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Editor's Picks:
How To Stay Alive - From Shark Attacks to Plane Crashes
Kelin's Journey
Weekend Homesteader: November
NONFICTION
General self-sufficiency and survival
How To Stay Alive - From Shark Attacks to Plane Crashes
“Survival is at the very core of who we are as a species. There’s no other way to say it—if early man didn’t have some strong survival chops, we wouldn’t be here today. And though some may argue that the human race has gotten collectively weaker as we’ve evolved, with our heated towel racks and panini presses, time and time again we have borne witness to harrowing tales of survival … surviving 10 weeks adrift in a life raft, amputating one’s own arm to escape the snare of a boulder, enduring sub-freezing temperatures for two weeks in an ice cave. For all the laziness and complacency modern luxuries have brought, ordinary humans have shown a remarkable ability to stay alive. Getting yourself out of a dangerous situation in the wild is about two things—will and knowhow. You’ve got to want to get out of the jungle alive, and your chances are greatly increased if you know a little something about your predicament. Outdoorsmen and adventurers are generally well prepared to deal with emergencies. It’s the person who slides off a desolate mountain road on a snowy night who may be in trouble. So even if your idea of adventure is watching Bear Grylls on TV, you’d be wise to read the following collection of survival strategies—the bare essentials on how to stay alive in most scenarios.”
Weekend Homesteader: November
“Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The November volume includes the following projects: • Rotate your garden vegetables • Roast a chicken • Store drinking water • Diversify your income The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore.”
Foraging: A No-Fluff Guide to Finding Edible Plants and Wild Mushrooms
How To Stay Alive - From Shark Attacks to Plane Crashes
“Survival is at the very core of who we are as a species. There’s no other way to say it—if early man didn’t have some strong survival chops, we wouldn’t be here today. And though some may argue that the human race has gotten collectively weaker as we’ve evolved, with our heated towel racks and panini presses, time and time again we have borne witness to harrowing tales of survival … surviving 10 weeks adrift in a life raft, amputating one’s own arm to escape the snare of a boulder, enduring sub-freezing temperatures for two weeks in an ice cave. For all the laziness and complacency modern luxuries have brought, ordinary humans have shown a remarkable ability to stay alive. Getting yourself out of a dangerous situation in the wild is about two things—will and knowhow. You’ve got to want to get out of the jungle alive, and your chances are greatly increased if you know a little something about your predicament. Outdoorsmen and adventurers are generally well prepared to deal with emergencies. It’s the person who slides off a desolate mountain road on a snowy night who may be in trouble. So even if your idea of adventure is watching Bear Grylls on TV, you’d be wise to read the following collection of survival strategies—the bare essentials on how to stay alive in most scenarios.”
Weekend Homesteader: November
“Twelve months to self-sufficiency! This fully updated second edition of the popular Weekend Homesteader series includes exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed. If you need to fit homesteading into a few hours each weekend and would like to have fun while doing it, these projects will be right up your alley, whether you live on a forty-acre farm, a postage-stamp lawn in suburbia, or a high rise. The November volume includes the following projects: • Rotate your garden vegetables • Roast a chicken • Store drinking water • Diversify your income The second edition has been revised and expanded to match the paperback, with extra photos and feedback from weekend homesteaders just like you, plus permaculture-related avenues for the more advanced homesteader to explore.”
Foraging: A No-Fluff Guide to Finding Edible Plants and Wild Mushrooms
Food, Home, and Farming/Gardening
101 Beginning Gardening Tips
By author of print books on gardening. See 5 tips in description for example.”…While it is written for beginners, seasoned gardeners will find some of the tips in this book will apply to them as well.”
100 Year Old Recipes You Can Still Make Today: BREADS AND DESSERTS
FEED HOMELESS PEOPLE NOW: SHARING NOT CHARITY
Christmas Recycled T Shirt -- What??! (From the Cutting Edge)
101 Beginning Gardening Tips
By author of print books on gardening. See 5 tips in description for example.”…While it is written for beginners, seasoned gardeners will find some of the tips in this book will apply to them as well.”
100 Year Old Recipes You Can Still Make Today: BREADS AND DESSERTSFEED HOMELESS PEOPLE NOW: SHARING NOT CHARITY
Christmas Recycled T Shirt -- What??! (From the Cutting Edge)
Health
Natural Health Remedies for Everything: Acne, Warts, Arthritis, Cold, Headaches etc
Migraine
“comprehensive textbook written from an evidence based medical perspective. Teaching type patient dialogues are included for the clinical chapters on migraine along with an up to date review of current therapy.”
