John Wiseman Bücher

Luxury edition of the bestselling survival guide

The ultimate guide to surviving anywhere has been updated with over 100 pages of new material, including a chapter on urban survival. This classic outdoor manual addresses every conceivable disaster scenario and is essential for campers, hikers, and outdoor adventurers. Revised to incorporate the latest survival knowledge and technology, it covers vital topics such as urban survival and terrorism. The comprehensive course includes essential skills for being prepared, like weather reading and creating a pocket survival kit. It guides readers on making camp by selecting optimal locations, constructing shelters, organizing the campsite, and staying warm. It also provides insights on food—what to eat, what to avoid, where to find it, and preparation methods. A thorough first aid section covers emergency and wilderness medicine, maximizing survival in various climates or when injured. The book instructs on disaster survival, detailing reactions to natural disasters and hostile situations, including how to cope when services and supplies are cut off. It includes self-defense techniques and security measures to protect family and property from threats. Additionally, it offers strategies for overcoming challenges in diverse climates and terrains, from tropical regions to polar areas, deserts, mountains, and seas.

Before Baker Street, there was Montague.Before partnership with a former army doctor recently returned from Afghanistan, Sherlock Holmes had but the quiet company of his own great intellect. Solitary he might be but, living as he did for the thrill of the chase, it was enough.For a little while, at the least, it was enough. That is, until a client arrives at his door with a desperate plea and an invitation into a world of societal scandal and stage door dandies. Thrust deep in an all-consuming role and charged with the safe-keeping of another, Holmes must own to his limits or risk danger to others besides himself in this the case of the aluminium crutch.

Learn how the survival skills of the SAS can help you defend yourself.Written by a former Survival Instructor of the SAS (Special Air Service - England's equivalent of the United States Special Forces), The SAS Self-Defense Handbook provides easy-to-follow illustrated instructions - for both men and women - on coping with all kinds of threatening situations, from muggings to knife attacks. The author teaches you strategies for both avoiding conflict and getting out of a dangerous situation quickly and safely. Learn how mental attitude, body language, assertiveness, and the ability to overcome fear can prevent you from becoming a prime target for criminals. Learn which body parts are the most effective weapons in fending off an attacker, and which are the most likely targets for attack. Defend yourself from sudden grabs, strangles, weapons, and road rage. And find out how to deliver the SAS five-second knockout, a defense previously available only to British SAS Special Forces soldiers. (71/2 X 91/2, 160 pages, b&w photos, illustrations)

A necessary and effective manual of urban survival technique -- a companion to the SAS Survival Handbook (over a million copies sold). John Lofty Wiseman is the author of the bestselling SAS Survival Handbook, the definitive guide to survival in the wild from Britain's Special Air Service. Now he has compiled a complete guide to survival in the urban jungle. Every year in America there are thousands of fatal accidents in the home -- more than on the roads, and many more than in the great outdoors. Fire, electricity, water, gas, sharp knives, poisons, chemical -- these valuable tools can quickly become dangerous weapons when not treated with proper respect and understanding. Add to these the risks of travel, terrorism, muggings, rape, tsunamis, and earthquakes. We are constantly reminded that the world is a dangerous place. Wiseman shows readers how to think realistically and practically about these perils in order to avoid them, whether they are at home, on the street, in school, or in transit. From self-defense techniques to home security systems to coping with natural disasters, this book will teach readers to recognize risks, make quick decisions, and live confidently in the modern urban world. 155 color illustrations-- publisher's description.

Written by a former Survival Instructor of the SAS, The SAS and Special Forces Self-Defence Handbook provides easy-to-follow, illustrated instructions on coping with all kinds of threatening situations, from muggings to knife attacks.

Written by an expert author, Fitness Training offers a total fitness programme for both body and mind. Special exercises and routines will help the reader improve strength, stamina and agility. There are also chapters on diet and nutrition, mental agility and self-defence to help cope with the challenges of modern life the SAS way.