First, some advice: NEVER climb a tree to escape from a grizzly. They can climb too. So you'll only find yourself fighting a grizzly, in a tree. Now, concentrate please. Should you find yourself in this situation, the majority of people will NOT tell you to take out a book and start reading. But of course we at Gadgetshop The Original like to be original. So that's exactly what we're going to tell you to do.

But not just any book. We're not suggesting you whip out your copy of Jane Eyre in the hope of some wisdom. Now that would just be silly. Oh no - you'll find the solution to all these kind of (extremely common) dilemmas in the Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual.

It happens to thousands of people each year, and it could happen to you. Your aeroplane goes down in the mountains. Or you get lost hiking in the forest. Or your car fails in the desert. Or you get snowed in, your boat capsizes, or some other disaster strands you without food, water, shelter, or any means of survival or escape. But fear not - you have the Survival Manual by your side. Draw on the info and illustrated techniques presented here to keep yourself alive and make it home safe. It addresses everything from the routine to the most extreme. From how to tie a half hitch knot to how to collect dew to how to deal with a scorpion bite.

But who cares? For even if all it does is sit ceremonially on your mantelpiece next to a bar of Toblerone and a signed photo of Bear Grylls, you will have achieved greatness, my son.