2007-04-15 10:13:24 · 41 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well, from a practical point of view, I suppose:
"SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea (Paperback)"
would help keep me alive longer.
2007-04-15 10:22:57 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm surprised no-one else has suggested the Life of Pi by Yann Martel; there's so much in it that you might miss the first time you'll be able to read it again and again till help arrives, and you'll have time to thank your lucky stars that you're not shipwrecked with Richard Parker (who just happens to be a Bengal tiger).
If this one sounds too weird, then Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is brilliant and will bear reading and re-reading! Bon Voyage!
2007-04-16 08:49:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would take the Mahābhārata it is said that all that can be known of the human heart is there.
'The Mahābhārata (Devanagari: महाभारत) is one of the two
major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
With more than 74,000 verses, long prose passages, and some 1.8 million words in total, it is arguably the longest epic poem in the world.[1] Taken together with the Harivamsa, the Mahabharata has a total length of more than 90,000 verses.
It is of immense religious and philosophical importance in India and Nepal, a major text of Hinduism. Its discussion of human goals (artha or wealth, kama or pleasure, dharma or duty/harmony, and moksha or liberation) takes place within a long-standing mythological tradition, attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.'
Wikipedia
I think that quote explains it all and it is long enough to keep you going for a life time.
2007-04-15 10:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Journey To The Centre Of The Earth by Jules Verne.
2007-04-16 11:01:03 · answer #4 · answered by KATIE 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
White Teeth Zadie Smith
2007-04-18 04:25:12 · answer #5 · answered by bbwbabe74 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
George Orwell: The Complete novels
2007-04-16 06:19:08 · answer #6 · answered by kasey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How to survive a shipwreck!
2007-04-15 10:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by tonal9nagual 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How to Survive on a Desert Island-by Robinson Crusoe.
2007-04-15 10:17:30 · answer #8 · answered by boz 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
how long exactly until help comes
if it was days, maybe the Davinci Code. if help wasn't going to come, I'd want something like the Marine Corps field book where it has survival tips.
but no matter what, the Bible is always an option.
2007-04-15 10:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by アルバート みつるぎ- Albert Mitsurugi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Radio Amateur's Handbook, so I could make a radio out of palm leaves and conch shells.
2007-04-15 10:18:20 · answer #10 · answered by Del Piero 10 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