Wilderness Survival, 3rd Edition, is your survival tool for staying alive if you are ever lost or immobilized in the wilderness. Included is essential information on basic first aid, including up-to-date steps for performing CPR. This guide also provides information on building a shelter, signaling for help, foraging for food and water—including recognizing edible plants—making a fire, avoiding outdoor hazards like animal encounters and dangerous weather, and navigating through the wilderness. Portable and light-weight, this valuable pocket guide is an important source of information for outdoor professionals, recreationists, and anyone active in a wilderness setting. Made in the USA. When you factor in the handy layout and informative contents of the guides, along with the top quality illustrations, the practically indestructible nature of the products and the extremely affordable prices it just makes sense to grab a variety of guides for your pack, kits, and car! "I dumped half a pot of old, hot coffee on it to see if the higher temperature would have an effect or if the coffee would stain the [duraguide]. Once again I was foiled in my effort to ruin the guide." Woodsmonkey.com, Tim Stetzer Watching birds is one of the fastest growing hobbies in North America. The pocket guide series helps people enhance their enjoyment of birds by learning more about them. Complete with detailed species information, photos, illustrations, and maps, these titles cover a wide range of topics for everyone who is curious about birds – from Birding 101 to Nests & Eggs of North American Backyard Birds. - Adventure Sports Outdoors Magazine In these new guides, you will find a new way of looking at all these birds. It is an interesting new approach and one I look forward to using. - The Osprey, Sally Newbert "When you factor in the handy layout and informative contents of the guides, along with the top quality illustrations, the practically indestructible nature of the products and the extremely affordable prices it just makes sense to grab a variety of guides for your pack, kits, and car!" "I dumped half a pot of old, hot coffee on it to see if the higher temperature would have an effect or if the coffee would stain the [duraguide]. Once again I was foiled in my effort to ruin the guide." -- Tim Stetzer ― Woodsmonkey.com Zoologist Jim Kavanagh has made a career out of introducing novices to plants, animals, the sciences and world cultures. In addition to creating over 500 simplified nature guides, he has also authored guides to languages, cities and outdoor skills. An avid traveler and backpacker, Kavanagh’s path has taken him around the world to many remote destinations including the upper Amazon, Africa, Australia, and the Arctic Circle (and this is just the As). He is also the author of a series of state-specific guides to common species and natural attractions and a children's book on evolution. www.waterfordpress.com