Nature Survival

A perfect father-daughter bike ride turns into a desperate fight for survival against a predator that knows their every move. Jake and his daughter Maya are deep in a remote state forest when a simple ride becomes a nightmare. A wrong turn and a broken bike leave them stranded as daylight burns away. They are not alone. Stalked by a large, intelligent mountain lion, they soon realize they aren't just lost—they're being herded. With every passing hour, the forest transforms from a place of adventure into a hunting ground. The beast is patient, powerful, and seems to anticipate their every ...

Do you want to know you’re ready and prepared for any conceivable contingency, regardless of life’s unpredictable twist and turns? Are you someone who is concerned for you and your family's safety ? With Wars brewing around the world, viruses crippling society, prepping is no longer a fringe hobby. It is more……it is cultivating your unshakable readiness. It is being resourceful and shifting to a can do attitude. Prepping is no longer for the extremist or the paranoid. It is for you…….a person who cares about not being victim to the whims of the word.

Christopher Wills's claim has its roots in an insight from Charles Darwin: the interactions between species in an ecosystem are a powerful driver of evolution. In this book Wills describes how, by using the latest genetic techniques, we are probing ecosystems and discovering that even the most apparently barren of them are rich in variety, especially of microbes.

After travelling the whole world, can exploring a single map ever be enough? Adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year investigating the small map around his own home. Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of city lights and the hum of busy roads, satisfy his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration?

GPS devices are great, but they can break, get lost, or easily be hampered by weather conditions, making basic map and compass skills essential for anyone who spends time outdoors. This popular, easy-to-use orienteering handbook, Be Expert with Map and Compass has been helping people find their way for more than fifty years.

In When Everything Beyond the Walls Is Wild, Lilace Mellin Guignard draws from emblematic moments and relationships in her own life to explore issues of gender, recreation, and environmental conservation. Born into a suburban family, Guignard wanted to get up close and personal with iconic American landscapes, but social pressures and cautionary tales told her that these spaces were not meant for her as a woman. Refusing to stay indoors and “safe", Guignard drove cross-country with her dog, worked as a river guide, and set out to climb Mount Whitney.

Ready to become a confident explorer? Imagine building a shelter, starting a fire, or finding your way using the stars. Essential Wilderness Survival Skills for Kids is the ultimate guide for young adventurers who want to thrive in the wild while having fun ! This audiobook teaches real-world survival skills in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format—perfect for kids eager to learn, parents seeking educational entertainment, and families who love the outdoors. What You’ll Learn: Survival Basics – Build shelters, start fires, and purify water.

Caleb's finest hour is his deepest secret. Not even his parents knew what really happened after three nights in the wilderness. Now another school, another class, and another group of kids who were not his friends.

Entropy is a law of nature, the one predicting that "things fall apart." Spend enough time outdoors and it will eventually happen to you. When it does, who will pick up the pieces? Who will glue them back together? Professional search and rescue volunteers leave work, home, and their cozy beds to rescue people on the worst day of their lives. They buy their own gear, pay their own gas, and ask nothing more than to make a contribution to the lives of strangers who they'll probably never meet again.

Natalia is not the kind of girl who takes risks. Six years ago, she barely survived the house fire that killed her baby brother. Now she is cautious and always plays it safe. For months, her coworker Wyatt has begged her to come hiking with him, and Natalia finally agrees. But when a wildfire breaks out, blocking the trail back, a perfect sunny day quickly morphs into a nightmare. With no cell service, few supplies, and no clear way out of the burning forest, a group of strangers will have to become allies if they're going to survive.

Marine Biologist Doc Ford has a new mission for Sharks Inc.: visit Sanibel Island’s remote Bone Field to find a wild orange tree that's survived a disease destroying Florida’s citrus. There, the members of Sharks Incorporated find oranges unlike any they’ve ever seen but can’t find the tree Doc needs. Worse, the area is protected by a massive saltwater crocodile.

In today's uncertain world, it's essential to be ready for anything. Whether you're facing a nuclear attack, an EMP strike, or a military invasion on US soil, you need to know how to survive.

In 2018, two couples set out on a climbing expedition to Alaska’s Hidden Mountains, one of the last wild ranges in North America. A rarity in modern climbing, the peaks were nearly unexplored and untouched, a place where few people had ever visited and granite spires still awaited first ascents. Inspired by generations of daring alpinists before them, the four climbers were now compelled to strike out into uncharted territory themselves.

Outdoor journalist James Edward Mills's book The Adventure Gap is a groundbreaking volume that is equal parts adventure story, history, and inspiration as it chronicles the first American all-Black summit attempt on Denali in 2013. Mills uses this momentous expedition as a jumping-off point to explore diversity in the outdoors, from Mathew Henson who stood at the North Pole in 1909 to contemporary adventurers such as polar explorer Barbara Hillary and rock climber Kai Lightner.

Welcome to "Northern Roots," the ultimate guide for homesteading in the wilderness of Alaska. This eBook is your roadmap to a simpler, more self-sufficient life that's in harmony with nature. Through the pages of this book, you'll learn everything you need to know about homesteading in Alaska, from why you should choose it as your lifestyle to how you can prepare for any hurdle that comes your way. Chapter by chapter, we'll cover everything from navigating the rugged terrain of Alaska and building your own shelter to growing your own produce, hunting and fishing for your meals, and ...

Hans Florine is a big-wall climbing legend in his own time. He holds the speed record on the Nose route of El Capitan, a 3,000-foot granite cliff in Yosemite Valley that's considered the Everest of the rock-climbing world. But Florine's story is not one of super-human athletic prowess; it's one of persistence and dogged determination. In 30 years of climbing, he's ascended the Nose a mind-blowing, death-defying 100 times, more than anyone else ever has, and most likely ever will. In On the Nose, Florine describes the most dangerous, pivotal, and inspirational of those climbs.

"It’s a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, it’ll be the hardest thing that’s been done in the Himalayas." Thus spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unscaled West Wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976. Bonington’s was one of the more positive responses; most felt the climb impossibly hard, especially for a two-man, lightweight expedition.

Unlock the secrets of survival with "The Ultimate Survival Guide: Essential Skills and Strategies for Wilderness, Urban, and Long-Term Survival." This ultimate survival book is your go-to resource for mastering essential skills needed in any scenario. Whether you're a wilderness enthusiast, a doomsday prepper, or just looking to be prepared for anything, this guide covers it all with flair and finesse. From finding water and building shelters to advanced navigation and crafting tools, this guide provides detailed, easy-to-follow instructions.

Mountain search-and-rescue volunteer Bree Loewen's to-do list isn't quite the same as most people's. A former Mount Rainier climbing ranger and trained leader in mountain search-and-rescue, Bree shares the drama and the camaraderie of this work, as well as the challenges of trying to fit her other roles as wife and mother into what is still largely a masculine environment. In a fearless voice - disarming yet laced with dark humor - Bree guides us through intense recoveries, vivid wilderness landscapes, and the warmth she discovers in motherhood, community, and purpose.

In The Winter Pony, Iain Lawrence pens the mesmerizing tale of a young white Siberian pony who escapes a group of cruel masters only to enter the company of Englishman Robert Falcon Scott. Joining Scott’s men and their race to the South Pole, the pony is soon given a name, James Pigg, as he and the rest embark on a thrilling race to reach the bottom of the world - a race in which not everyone will survive.