survival guides
Emergency preparedness literature
Survival guides are instructional materials teaching how to stay alive in dangerous or wilderness situations—finding water, building shelter, navigating without instruments, signaling for rescue.
The term extends to any practical handbook for difficult circumstances: a survival guide for new parents, a survival guide to your first year of law school.
The genre ranges from serious military manuals to humorous takes on everyday challenges.
- edible plantsConsumable botanical matter
- wild berriesUncultivated fruit from woods
- fire-makingStarting a controlled blaze
- signal fireFlame for sending messages
- emergency sheltersTemporary housing during crises
fire · knife · map · navigation · water purification · clean water · bear attack · situational awareness · bushcraft · first aid · knot tying · compass · water · foraging · lost hiker · stay calm · mindfulness techniques · food storage
- military publicationsStars and Stripes, Proceedings, maintenance manuals, field manuals, training manuals
- tutorialstutorial, how-tos, tutorial video, walkthrough, lesson
- military trainingfield manual, drill instructor, training manual, combat drills, drilling
survival guidesadventure novels
Stories featuring exciting journeys
escapist literature · fiction · fantasy novels · fairy tales · poetry collections