McNab, Chris

Presents techniques and equipment used by elite soldiers for surviving in the wilderness.

Offers battle-tested tips and techniques used by the military's most elite soldiers for constructing shelters, finding water, starting fires, making arrows, tracking animals, and navigating by the stars. Includes step-by-step instructions, and over 575 photographs and illustrations.

Provides a history of the German Luftwaffe from 1933 to 1945, examining its secret origins, dominance in the early days of World War II, and its destruction.

Discusses the history of the machine gun, from the first one, invented in the nineteenth century by Hiram Maxim, through the advanced automatic weapons of the twenty-first century, covering their influence on the nature and scope of warfare around the world.

Profiles several endangered reptiles, including the American alligator, emerald tree boa, and Komodo dragon, describing each one's physical features, geographic range, size in relation to humans, speed, and power.

Provides 101 survival tips, such as how to erect an A-frame shelter, craft a bow and arrow, make a fishing rod, and escape a bear attack, and includes illustrations.

Presents volume sixteen in a seventeen-volume series on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat sports injuries and focuses specifically on weight training with additional information on the basics of weight lifting and professional weight sports.

A reference containing information about the battles, the campaigns, the home fronts and the Holocaust during World War II.