I am looking to start a survival library of good books for general survival (covering everything from a minor infected cut to preparing for TEOTWAWKI situations). I am looking for people's suggestions on where to start this library. I figure a nice place to start would be to find out what other's refer to and have as the core of their own libraries. To this point, I want a semi-small list of critical writings to start from, and then get books on more specialized topics at a later date.

Thus, my question is this: If you personally had to choose the most comprehensive SINGLE text- related to survival- what would you choose? This is meant to be a very broad question, but I would like to hear people's thoughts. I am hoping to get some varied responses, and will likely look at any books mentioned.