The Forever Urban Garden: Nine Ways To Extend The Growing Season
Using Tree Stands For Deer Hunting
Fundamentals of Beer Brewing Illustrated (Fundamentals of Collecting)
the 3 star review is for the font only, which has been fixed. Perhaps a reader can review the content.
How to Build a Playhouse - Step By Step Instructions
Promotes sale of writer’s shed plans, but also appears to include basics of building garden sheds etc.
AMERICAN POLITICS/HISTORY:
2012: Political Self-Righteousness, A Time for Self-Reflection
”concisely defines fifty-one individual issues. Then the book lists the positions of the far left, the far right, and the position of the guy ‘From the Middle’ on each of the issues.”
The Path to Tyranny: A History of Free Society's Descent into Tyranny
Tempest at Dawn
”The United States is on the brink of total collapse. The military has been reduced to near extinction, economic turmoil saps hope, and anarchy threatens, as world powers hover like vultures, eager to devour the remains. In a desperate move, a few powerful men call a secret meeting to plot the overthrow of the government.”
Angry Mobs and Founding Fathers: The Fight for Control of the American Revolution
WAR EXPERIENCE:
Stand To... A Journey to Manhood
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FICTION
PAST:
Atomic Summer
“While the nation worries about communist bombs, sixteen-year-old Bernadette Vaughn holds court in the family bomb shelter, finagling a way to read Kinsey’s groundbreaking work on human sexuality. …conversations (with two friends) about what each of them would do if the end of the world were imminent become the catalyst for a prank that spins wildly beyond control and draws in an entire town. “
The Shut Mouth Society
a 150-year-old "Civil War secret that could upset the balance of power in North America."
Flight 103 (A Sam Woolfman Mossad Thriller)
“In the Gulf, an Iranian passenger jet is shot out of the sky...and no one knows why. In Beirut, four hostages are taken prisoner...and no one knows why. Over Lockerbie, Flight 103 is bought down in the worst terror attack for years...and no one knows why…From London to Tehran, from the Vatican to the Pentagon, dark forces are at work. As Sam Woolfman starts to unravel the mystery, a global power-play of terrifying proportions is set in motion.“ Author is/was an intelligence operative.
CURRENT OR THREAT:
Off the Grid (A Jamie Keller Mystery)
"Upon arriving at the ranch, the Kellers are met with further disappointment when they discover that the 'ranch' is nothing more than an old trailer, situated off the grid. Jake is in his element, with the challenge of solar panels, batteries and generators, but the girls are far from enchanted. War, religion, world peace, inner peace, dealing with financial stress, and self sufficiency are some of the key topics in this often humorous story."
Bullets & Bull (The Jack Bull Novels)
“A secret and sinister plot and an act of terrorism that stuns the world…Nation stands against nation as World War III threatens to erupt in Asia…”
Tide of Terror
The threat: “The ultimate terrorist atrocity to cause the violent deaths of over thirty thousand people in South-East Essex and severely interrupt to Nation's economy for years to come. Featuring the 'Richard Montgomery (wartime) wreck in the Thames Estuary and converted World war 2 Air Sea Rescue Launch. Headed by a ruthless Iranian, a four man terrorist cell with contacts to al Qaeda plans an unconventional attack on multiple targets along the Thames Estuary into London. With anti-terrorist forces racing against limited intelligence and time, it is left to two charter-boat crewmen (ex Special Boat Services) to thwart the terrorist plans. The clock is ticking......Can they be stopped ?”
Rubblestuff
“The tale of a wannabe survivalist's chance encounter in the forest that will forever lay an impression upon him.” I haven’t read it to be able to tell where this one’s coming from.
Independence Day Plague
“Mitchell, the only survivor, watches his family and friends die writhing in agony from the virus he created. Now, with his sanity breaking, Mitchell wants revenge on the government that killed his family... On July 4th, 2026, three million people flood into Washington DC for America's 250th birthday celebration... Mitchell sends …the message, "When the crowds are at their peak, I will detonate a biological weapon that will spray the nearby people with a deadly pathogen." Now Dorado is in a battle against time and the crowds to stop a madman before he unleashes the lethal virus on the world. “
COLLAPSE
Seasons of Change
Setting of story: “The U.S. economy, and most everything else, has collapsed when a trade war shuts off all U.S. imports. Everything east of the Mississippi River has fallen under the control of ruthless leaders who plans to start their own country. Money has no value but cash crops can be traded for guns. People are forced into labor camps and those at risk scramble to find a pace to hide..All Michael wanted to do when he moved into the north Georgia woods was to hide until he could rejoin his family when it was safe.” Others join his camp, which is discovered and they have to journey out west.
Ash On Our Altar
“a day in the life of the Swanson family: Ryan, the hardworking father; Debbie, the loving mother; and their overly imaginative son, Petey. Together, the Swansons try to scrape out a living in the ruins of New York City after catastrophic climate change turns the Earth into a desert.”
Lightning in the Tunnel Begins (Lightning in the Tunnel Series)
Even the "synopsis" so terribly badly needed editing (please read the original at the link to enjoy), but the theme and the price are right! :)
“Brad, his wife Vicki and their neighbor...built a survivor shelter called the "Tomb"...Training as part of a survival group they prepared for the unthinkable, a nuclear war! ...but Brad was at work and Vicki was on her way to work when the warning came...Brad does what he can to make a quick survivor shelter and takes along his co-worker Michele... Vicki ...heads to the nearest fallout shelter along her route to work...Emerging from the shelter, (Brad) finds that no government services come to the LA region ...Gangs ...cannibalism...Vicki... is forced to kill two attackers in the shelter ... Knowing that his family should have survived in the Tomb, Brad went to find out ...his youngest son...was killed...he takes those that wish to go with him and heads out to New Mexico ...Vicki leaves her shelter with a handful of survivors ...Danger and death await these two small bands around every corner and hidden in the shadows...”
Surviving the Fog
“Have you ever been to summer camp? What would you do if almost all of the adults left “for a few hours” and they had not returned a week later? What would you do if no one’s cell phone worked and your parents never showed up to take you home? What would you do if you realized that the area was surrounded by a mysterious brown fog that was dangerous? How would you survive the winter? How would you get more to eat? This is what Mike, John, Desi and the other campers have to contend with in Surviving the Fog. Warning: sexual situations, cursing, brief violence.”
The Survivors: Book One (Life After War)and
On the Road: Book Two (Life After War)
First two of a series, "an action adventure quest, with a supernatural romance, and many other subplots, set during the aftermath of the apocalypse." "Set along the lines of The Stand and The Postman, this is a chilling vision of the collapse of all society in the year 2012 and the rebirth of a nation by those who survived.” Please see description on link for more detailed synopsis. Safe Haven: Book Three (Life After War)
and Adrian's Eagles: Book Four (Life After War)
are available but I haven’t seen them free since I've been looking (about 8 months). Life After War: Books 1-3
has been listed here before but is not free at the moment.
”FAR OUT”
The Last Man
“The universe is dying, slowly each star is petering out until everything goes dark. The last civilisation has entrusted it's future to one ship searching for a planet that can still support life. Elim is the sole remaining pilot and is running out of resources to bring his people back to existence until a glimmer of hope appears in the distance.”
Anno Zombus: Year 1; February
“Nuclear winter has begun. The rag-tag group of survivors must find shelter before the winter grows too deep, and there is the ever-present threat of the Dead to contend with. Perhaps a greater threat may be just around the corner?”
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