prepared for any disaster or disease.If a disaster forces you to shelter in place, do you think you have everything you need to safely and comfortably stay put in your home? If the answer is no, The Disaster-Ready Home will help you create a safe, well-stocked place to weather out any emergency. Survival expert and bestselling author Creek Stewart gives you a step-by-step emergency preparedness plan to meet your food, water, heat, and sanitation needs during any disaster. Including detailed lists, photographs, and complete instructions to make the plan easy to follow, this book is the only resource you need for a disaster. You’ll learn how to: -Create an emergency pantry stocked with enough food for the timeframe of your choice—from two weeks to three months to a full year -Select and store food that fits your taste, diet, and budget -Easily rotate and use your emergency food supply, so nothing goes to waste -Set up long-term water storage and renewable water sources -Cook food and boil water when your kitchen appliances aren’t working -Safely heat and light your home when the power is out -Effectively manage sanitation issues if running water is unavailable -And much more! With daily headlines dominated by disease and disasters, the need to be prepared has never been more evident. This practical, field-tested guide will help you protect and provide for your family when any situation arises.Trade Review“Arguably one of the most popular new books … an ultimate guide… easy-to-follow.” —Radar List"An invaluable resource for making sure your household has the supplies and know-how to survive the worst." —The Federalist
£11.69
Penguin Books Ltd How to Survive a Crisis
Book Synopsis''David Omand is exactly the man you need in a crisis'' RORY STEWART From the former Director of GCHQ comes a guide to surviving crises using the latest intelligence strategiesWar, terrorism, cyberattack, climate change, the threat of AI: it has never been more important to be prepared for the crises that await us.In How to Survive a Crisis, Professor Sir David Omand draws on his experience in defence, security and intelligence, including as Director of GCHQ and UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, to show how you can detect a looming crisis and extinguish it (or at least survive it with minimum loss).Using gripping real-world examples from Omand''s storied career, and drawing lessons from historic catastrophes such as Chernobyl, 9/11, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the WannaCry ransomware cyberattack, this empowering book is filled with practical advice on how to survive the multiplying crises of the future. Not every cTrade ReviewDavid Omand is one of Britain's most distinguished public servants - he combines deep experience from an exceptional career in public service with a rare capacity for communicating complexity, and the challenges of government and intelligence. He is exactly the man you need in a crisis -- Rory StewartPiercingly insightful, brilliantly lucid and illuminating, frightening and wise. Professor Sir David Omand has spent his life working at the very heart of the state and he brings this unique historical perspective to disasters that have befallen - and could yet befall - the nation and the wider world. From nuclear meltdown to apocalyptic cyber-attacks, from pandemics to the drums of war, here is a remarkable record of how the threads of society can be held firm in the darkest days. He writes with passion, fierce intelligence, sometimes with anger but also, fundamentally, with an optimistic vision: civilisation can prevail -- Sinclair McKay, Sunday Times-bestselling author of DresdenAn extraordinary achievement. Probably the best book ever written on crisis management which, as Sir David Omand persuasively argues, mostly amounts to "crisis survival". A superlative blend of his personal experience of modern crises and historical insights. Essential reading for our post-Covid-19 world -- Christopher AndrewAn amazing book. Timely, essential and important. The brilliantly insightful David Omand draws on his unmatched experience to explore the complexities of crisis. He shows us how poor preparation leads to failure, but applied intelligence saves lives. There is a lesson for all of us on every page, moreover it's a fascinating read -- Richard Aldrich, author of GCHQAs the world belatedly wakes up to the importance of resilience, this book is the instruction manual we all need. Leaders, in particular, should take note. It will be your imagination, ownership and example that will be decisive as we fight to defend that most precious of things: normality -- Sir Alex Younger, Chief of MI6If anyone knows how to handle a catastrophe, it's the former director of GCHQ -- Anna Bonet * i *David Omand was at the heart of British government for decades with a ringside seat for many of the crises of that period. This book distils that rare and valuable