GREAT BOOKS FOR PREPPING*
*Please support small businesses and get these at your local bookstore, if possible!
*Please support small businesses and get these at your local bookstore, if possible!
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The Backyard Homestead: Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! by Carleen Madigan
This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep honey bees for your sweeter days. With easy-to-follow instructions on canning, drying, and pickling, you’ll enjoy your backyard bounty all winter long. |
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Chickens, 3rd Edition: Care, Feeding, Facilities 3rd Edition
by Gail Damerow Gail Damerow shows you how to choose the right breeds for your needs, build efficient chicken coops, provide necessary medical attention for your animals, and much more. Whether you’re raising broilers for meat or preparing your chickens to win a blue ribbon at the next county fair, Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens will help you achieve your poultry-raising goals. |
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SAS Survival Handbook, Third Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Anywhere
by John 'Lofty' Wiseman The ultimate guide to surviving anywhere, now updated with more than 100 pages of additional material, including a new chapter on urban survival. |
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How to Survive Off the Grid by Tim MacWelch
For anyone who has ever dreamed of leaving it all behind and heading for the hills, survival expert and three-time New York Times bestselling author, TIm MacWelch, makes that a reality with How to Survive Off the Grid. Concrete, useful hints cover everything from raising chickens in your urban backyard to going totally off the grid in your all-solar log cabin. |
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Knitting For Beginners: The A-Z Guide to Have You Knitting in 3 Days (Includes 15 Knitting Patterns)
by Emma Brown Whether you want to learn how to knit or you have been knitting for years and want to learn more knitting stitches or to expand your skills, this is the right book for you. Knitting for Beginners is the ideal book for anyone learning the basics or who wants to improve their ability to follow knitting patterns and create excellent completed projects. |
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LDS Preparedness Manual, V8, 2012 Edition (Volume 8.xx)
by Christopher M. Parrett (Author, Editor), Christopher Parrett (Foreword), & 1 more The LDS Preparedness manual contains over 130 IN-DEPTH articles on food storage and general Preparedness. EXAMPLES of content: OK, But what do I prepare for? Surviving in the City, Money, Defense, Clothing, Emergency Heating & Cooking, Emergency Light, Emergency Shelter, Space Cramp, Where do I Put it all? Emergency Sanitation, Emergency Toilets & Garbage Disposal, Emergency Generators, Do you Really have a Year's Supply? Basic Food List, Monthly Food Storage, Purchasing Calendar, Common Storage Foods, Grains & Flours |
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The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
by Carla Emery The knowledge you need to survive and thrive off the grid is at your fingertips in The Encyclopedia of Country Living, the best-selling resource for the homesteading movement. The 40th anniversary edition offers up-to-date and detailed information on the fundamentals of topics like homegrown food; raising chickens, goats, and pigs; beekeeping; food preservation; everything you need to lead a self-sufficient lifestyle in the 21st century. |
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The Survival Doctor's Complete Handbook: What to Do When Help is NOT on the Way by James Hubbard, MD, MPH
The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will teach you just what you need to know to take care of yourself and your loved ones in the event you aren’t able to get professional medical help right away.Featuring more than 100 illustrations, along with quick quizzes and real-life examples, The Survival Doctor’s Complete Handbook will take you step by step through the essentials of medical care during a crisis. |
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Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use
by Rosemary Gladstar (Author) In this introductory guide, Rosemary Gladstar shows you how easy it can be to make your own herbal remedies for life’s common ailments. Gladstar profiles 33 common healing plants and includes advice on growing, harvesting, preparing, and using herbs in healing tinctures, oils, and creams. Stock your medicine cabinet full of all-natural, low-cost herbal preparations. |
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Prepared Neighborhoods: Creating Resilience One Street at a Time by Scott James
Resilience is a worthwhile pursuit, both for individuals and communities. But how to build strength into our lives as citizens? And into our towns? According to author Scott James, the answer lies within our neighborhoods, where sustainability meets preparedness. Prepared Neighborhoods will walk you step by step through creating a more resilient - and enjoyable - neighborhood and community. Self-sufficiency for every citizen is not realistic nor desirable. Creating group resilience through urban homesteading and neighborhood preparedness projects is a much more attractive goal that leads to a stronger community and brighter future! |
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World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age by Philip Parker
Discover the events that have shaped our world, from the dawn of prehistoric civilization to the digital age, brought to life with contemporary photographs, maps, paintings, and artifacts that place each event in a wider social and historical context. With entries on more than 350 of history's most important events, World History looks at turning points throughout the ages and the key thinkers, leaders, ideas, and inventions involved, to chart the story of humanity's journey. |