Alternative Healthcare For Dogs Facing Cancer - Apollo's Story
Outdoor Hill Workout: Hardcore Circuit Training for Men
Get Fit Free: Ultimate Outdoor Workout System
Gymnastics Training (An Inside Look from a Former High Level Gymnast)
87 Kettlebell Juggling Workouts
Natural Health Remedies for Everything: Acne, Warts, Arthritis, Cold, Headaches etc
Migraine
“comprehensive textbook written from an evidence based medical perspective. Teaching type patient dialogues are included for the clinical chapters on migraine along with an up to date review of current therapy.”
Alternative Healthcare For Dogs Facing Cancer - Apollo's Story
Outdoor Hill Workout: Hardcore Circuit Training for Men
Get Fit Free: Ultimate Outdoor Workout System
Gymnastics Training (An Inside Look from a Former High Level Gymnast)
87 Kettlebell Juggling Workouts
Ideas/Theory
The Quick Guide to Cloud Computing and Cyber Security
Is Your Child on the Verge of Exploding?
Money on Your Terms: The Step-by-Step Guide to Debt-Free Financial Independence
Mayan Calendar Prophecies| Part 3: Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes
Cult Manipulation & Mind Control
The Quick Guide to Cloud Computing and Cyber Security
Is Your Child on the Verge of Exploding?
Money on Your Terms: The Step-by-Step Guide to Debt-Free Financial Independence
Mayan Calendar Prophecies| Part 3: Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes
Cult Manipulation & Mind Control
True Accounts
The Good Little Girl
As a young girl, “traumatised by a brutal assault, Annette retreats into herself” Eventually she become deeply involved in a cult “When she eventually does act – having suffered further assaults, and witnessed others – she is devastated, forsaken and despised by the only community she has ever belonged to. Determined to bring Kenja’s leader to justice – and, in the process, find some redemption and perhaps even peace for herself – Annette embarks on a legal odyssey. The Good Little Girl is Annette’s story about a traumatic beginning and journey to a triumphant ending.”
Off the Grid (Coastal British Columbia Stories)
“What's it like to live in a remote setting, and how do you get started? The ideal book for those new to off grid lifestyles, providing a realistic look at the experience of remote living.” Author has “lived in a remote (water access only) location since 2001”
The Miracle of Stalag 8A (Stalag VIII-A) - Beauty Beyond the Horror: Olivier Messiaen and the Quartet for the End of Time
The Pike's Peakers
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The Good Little Girl
As a young girl, “traumatised by a brutal assault, Annette retreats into herself” Eventually she become deeply involved in a cult “When she eventually does act – having suffered further assaults, and witnessed others – she is devastated, forsaken and despised by the only community she has ever belonged to. Determined to bring Kenja’s leader to justice – and, in the process, find some redemption and perhaps even peace for herself – Annette embarks on a legal odyssey. The Good Little Girl is Annette’s story about a traumatic beginning and journey to a triumphant ending.”
Off the Grid (Coastal British Columbia Stories)
“What's it like to live in a remote setting, and how do you get started? The ideal book for those new to off grid lifestyles, providing a realistic look at the experience of remote living.” Author has “lived in a remote (water access only) location since 2001”
The Miracle of Stalag 8A (Stalag VIII-A) - Beauty Beyond the Horror: Olivier Messiaen and the Quartet for the End of Time
The Pike's Peakers
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Nature Survival, War, and other Hardship
Lethargica
Short story. “1917. In the French trench-lines of the Western Front, an American volunteer lives from letter to letter, as high explosive shells rain down and poison gas permeates the air. His wife’s words are the only link to a world that is still clean and bright, a world unlike the one which surrounds him; mud, barbed wire, shell fragments and decaying men, some dead, some still alive. And then, one day, her letters stop coming. To what lengths will a man go to save the only thing truly worth fighting for? Or is it already too late? Based on terrible events that were all too real, this story will reveal hidden truths to shed light on one of the little-known tragedies of a decade that decimated a generation of the world’s youth.”
The Last Ride of Grayson's Raiders
Frontier; see link for detailed plot.
The Altar
“Daniel Kirk and his wife Chelsea, on their way to a marriage retreat cruise, are hijacked and find themselves adrift in the ocean, landing on an unknown and mysterious island. Their marriage on the rocks, and their lives at stake, they must fight for survival, and fight for each other. With the world stripped away, and their hearts broken, they must face each other, face God, and a mortal enemy that would destroy them.”
Lethargica
Short story. “1917. In the French trench-lines of the Western Front, an American volunteer lives from letter to letter, as high explosive shells rain down and poison gas permeates the air. His wife’s words are the only link to a world that is still clean and bright, a world unlike the one which surrounds him; mud, barbed wire, shell fragments and decaying men, some dead, some still alive. And then, one day, her letters stop coming. To what lengths will a man go to save the only thing truly worth fighting for? Or is it already too late? Based on terrible events that were all too real, this story will reveal hidden truths to shed light on one of the little-known tragedies of a decade that decimated a generation of the world’s youth.”
The Last Ride of Grayson's Raiders
Frontier; see link for detailed plot.
The Altar
“Daniel Kirk and his wife Chelsea, on their way to a marriage retreat cruise, are hijacked and find themselves adrift in the ocean, landing on an unknown and mysterious island. Their marriage on the rocks, and their lives at stake, they must fight for survival, and fight for each other. With the world stripped away, and their hearts broken, they must face each other, face God, and a mortal enemy that would destroy them.”
Politics, Terrorism, and Intrigue/Conspiracy
The Shut Mouth Society
a 150-year-old "Civil War secret that could upset the balance of power in North America."
Treachery In Turtle Bay
“A story of intrigue, technology laced sleuthing and murder based on the corruption plagued ‘United Nations’ Oil For Food Program’. One that takes Hugh Masterson a consultant to the UN and his wife Anna, from the highest levels of the United Nations to the highest levels of the United States Government.”
The Shut Mouth Society
a 150-year-old "Civil War secret that could upset the balance of power in North America."
Treachery In Turtle Bay
“A story of intrigue, technology laced sleuthing and murder based on the corruption plagued ‘United Nations’ Oil For Food Program’. One that takes Hugh Masterson a consultant to the UN and his wife Anna, from the highest levels of the United Nations to the highest levels of the United States Government.”
Collapse, Post-Apocalypse, Speculative Futures
Kelin's Journey
“a post-apocalypse adventure of two twelve year old boys who survive a pandemic that decimates the world’s population. Kelin is stranded 2000 miles from his family that he believes is still alive. In a narrative poignant and uplifting, the author takes Kelin and Josh through their struggles to survive and Kelin to reunite with his family. Allies join them and foes impede them on their journey across a decimated America. They find that only tiny pockets of civilization have survived and some of those are not so civil. Kelin’s Journey is a must read for any age reader who enjoys a classic quest in a modern, realistic setting where the heroes must display ingenuity, leadership and courage to overcome obstacles presented by man and nature.”
The Raft, The River, and The Robot
“Travel for two young groundlings is dangerous. Hunters from the hives patrol the skies and sadistic packs roam the cities and the roads. But Jim, driven by his father's mysterious dying words to go to the Caretaker and find Florence sets out anyway, taking with him HF, his friend and companion since childhood. Their hope lies on the river, and the raft that will carry them through the long nights ahead and toward their destiny. While "The Raft, The River, and The Robot" pays homage to Twain's immortal classic, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," it is original and compelling in its own right. So come along, the future awaits.”
Sharper Security: A Sovereign Security Company Novel
“n a near future alternate history, America has split. Sovereign security companies compete in the booming Arizona Zone. Evie retired as an anti-terrorist detective sergeant and emigrated to escape from Britain. Who is hunting her for revenge? Evie hires Sam Harper, from Sharper Security, to protect her. Who is her mysterious attacker, plotting from a distance? How will Sam defeat the soldiers, intrigue and legal maneuvers of his competitors to capture Evie's nemesis and deliver justice for what really happened in Paris 18 years ago? Answers involving forgiveness and redemption are revealed during a week of mystery, intrigue, technology, heroes, villains, action and adventure in the Sonoran desert.”
Kelin's Journey
“a post-apocalypse adventure of two twelve year old boys who survive a pandemic that decimates the world’s population. Kelin is stranded 2000 miles from his family that he believes is still alive. In a narrative poignant and uplifting, the author takes Kelin and Josh through their struggles to survive and Kelin to reunite with his family. Allies join them and foes impede them on their journey across a decimated America. They find that only tiny pockets of civilization have survived and some of those are not so civil. Kelin’s Journey is a must read for any age reader who enjoys a classic quest in a modern, realistic setting where the heroes must display ingenuity, leadership and courage to overcome obstacles presented by man and nature.”
The Raft, The River, and The Robot
“Travel for two young groundlings is dangerous. Hunters from the hives patrol the skies and sadistic packs roam the cities and the roads. But Jim, driven by his father's mysterious dying words to go to the Caretaker and find Florence sets out anyway, taking with him HF, his friend and companion since childhood. Their hope lies on the river, and the raft that will carry them through the long nights ahead and toward their destiny. While "The Raft, The River, and The Robot" pays homage to Twain's immortal classic, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," it is original and compelling in its own right. So come along, the future awaits.”
