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[DiabloLoco]

I guess I would be remiss not to mention the book I have authored ("When There is No  FEMA - Survival for Normal People in (Very) Abnormal Times").  It may be of interest to some because it does a pretty good job of covering the full spectrum of survival topics.  So as not to be crass and commercial I'll leave it to anyone interested to ferret out the web page (where you can download and view the first 60 pages as a PDF).

I commend you for authoring the book and wish you well, but you are preaching to the metaphorical choir here. The forum fauna may not have the writing chops that you do (well...most don't, but there are MANY great authors here!), but for the most part, the vast majority of regular posters here already have such knowledge and far, far beyond. Participating in this forum for a few years is like the equivalent of a Doctorate in individual liberty and self ownership, and all other related areas therein. Stick around. You'll see. Heck! You might even get a few great ideas for your NEXT book!

[MamaLiberty]

Now THAT'S FUNNY! When there is no FEMA, that means that there are no machinations to fund and control it! HOORAY!!!!

Guess you could read it that way. I took it as something like, if there is no steak, here's how to use hamburger helper. I should have downloaded the pdf and looked at it.

[rbryant]

I guess I would be remiss not to mention the book I have authored ("When There is No  FEMA - Survival for Normal People in (Very) Abnormal Times").  It may be of interest to some because it does a pretty good job of covering the full spectrum of survival topics.  So as not to be crass and commercial I'll leave it to anyone interested to ferret out the web page (where you can download and view the first 60 pages as a PDF).

I commend you for authoring the book and wish you well, but you are preaching to the metaphorical choir here. The forum fauna may not have the writing chops that you do (well...most don't, but there are MANY great authors here!), but for the most part, the vast majority of regular posters here already have such knowledge and far, far beyond. Participating in this forum for a few years is like the equivalent of a Doctorate in individual liberty and self ownership, and all other related areas therein. Stick around. You'll see. Heck! You might even get a few great ideas for your NEXT book!

Oh, I've already got some tremendous notes for my next book, I just need my keyboard to cool down from the 3+ years that went into authoring WTINF.  Regarding the "doctorates" to be found on this forum, of that I have no doubt.  However, we all have imperfect memories - particuarly in subject areas that we're not naturally drawn to (e.g. "how deep to plant carrot seeds and how far to space them"), and it is these types of details that I've packed into WTINF.  So, I think even the most experienced survivalist could still find good value between those covers.

[rbryant]

I guess I would be remiss not to mention the book I have authored ("When There is No  FEMA - Survival for Normal People in (Very) Abnormal Times").  It may be of interest to some because it does a pretty good job of covering the full spectrum of survival topics.  So as not to be crass and commercial I'll leave it to anyone interested to ferret out the web page (where you can download and view the first 60 pages as a PDF).

"When there is no FEMA..." Why would anyone want FEMA to be involved anyway?

The title of the book is meant to convey different meanings to different audiences.  To the beginning survivalist it is meant to suggest that the help they have always taken for-granted will not be available when truly needed.  To the experienced survivalist it is intended to be a bit more cynical in meaning.

[DiabloLoco]

I guess I would be remiss not to mention the book I have authored ("When There is No  FEMA - Survival for Normal People in (Very) Abnormal Times").  It may be of interest to some because it does a pretty good job of covering the full spectrum of survival topics.  So as not to be crass and commercial I'll leave it to anyone interested to ferret out the web page (where you can download and view the first 60 pages as a PDF).

"When there is no FEMA..." Why would anyone want FEMA to be involved anyway?

The title of the book is meant to convey different meanings to different audiences.  To the beginning survivalist it is meant to suggest that the help they have always taken for-granted will not be available when truly needed.  To the experienced survivalist it is intended to be a bit more cynical in meaning.

I get it. Maybe the next book can be can be called "When there is no FEMA II- Advanced Studies and Tactics". Then you can keep the readers moving along on their journey to self ownership and individual liberty. IMHO, the highest hurdle is getting people to actually SWALLOW the "red pill". You can give them all kinds of factual info, and they may agree with what you're saying, but it just doesn't sink in! It's so frustrating sometimes! Ahh, well. Everybody progresses at their own speed, I guess.

