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Likens the current state of the workforce in economic downturn to the massive wildebeest migration across the Serengeti, and applies seven skills used for desert survival to success in business, including endurance, strategy, and efficiency

Having been raised believing he will die before he reaches the age of fourteen, Pepper Roux runs away on his fourteenth birthday in an attempt to elude his fate, assumes another identity, and continues to try to outrun death, no matter the consequences.

Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast.

"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...

To get the answers he seeks about his powerful Cosmic Hand, which might be able to stop the inevitable from happening, Jack must travel farther than he’s ever been--he must go to the monster dimension.

"Thirteen-year-old Cort's father is a local expert on hunting and swamp lore in lower Alabama who has been teaching his son everything he knows. But when a deadly Gulf Coast hurricane makes landfall, Cort must unexpectedly put his all skills--and bravery--to the test"--

Provides information that will help the average person prepare for survival in a long term emergency or disaster.. This book offers basic instructions and recommended resources for the wide range of skills and technologies necessary for self-reliant living and achieving mastery of all kinds of emergency conditions. In an era of super-storms, burgeoning population, massive earthquakes, global warming, and record-breaking floods and droughts, more and...

On the mysterious island of Nil, you have one year to escape or you die. Seventeen-year-old Charley wakes up on Nil with no memory of how she got there or what to do next. She meets and falls for Thad, the leader of a group of teen refugees. But with Thad's time on the island quickly running out, Charley realizes she must help him escape if they want any future together.

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol wants revenge ... and President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe!

Explains how the Special Forces live, eat, and survive in the wilderness from the animals and plants that nature provides.