The Prisoner's Guide to Survival is a book on comprehensive legal assistance for Post Conviction Relief and Prisoners' Civil Rights Actions. It is a new legal research tool that covers all aspects of federal litigation common to prisoners. The book is useful both to the novice pro se litigant and to the experienced attorney involved in federal criminal appeals or prisoner civil rights actions. The first half of the Guide provides an in-depth, step-by-step outline for litigating an appeal from a federal conviction or sentence, the filing of a federal habeas corpus petition by state or federal prisoners, litigating a federal civil rights complaint, and the filing of petitions for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court. The Guide is written and organized in an easy-to-understand, thorough fashion that clearly apprises the individual litigant of what to expect as his or her lawsuit moves forward. There is also a chapter on legal research and legal writing, which is extremely insightful for the beginner. More useful to the experienced litigant is the "Case Law" section of the Guide. In this second half of the book, the reader will find over 3,000 cases divided into more than 90 topics. Each case is followed by a brief synopsis describing the holding of the court as it relates to the topic under which the case is listed. For questions on pricing and purchasing the book, please contact the publisher - PSI Publishing, Inc.