The Ultimate Survival Manual by Rich Johnson
This brilliant and completely addictive book is perfect for anyone with a yen to taste danger, enjoy the freedom of the outdoors, imagine risk, or even just have fun. Less the Dangerous Book for Boys, it is more the Dangerous Book for Boys Who Never Grew Up. From potentially useful abilities like how to find water anywhere (even in a desert), how to treat shock, heatstroke and frostbite, build a shelter from branches and leaves, and fish with your shirt, to fascinating techniques that are unlikely ever to be needed like how to predict the weather from plants, survive a stampede or wildfire, swim through burning oil, jump from a moving train or cross a fast-moving river, this book details over 300 skills that seem absolutely essential to know whilst you're reading the book. It even details apocalyptic survival solutions in the event of a massive tsunami or nuclear accident, and, if all else fails, describes how to extract a natural painkiller from tree bark. Written in a wry, humorous way, this book could be used as a practical guide, but will invariably have a lot of appeal to armchair adventurers as an entertaining reference. It will make the perfect gift for teenage boys, twentysomething males and overgrown kids of all ages. Full colour throughout, it has photographs, illustrations, diagrams and lists, which make it ideal for opening at random to discover something interesting, as well as reading through from cover to cover.
It is a brilliant and completely addictive book that is perfect for anyone with a yen to taste danger, enjoy the freedom of the outdoors, imagine risk, or even just have fun* Super Yacht News *
Written in a wry, humorous way and packed with colour photographs, illustrations, diagrams and lists, The Ultimate Survival Manual will teach you absolutely essential skills, abilities and techniques. * Soundings Magazine *
If you've ever idly wondered how to wade through a swamp or whether it's safe to drink your own urine, this is the book for you. * The Girl Outdoors *
The Ultimate Survival Guide by Rich Johnson offers a comprehensive guide to surviving anything...this book is a must. * The Lifeboat *
Written in a wry, humorous way and packed with colour photographs, illustrations, diagrams and lists, The Ultimate Survival Manual will teach you absolutely essential skills, abilities and techniques. * Soundings Magazine *
If you've ever idly wondered how to wade through a swamp or whether it's safe to drink your own urine, this is the book for you. * The Girl Outdoors *
The Ultimate Survival Guide by Rich Johnson offers a comprehensive guide to surviving anything...this book is a must. * The Lifeboat *
Rich Johnson was a paratrooper and demolition officer with US Special Forces. He has also been a coastguard instructor, paramedic and firefighter, and in his spare time is a keen sailor, diver and skier. He once survived in the desert wilderness for a year, living in a cave and eating insects.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781408192511 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408192519 |
| Title | The Ultimate Survival Manual |
| Author | Rich Johnson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2013-03-14 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |