It's an hour away from darkness, a bitter winter storm is raging, and Joe Pickett is deep in the forest edging Battle Mountain, shotgun in his left hand, his truck's detached steering wheel handcuffed to his right and Lamar Garniner's arrow-riddled corpse splayed against the tree in front of him. Lamar's murder and the sudden onslaught of the snowstorm warn: Get off the mountain. But Joe knows this episode is far from over. Somewhere in the dense...

Compares the thought processes and actions of survivors and nonsurvivors in deadly situations, presenting case studies and discussing neurological and psychological research and ancient texts on survival; and lists twelve steps most survivors take in life-and-death situations as well as trying situations in everyday life.

"Seventeen-year-old Victoria Nash runs the household on her family's peach farm in the small ranch town of Iola, Colorado--the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from his tribal land and determined to live as he chooses. Victoria encounters Wil by chance on a street corner, a meeting that profoundly alters both of their young lives, unknowingly igniting as much passion...

Publisher's Description: National Geographic Complete Survival Manual is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and user-friendly reference of its kind-and the only one with firsthand advice from the experts at National Geographic and four of the top organizations of emergency preparedness. Beginning with the basics of survival, the book then focuses on how to survive in six of the world's most hazardous environments-from building a snow fort if you're...

Survivor: South Pacific. Former contestants Ozzy Lusth and Benjamin Wade, as well as Brandon Hantz are among the competitors.

Across America's backyards, individuals have walked away from our modern society to live in backwoods. Follow six people who are living off of the land -surviving on what they can produce with their own two hands and sharp intuition.

"When faced with nature's life and death circumstances, how would you respond? Survival stories recounts true stories of people overcoming adversity and surviving against the odds. Readers will learn which decisions survivors made that led to their rescues as well as tips and tricks on how to survive in similar situations."--Back cover.

For the first time ever, Mouseford Academy is offering a course in outdoor survival skills, and it's being taught by the athletic adventurous Bruce Hyena! All five Thea Sisters sign up, along with the Ruby Crew. But when a terrible storm hits during the two-day outdoor challenge, there are mouselets in danger! Who will come to the rescue? -- Back cover.

When Bacon leads four boys on a challenging outing in the Sierras, he is determined to teach his charges courage, comradery, and survival, but his relentless, demanding routine pushes the boys to their physical and emotional limit. The boys discover they are as unprepared for the rigors of roughing it as they are for Bacon's unpredictable, volatile nature. Most affected is soft-spoken, intellectual Astin, who soon finds himself fighting for his life...