[slidemansailor]

I slogged through every page of this thread without finding THE BOOK I wanted for my upcoming Adult Ed class (see "best prepping book" thread)

But my Barnes & Noble bag now contains $63.85 worth of books I probably will wish I bought ... if I can bring myself to give up some other things that WERE in my budget... and I still have yet to find THE BOOK I wanted, though the first on this list is a contender.

What YOU ALL made me NEED:

When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency

The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure

The Herbal Medicine-Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual

The Herbal Handbook: A User's Guide to Medical Herbalism

And there's water, canned goods, primers, powder, crosscut saw, radio, silver ....
all occupying my BIG ROCKS list before these books jumped in my face.

Also in my bag is a book recommended to me elsewhere (repeatedly):
Countdown to Preparedness: The Prepper's Six-Week Course to Total Disaster Readiness
(note the sub-head says "six weeks" while the cover, the table of contents and the intro all say 52 weeks)

Now $75.24 ... aaugh!
... but filling major holes in my library...  sigh.

[slidemansailor]

George Orwell's Animal Farm came up in another discussion. I went looking to add it to a list in the Homeschooling forum that I thought I remembered.  I cannot find that list.  Maybe it doesn't exist. Maybe this is it.

If so, add Animal Farm to your library.  I think it would be good for a wide range of ages. 

Hmmm... I'm due to re-read it, and realize it is not in my library.  The link above is to the Gutenberg version.  For my own uses, I like physical books and, dislike their business practices or not, Amazon is hard to beat.  Animal Farm

OhMyGosh!  I just binge-shopped Amazon

Animal Farm
The Ballad of Carl Draga
Brave New World
Holding Their Own by Joe Nobody
1984  (my vintage version is heavy on the antique side, I want a more reader-friendly one)
Send In The Waco Killers

I could hardly believe my library didn't include these "must have" books.  I fixed it.

[Bill St. Clair]

Hmmm... I'm due to re-read it, and realize it is not in my library.  The link above is to the Gutenberg version.  For my own uses, I like physical books and, dislike their business practices or not, Amazon is hard to beat.

I prefer Kindle versions, which I read on my iPhone. The Black Arrow by Vin Suprynowicz is still not available for Kindle, though there are $5.50 used paperback options. I bought a leather-bound first edition when it came out, but that book went missing.

[Rarick]

I have 3 old smart phones full of PDF, Kindle, and other e-books with music and a set of headphones.  The amount of books you can fit on one of those has steadily grown and with a library in each cache, with a solar panel.  I am just hoping we do not slide nearly as far back, at least not as long as when the Romans collapsed...

[FDD]

Here is a link to a magazine with a lot of good info.

http://www.self-reliance.com/

[Fixed it for you. ]

[FDD]

Well I got my first issue of Self-reliance mag.

got the two books they have out also.

lot of good info there.

looks like backwoods home is gone and now it is Self-reliance mag, and it is now a Quarterly Mag.

still good reading.

[FDD]

Stopped by Big Horn Trading in Sheridan, Wy and found a good book.

The Encyclopedia of Country Living

isbn # 13: 978-1-57061-840-6

922 pages of knowledge on country living and how to's

[slidemansailor]

I have no idea why I have no hardbound copy today, but Jerry Mander's In The Absence Of The Sacred is one that simply MUST be in my library.  I was shocked to find several in Very Good Condition for under six bucks. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0871567393/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_0?ie=UTF8&condition=used&qid=&sr=

This was my introduction to how television viewing changes human physiology as well as psychology ... and a lot more. I think it important to understand if there is to be any hope for the future.

At the price of a semi-coffee drink in the nearest Starbucks 70 miles away, I ordered mine.

[slidemansailor]

Oh crumb! I just did it again! 

It is not like I don't have a hundred other things to do with my limited funds ...

But I just binged on books again.  1984 hardbound and paperback ... I have an agreement with the grandkid that she will read this before I will sit through the silly Willy Wonka movie with her.  Now I have drafted Mrs. Sailor and the kid's mom into an impromptu book 1984 book club.

Whilst there, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm became indispensable.... as did a Thoreau and an Emmerson.

Now I gotta some reading to catch up on.... see ya next month.