Sharper Security: A Sovereign Security Company Novel
“n a near future alternate history, America has split. Sovereign security companies compete in the booming Arizona Zone. Evie retired as an anti-terrorist detective sergeant and emigrated to escape from Britain. Who is hunting her for revenge? Evie hires Sam Harper, from Sharper Security, to protect her. Who is her mysterious attacker, plotting from a distance? How will Sam defeat the soldiers, intrigue and legal maneuvers of his competitors to capture Evie's nemesis and deliver justice for what really happened in Paris 18 years ago? Answers involving forgiveness and redemption are revealed during a week of mystery, intrigue, technology, heroes, villains, action and adventure in the Sonoran desert.”
More Sci-Fi-or-Fantasy-ish
The Chosen
“Echo has been having strange dreams, and in the last two weeks her entire family have been slaughtered. Now only a small band of people may be able to explain everything and why she is having dreams of the end of the world.. Only The 'Chosen' Can Survive The End Of The World”
Last City on Earth
“The year is 3305CE | 1305TE. Nuclear bombs destroyed the rest of the Earth, but a small group of survivors escaped to Antarctica, discovering a city under the permafrost. Fable Ketterling was fifteen when the bombs went off. She was fifteen when she and her parents escaped. She was fifteen when she found the fountain of youth. She was fifteen when the fountain made her immortal. She was the only one.”
Just Reading
Here's to Not Catching Our Hair on Fire: An Absent-Minded Tale of Life with Giftedness and Attention Deficit - Oh Look! A Chicken!
Life From Scratch
Very many high reviews “Divorced, heartbroken and living in a lonely New York apartment with a tiny kitchen, Rachel Goldman realizes she doesn't even know how to cook the simplest meal for herself. Can learning to fry an egg help her understand where her life went wrong? She dives into the culinary basics. Then she launches a blog to vent her misery about love, life and her goal of an unburnt casserole.To her amazement, the blog's a hit. She becomes a minor celebrity. Next, a sexy Spaniard enters her life. Will her souffles stop falling? Will she finally forget about the husband she still loves? And how can she explain to her readers that she still hasn't learned how to cook up a happy life from scratch?”
Lady in the Mist: A Novel (The Midwives)
The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society
Highly reviewed.
Smugglers at Whistling Sands (mystery adventure)
Children’s adventure in the vein of Enid Blyton.
Romancing The Crone: 100 Ways To Make This The Happiest Time Of Your Life!
“In Romancing The Crone, women age 40+ reveal their secrets for how they are making the third phase of life the happiest ever! Accented with cartoons that add extra spice to good advice, read it first for fun then use it as a daily guide for quick ways to reduce stress, get healthier, look amazing, get closer to friends and family, find romance and take a walk on the cheeky side of life. Originally created as part of a fund raiser for cancer research, this book cuts to the chase with humorous (and sometimes outrageous) advice. “
The Chosen
“Echo has been having strange dreams, and in the last two weeks her entire family have been slaughtered. Now only a small band of people may be able to explain everything and why she is having dreams of the end of the world.. Only The 'Chosen' Can Survive The End Of The World”
Last City on Earth
“The year is 3305CE | 1305TE. Nuclear bombs destroyed the rest of the Earth, but a small group of survivors escaped to Antarctica, discovering a city under the permafrost. Fable Ketterling was fifteen when the bombs went off. She was fifteen when she and her parents escaped. She was fifteen when she found the fountain of youth. She was fifteen when the fountain made her immortal. She was the only one.”
Just Reading
Here's to Not Catching Our Hair on Fire: An Absent-Minded Tale of Life with Giftedness and Attention Deficit - Oh Look! A Chicken!
Life From Scratch
Very many high reviews “Divorced, heartbroken and living in a lonely New York apartment with a tiny kitchen, Rachel Goldman realizes she doesn't even know how to cook the simplest meal for herself. Can learning to fry an egg help her understand where her life went wrong? She dives into the culinary basics. Then she launches a blog to vent her misery about love, life and her goal of an unburnt casserole.To her amazement, the blog's a hit. She becomes a minor celebrity. Next, a sexy Spaniard enters her life. Will her souffles stop falling? Will she finally forget about the husband she still loves? And how can she explain to her readers that she still hasn't learned how to cook up a happy life from scratch?”
Lady in the Mist: A Novel (The Midwives)
The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society
Highly reviewed.
Smugglers at Whistling Sands (mystery adventure)
Children’s adventure in the vein of Enid Blyton.
Romancing The Crone: 100 Ways To Make This The Happiest Time Of Your Life!
“In Romancing The Crone, women age 40+ reveal their secrets for how they are making the third phase of life the happiest ever! Accented with cartoons that add extra spice to good advice, read it first for fun then use it as a daily guide for quick ways to reduce stress, get healthier, look amazing, get closer to friends and family, find romance and take a walk on the cheeky side of life. Originally created as part of a fund raiser for cancer research, this book cuts to the chase with humorous (and sometimes outrageous) advice. “
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