experience. There are useful insights on virtually every page - along with handy checklists for those tasked with decision-making during a crisis and even a guide to protect one's own household. As a nation we should be taking our resilience and preparedness much more seriously. This important book is an indispensable guide as to how we could do it -- Lord Toby HarrisWe live in a world where crises have become the new normal. Here is the survival guide you need! David Omand distils a lifetime's experience at the heart of British security into practical advice for governments, businesses and families on how to prepare for, and bounce back from, the disruptive events we will all face -- Peter RickettsDavid Omand is the insiders' insider with real-life experience and here he provides a fascinating and informed insight into the way crises develop, how to handle them and importantly, how to prevent them. It is a striking and expert checklist for dealing with the many future challenges awaiting us -- George Robertson, 10th Secretary General of NATO and former British Secretary of State for Defence.As David observes, no one manages a crisis. Yet this remarkable book will help you survive one with some finesse. But only if you read it in advance -- Professor Michael Mainelli, Chairman, Z/Yen Group, Sheriff of the City of London 2019-2021David Omand has unparalleled experience of crisis and risk management. It shines through in this thoughtful and practical guide to crisis management and resilience -- Jonathan Evans, former Director General of MI5Offers a masterclass into how to respond to and manage a crisis, but it delivers far more than just the topline title. It has fascinating capsule histories of recent crises, insights into human psychology during a crisis, the applicability of physical-world lessons to digital-world emergencies . . . a very clever book about much more than it initially lets on -- Joshua Huminski * DC Diplomatic Courier *
£19.00
Penguin Putnam Inc How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It
Book SynopsisTrade Review“The preppers' bible.”—Jim Forsyth, The Chicago Tribune “Civilization is still standing now, but that does not mean it always will… We'd better know what to do in the event of a deadly viral pandemic, major asteroid strike, unprecedented hyperinflationary (or deflationary) economic depression, third World War, or any other global disaster, Rawles argues. He spells out all the hazards that we might face in a post-disaster society: looting, armed violence, food shortages, etc. Then he lays out steps we can take now, such as taking survival- training courses, designing shelters, and stocking them with necessary supplies. He even offers a chapter on disaster-proof financial security: savvy investments to make now, earning income in the midst of a major recession, and bartering in the wake of a true disaster.”—The Futurist
£16.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Apocalypse Ready
Book SynopsisAn expertly curated compilation of officially published step-by-step guides on how to deal with every kind of disaster imaginable, drawn from government archives all around the world from the 1910s to today. Organized into four broad disaster-themed scenarios - Pandemics, Natural Disasters, Nuclear War and Alien Invasion - this visual guide displays the plethora of public survival advice and scare tactics proposed from all around the globe to deal with every disaster scenario that has occurred or been imagined since the early 20th century. From leaflets showing how to build an earthquake shelter to booklets providing step-by-step advice on how to protect yourself and your family during a nuclear war, and from posters showing how to minimize your chances of catching Spanish flu to documents indicating how to identify aliens, this carefully curated selection of disaster-planning documents reveals differences in public attitudes towards impending catastrophe since the 1910s and showTrade Review'A huge new pictorial history ... a masterclass in avoiding panic' - The Telegraph'Beautiful' - Creative Review'Assembles 100 years of government disaster advice from around the globe into a single volume' - Elephant'For those who approach bad news by laughing to keep from crying... In addition to humorous and ironic vintage illustrations and some dubious, outdated advice, there is useful advice too. It's up to the reader to decide which is which... If you aren't worried when you begin this book, you will be when you're done' - The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionTable of ContentsIntroduction Pandemic - Tuberculosis - Spanish Flu - Avian Flu and Hong Kong Flu - HIV/AIDS - Recent Viruses Natural Disaster - Extreme Weather - When the Earth Moves - Fighting Fire - Survive in the Wild Nuclear War - Preparation - Shelter - Blast and Fallout Alien Invasion - We Come in Peace - Is There Anyone Out There? - What is the Truth?
