Anyone ever reasd this besides me? It's by John "Lofty" Wiseman, and it's pretty interesting, even though it's basically a reference book.

I want to buy the mini version.

I've read a few survival handbooks. What does this one offer that others don't?

SAS!!!

I'm going to buy one today.

I've got a copy, it's pretty good. I've probably read through it at least three times.

I'm not sure that it offers anything that others do not, as it is the only survival guide I own to date, but i did really enjoy it. It covers just about every conceivable occurrence in the wild; or at least that I can think of, and it covers all types of terrain.

So yeah, I just may pick up another survival guide soon, so i can compare 'em.

Just purchased the Collins Gem edition. 3.25" x 4.75" x 1.8"

It's fucking TINY! All the information is condensed into a book the size of a thick wallet.

Here's the table of contents for those that might be interested:

* Essentials
_ Be Prepared
_ Equipment
_ Survival Kit
_ Survival Pouch
_ Knives
_ Facing Disaster
_ Water
_ Salt
_ Survival Log

* Climate + Terrain
_ Climate Zones
_ Polar Regions
_ Mountains
_ Seashores
_ Islands
_ Arid Regions
_ Tropical Regions

* Food
_ Food Values
_ Food Plants
_ Trees
_ Fungi
_ Arctic + Northern Plants
_ Desert Plants
_ Tropical Plants
_ Seashore Plants
_ Animals for Food
_ Fish and Fishing

* Camp Craft
_ Shelter and making camp
_ Fire
_ Cooking
_ Preserving Food
_ Organizing the Camp
_ Tools
_ Furnishing the Camp
_ Animal Products
_ Ropes and Lines
_ Knots

* Reading the Signs
_ Maps
_ Direction Finding
_ Weather Signs

* On The Move
_The Decision to Move
_ Planning the Route
_ Moving in Groups
_ Walking at Night
_ Upland Travel
_ Jungle Travel
_ Waterways

* Survival at Sea
_ Abandoning Ship
_ In the Water
_ Making a Landfall

* Rescue
_ Signaling
_ Signals and Codes
_ Search
_ Helicopter Rescue

* Health
_ First Aid
_ Unconscious Casualties
_ Breathing and Pulse
_ Choking and Blockage
_ Not Breathing / No Pulse
_ Artificial Respiration
_ Is Heart Beating?
_ Cardiac Compression
_ Ar With Compression
_ Severe Bleeding
_ Wounds and Dressings
_ Burns
_ Fractures
_ Sprains
_ Dislocations
_ Shock
_ Bandaging
_ Minor Ailment
_ Moving the Injured
_ Emergency Childbirth
_ Bites
_ General Poisoning
_ General Disorders
_ Diseases
_ Warm Climate Diseases
_ Warm Climate Ailments
_ Cold Climate Hazards
_ Natural Medicine
_ Plant Preparations
_ Remedies
_ Tropical Medicinal Plants
_ Bites and Stings
_ Poisonous Snakes
_ Crocodiles and Alligators
_ Dangerous Water Creatures
_ Other Sea Creatures

* Disaster Strategies
_ Predicting Disaster
_ Drought
_ Fire
_ Flood
_ Tsunami
_ Avalanche
_ Hurricane
_ Tornado
_ Lightening
_ Earthquake
_ Volcano
_ Vehicles

A very comprehensive book.

I fucking love it, I've definitely have read it through at least 3 times also, its a pretty in-depth book

The diagrams are quite detailed as well. The only thing I don't like is that I feel some areas should have gone into more depth.

ive read a "SAS survival handbook" but it didnt have all those topics

The one I have also has disaster strategies for nuclear, chemical, biological attacs, as well as mass-riots and whatnot.

Must be the big one. That'll be my next purchase.

It does sound like it would be worth a read. I'll take a look.

You would have to be an idiot to not know how to survive in a mild to hot climate.

This excludes the desert and very snowy places.

PICTURES!!

Pictures are good

You get a knife with it and a length of piano wire to fashion small-game traps with.

I've got the pocket-size version. Good book, though I haven't looked at it for like 3 or 4 years.

OP: yeah, i bought this book on a whim once
it was really interesting
plus it tells you how to make some neat snares, a few of which i've tried myself

it's exactly the same content as my full sized one
you got yourself a keeper there.

Haha yeah, it's pretty fun to try using the things in the book when you're out camping. Especially with beer and weed .