Explains how native peoples and explorers are able to survive the frigid conditions of the polar regions.

Roy Revant is living the hard life of a bounty hunter in a broken city, a city where thousands have died in a mysterious event called the Blast Fall. Such lessons learned in the void left behind weigh heavy on the battered souls that have fought for humanity's survival. Yet a devastating new threat has arisen, for even in the face of victory mankind's final destruction looms just beneath the stars. Now Solty must save them all. Daughter, sister, machine--...

Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane blacks out and it's up to you to land the jet. What do you do? The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook is here to help: jam-packed with how-to, hands-on, step-by-step, illustrated instructions on everything you need to know FAST-from defusing a bomb to delivering a baby in the back of a cab. Providing frightening and funny real information in the best-selling...

Provides information on performing such feats as forming an independent nation, catching a great white shark, and breaking into Fort Knox.

Provides survival information from the American Red Cross, U.S. Army, Boy Scouts of America, and the Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. Covers preparation, shelter, food, water, fire, navigation, signaling, hazards and first aid in various environments.

When fifteen-year-old Miguel's time finally comes to leave his poor Mexican village, cross the border illegally, and join his parents in California, his younger sister's determination to join him soon imperils them both.

In this true account, the author shares his death-defying three-month journey though the Arctic outback where his six hundred-mile trek took him to the remotest regions of the untamed North--and where his sense of adventure and unwavering spirit led to his survival.

This state-of-the-art manual is now completely updated and revised with new sections on transportation (such as carjacking or road-rage incidents), defending against terrorists (how to react to a suspicious package or behavior, for example), and information about numerous self-defense techniques. This survival guide now covers the world-any terrain, all climates-with hundreds of line drawings showing details on making tools and rafts, preserving food,...