£23.75
Running Press,U.S. How to Survive a Human Attack
Book SynopsisDid you know human attacks account for a staggering 100 percent of premature deaths for witches, swamp monsters, cyborgs, and other supernatural, mutant, and exceptionally large beings?The past millennia or so has seen not only an uptick in human attacks, but also increasingly indiscriminate victim selection. It is understandable to feel overwhelmed. From renowned preternaturalist K. E. Flann, How to Survive a Human Attack provides critical information at a critical time with chapters specifically tailored to their target audience, including:· A Zombie’s Guide to Filling the Emptiness and Moving Forward· First-Time Haunter’s Guide for Ghosts, Spirits, Poltergeists, Specters, and Wraiths· Self-Training 101 for Werewolves: Sit, Don’t Speak, Stay Alive!· What’s Happening to My Body?: Radioactive Mutants and the Safety of the Nuclear Family
£12.34
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Liferaft Survival Guide
Book SynopsisThis is the ultimate guide to liferaft survival for all boaters and its purpose is to ensure the survival of skipper and crew in the event of their boat sinking. In this essential safety book, expert authors, Frances and Michael Howorth, cover how to be mentally and physically prepared for a sailor''s ultimate nightmare. It includes invaluable advice on the essentials to pack into the emergency grab bag for a short or long cruise, hot or cold climate, coastal or offshore trip. Packed full of checklists and clear diagrams, there are lessons learned from disasters, flowcharts to prioritise abandon ship procedure, sections on first aid and emergency treatment. Featuring some essential content from the authors'' previous title The Grab Bag Book but completely revised and updated, the new Liferaft Survival Guide is what you need right now to stay safe at sea and covers up to date information on the way satellites and beacons work, world monitoring of distress
£15.29
HarperCollins Focus Survive and Thrive
Book SynopsisGet ready for a refreshing and unique take on preparedness. This essential guide is for regular people who want to handle disaster situations confidently, without digging a network of underground bunkers stockpiled with weaponry.Trade Review'Survive and Thrive is the guidebook I wish I had while I was tracking down oily criminals in the jungles of Ecuador and the vultures in Africa. Bill and Jeanne have done it again, making a readable, easy-to-understand guide to preparing for and surviving disasters--whether a hurricane, wildfire, or the next pandemic. It's a book that should be on every journalist's shelf.' * GREG PALAST, NYT Bestselling author and investigative journalist *'As a life-long prepper and survivalist, I found this book to be extremely informative. The tools you need for a single individual or a family are conveniently located in this easy-to-read guide. Disaster can happen anywhere and at anytime--no matter who you are or where you live. Surviving a disaster is one thing. Thriving afterwards is a completely different situation. If you want to learn how, look no further than this guide.' * BRENDAN CALLAGHAN, Retired Navy SEAL Petty Officer First Class SO1 *'In the face of a climate crisis that may be even worse than we thought, Survive and Thrive is a refreshing dose of positivity with step-by-step guidelines to help us all to literally weather the storm. But beyond being a disaster and preparedness guide, this is a readable, comprehensive manual for a new way of living -- one which teaches and empowers the individual, while also recognizing that it's a collaborative and sustainable model which will be critical to successfully navigating an uncertain future. This should be mandatory 21st-century reading, on every shelf.' * THOM HARTMANN, NYT bestselling author and host of the Thom Hartmann Program *'Sage advice, in my opinion--and I've spent most of my life at the end of a dirt road. The only advice I would add is, work through these checklists with as many neighbors as possible, because in a real crisis (of which a globally heated world will provide plenty) they're going to be your bar-none best survival assets!' * BILL MCKIBBEN, author of The End of Nature *'Where has this been all my adulting life? Informative, comprehensive, self-aware, socially conscious, and most of all relatable and fun to read, this book takes numerous daunting topics and systematically breaks down the overwhelming into the practical as if the co-authors Jeanne and Bill were also coaches right by your side, guiding you along to embrace a unique concept of selfless and benevolent self-reliance (or at the very least knowing you can use Doritos as fire starters... who knew?). I'm glad I now have this on me; that fact alone already makes me feel I could be a tiny bit more ready for the next apocalypse.' * CALVIN D. SUN, MD, emergency physician, clinical assistant professor in emergency medicine, and author of The Monsoon Diaries *
£14.24
Globe Pequot Primitive Living SelfSufficiency and Survival
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£16.99
Skyhorse Publishing Low-Cost Emergency Planning: A DIY Guide to
Book SynopsisA Guide to Family Emergency Readiness That Doesn’t Break the Bank It is easy to think that you need a small fortune to make plans and stock up for emergency situations. But this book offers an alternative: that families don’t need to spend their entire savings to be prepared. A solid plan––combined with common sense habits––can use your family’s day-to-day lifestyle choices to enhance your survival quotient. In Low-Cost Emergency Planning, learn how to develop practices and repurpose everyday household discards to improve your family’s readiness for natural and human-made disasters. This book offers advice on the basics, from water and food to hygiene and energy alternatives, with full-color photos and clear instructions. By focusing on sustainable habits and DIY resources for basic household necessities, families can be prepared for anything.
£15.29
Skyhorse Publishing Urban Survival Guide: How City Dwellers Can Live
Book SynopsisPractical Guidelines to Resourceful City Living, Self-reliance, Emergency Preparedness, and Getting More for Less A survival guidebook that reflects the world in which we now find ourselves. The post 9/11 world seems a bit more hostile, as terrorist threats and attacks are no longer a surprise. The Great Tsunami of Christmas 2004 showed us that quick extinctions (like Noah’s flood) can and do happen without apparent warning. Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy not only told us that it can happen to us, but that it is foolhardy to make no preparations and pretend that the government will take care of you in the post-disaster landscape. The price of gold id rising again. War, rumors of war, famines, political instability, economic instability, global pandemics – all these and more are causes of concern to the average family. Economic survival is also addresses, since this is such a fundamental building block of everything else in modern society. Money cannot be ignored.
£16.99
Workman Publishing 100 Skills You'll Need for the End of the World
Book SynopsisFrom celestial navigation to sharpening blades, Ana Maria Spagna outlines 100 skills you’ll find indispensable for life after an apocalyptic global catastrophe. She covers obvious needs like first aid and farming, while also providing suggestions on how to build a safe and culturally rich community through storytelling and music making. Full of quirky illustrations by Brian Cronin, this book will provoke surprise, debate, and laughter as it leads you to greater self-reliance and joy — whatever the future brings.
£10.99
Forefront Books A Year Like No Other: How a Global Pandemic Led
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£21.00
HarperCollins Focus FIRE: The Complete Guide for Home, Hearth,
Book SynopsisMaster the art of building and maintaining a fire, as well as other essential survival skills, with this definitive fire field guide. Join experienced survivalist Ky Furneaux (featured on Discovery’s Naked and Afraid) and global adventurer Scott Donahue as they take your fire-making skills to the extreme.Whether you’re a seasoned outdoor expert or a fire-starting novice, you’ll master the art of making fires in your home or in the wilderness: find the perfect kindling build, contain, and control your fire safely put it out when the time comes Not only will you be able to build a fire safely, but you will know how to extinguish it properly—and what to do in an emergency situation in the event that something does go wrong. Develop skills that won’t fizzle out when you need them most with clear, easy-to-follow directions and helpful illustrations. Find out how to make fires in your home, in the woods, in the snow, or in the desert with a variety of fire-starting methods, and make sure that you always have the right supplies on hand. Explore how to safely and effectively use tools like axes, splitting mauls, hatchets, pocket knives, saws, and more.And—most importantly—learn how to make the best dang s’mores you’ve ever had.
£13.72
WW Norton & Co How to Survive: Self-Reliance in Extreme
Book SynopsisWhen faced with near death, your survival instincts kick in. Instincts can only take you so far, however; it’s preparation and planning that can make the difference between living and dying. In How to Survive, readers will hear harrowing tales of survival and learn from them. These stories are broken down and studied, whether it’s the experience of a teenager hiking to safety as the only survivor of a plane crash in the Peruvian Amazon, a fisherman drifting for more than 400 days in an open boat across the Pacific Ocean, or a US Air Force fighter pilot forced to eject from his stealth fighter thousands of feet above the earth. John Hudson, a military survivor instructor, introduces the mindset that he feels is imperative for success: the Survival Triangle. This combination of effort, hope, and goals, along with a few practical skills, provides a premade planning template that can be used to jumpstart the whole survival process.
£12.34
Quirk Books The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook:
Book SynopsisIt’s the apocalypse—now what? Prepare for the end of civilization with the help of the world’s best-selling survival guide series and learn how to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.The doomsday clock is seconds from midnight. Extinction-level dangers draw closer with every tick. But fear not! Here is an indispensable guide to preparing for and surviving the ultimate in worst-case scenarios, with humor to lighten the load. You can’t panic if you’re laughing.Dozens of survival experts provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions on: How to Pack a Go Bag in Thirty Minutes How to Make Your Bunker Feel Like Home How to Survive an Alien Invasion How to Defeat a Robot Uprising How to Survive the Next Pandemic How to Fend Off a Hostile Clan How to Eat Insects and Rodents How to Rebuild a Utopian Society You've gotten this far. Don't let zombies take you out.Trade Review“[The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Apocalypse] might make you actually look forward to the end of the world”—Esquire
£13.49
Harry Barnes Prepper: How to Prepare for Recession and
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£17.06
Topix Media Lab The Official John Wayne Handy Book of Emergency
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£14.24
Offgrid DIY Survival: Best Hacks for Worst-Case Scenarios
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£17.09
