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(Some of the books below may still be available. I haven't checked specifically. Most are usually 1 or 2 days but sometimes they are free longer. The REDUCTIONS are usually reduced for much longer.)
NONFICTION
General Self-Sufficiency and Survival
Disaster Preparedness Basics: How to Prepare for Natural Disasters and Emergencies
What IF ?
”…The world as we know it today, could change overnight. How do you protect your family, where would you go, what would you do if the power grid, in half of the United States, was completely wiped out in the blink of an eye ? Could you live for a year or two without going to the store to buy food and water ? Could you protect your property and family if a small angry mob were to attack your home? Particularly if they knew you had food and water and they hadn't eaten for a week ? Do you know how to protect your family in the event a nuclear bomb were to go off hundreds of miles from your home ? This book takes a hard look at several of these possibilities and explains what solutions are in your hands how to resolve them. How to barricade yourself safely into your home and discussions about several different types of weapons and what the pros and cons are to each. Strategic information about growing and storing your own food supply. Different ways to collect and store water are discussed as well. This book is a must read for anyone that's remotely concerned about the government's ability to maintain and restore order in the event of any type of natural or man-made disaster….”
The Essential Preppers Handbook (Preppers will Survive)
”Knowledge, planning and reacting are the keys to surviving a disaster. This manual will show you how to become a prepper on any level. Key items detailed include: • How to find water, food and shelter • When to leave and when to stay • How to travel safely • Setting up a community • Becoming sustainable • Protection • Psychological survival…” Check link for more detailed further synopsis.
The Fool's Gold Route - Squamish to Coquitlam - British Columbian Wilderness Adventure
Trek that is far harder than the West Coast Trail (which has 3 helicopter rescues a day), no doubt calling for real survival skills. See related book Bushwhack: A Serial Story of Off-Trail Hiking & Camping in the Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest
under True Accounts down the list.
A Sword Anyone Can Make
”For anyone who is curious and craft wise, for that hobbiest mechanic who thinks they can do more, or just for fun; this book will show a step by step method that anyone can follow to make their own sword. The sword can be as cheap and quickly made as you want it to be or a blade of legend, it all depends on the one making it.”
Plus the weekend Homesteader issue for June, and the Long-Term Campers Handbook are still free. See yesterday’s or the day before’s postings.
Disaster Preparedness Basics: How to Prepare for Natural Disasters and Emergencies
What IF ?
”…The world as we know it today, could change overnight. How do you protect your family, where would you go, what would you do if the power grid, in half of the United States, was completely wiped out in the blink of an eye ? Could you live for a year or two without going to the store to buy food and water ? Could you protect your property and family if a small angry mob were to attack your home? Particularly if they knew you had food and water and they hadn't eaten for a week ? Do you know how to protect your family in the event a nuclear bomb were to go off hundreds of miles from your home ? This book takes a hard look at several of these possibilities and explains what solutions are in your hands how to resolve them. How to barricade yourself safely into your home and discussions about several different types of weapons and what the pros and cons are to each. Strategic information about growing and storing your own food supply. Different ways to collect and store water are discussed as well. This book is a must read for anyone that's remotely concerned about the government's ability to maintain and restore order in the event of any type of natural or man-made disaster….”
The Essential Preppers Handbook (Preppers will Survive)
”Knowledge, planning and reacting are the keys to surviving a disaster. This manual will show you how to become a prepper on any level. Key items detailed include: • How to find water, food and shelter • When to leave and when to stay • How to travel safely • Setting up a community • Becoming sustainable • Protection • Psychological survival…” Check link for more detailed further synopsis.
The Fool's Gold Route - Squamish to Coquitlam - British Columbian Wilderness Adventure
Trek that is far harder than the West Coast Trail (which has 3 helicopter rescues a day), no doubt calling for real survival skills. See related book Bushwhack: A Serial Story of Off-Trail Hiking & Camping in the Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest
under True Accounts down the list.
A Sword Anyone Can Make
”For anyone who is curious and craft wise, for that hobbiest mechanic who thinks they can do more, or just for fun; this book will show a step by step method that anyone can follow to make their own sword. The sword can be as cheap and quickly made as you want it to be or a blade of legend, it all depends on the one making it.”
Plus the weekend Homesteader issue for June, and the Long-Term Campers Handbook are still free. See yesterday’s or the day before’s postings.
Food, Home, and Farming/Gardening
10-Acre Permaculture Project: Site planning in the humid subtropics
100 Year Old Recipes You Can Still Make Today: HOMEMADE CANDIES
Favorite Farmers Market Recipes
Farmer’s Market foods are generally 1. local and 2. seasonal, so perhaps this has some good ideas for self-sufficient people too.
The Canned and Boxed Food Cookbook: Dressing It Up!
Advanced Hydroponics Technologies
10-Acre Permaculture Project: Site planning in the humid subtropics
100 Year Old Recipes You Can Still Make Today: HOMEMADE CANDIES
Favorite Farmers Market Recipes
Farmer’s Market foods are generally 1. local and 2. seasonal, so perhaps this has some good ideas for self-sufficient people too.
The Canned and Boxed Food Cookbook: Dressing It Up!
Advanced Hydroponics Technologies
Health
The Day I Stopped Taking Vitamins
”… The author takes a no-nonsense look at potential health risks posed by vitamin and mineral supplements and why they may actually create the very deficiencies they are meant to counteract. She explains the potential for nutritional imbalance posed by medications and other “anti-nutrients” to which we are exposed on a daily basis, and she summarizes steps we all can take to reclaim our nutritional health. Ultimately, the author’s research leads to a discussion of nutrient-dense foods and superfoods. She points out the revitalizing health benefits that superfoods may provide, and asks us to consider what would happen if we began to tap into nutritional resources we have never known before.”
Life on the Spectrum. The Preschool Years. Getting the Help and Support You Need
The Day I Stopped Taking Vitamins
”… The author takes a no-nonsense look at potential health risks posed by vitamin and mineral supplements and why they may actually create the very deficiencies they are meant to counteract. She explains the potential for nutritional imbalance posed by medications and other “anti-nutrients” to which we are exposed on a daily basis, and she summarizes steps we all can take to reclaim our nutritional health. Ultimately, the author’s research leads to a discussion of nutrient-dense foods and superfoods. She points out the revitalizing health benefits that superfoods may provide, and asks us to consider what would happen if we began to tap into nutritional resources we have never known before.”
Life on the Spectrum. The Preschool Years. Getting the Help and Support You Need
Ideas/Theory
Behind the Desert Storm: A Secret Archive Stolen From the Kremlin that Sheds New Light on the Arab Revolutions in the Middle East
Climate Change In the Bible: Bible Scan of Ecological and Environmental Disasters
From the review, a list of Bible quote that imply or describe climate change.
Behind the Desert Storm: A Secret Archive Stolen From the Kremlin that Sheds New Light on the Arab Revolutions in the Middle East
Climate Change In the Bible: Bible Scan of Ecological and Environmental Disasters
From the review, a list of Bible quote that imply or describe climate change.
True Accounts
Bushwhack: A Serial Story of Off-Trail Hiking & Camping in the Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest
Doesn’t quite explain whether true or not. Written as though a true account, originally posted online in installments, of a dramatic trek taken on the trail listed above under the first heading ( The Fool's Gold Route - Squamish to Coquitlam - British Columbian Wilderness Adventure)
"Human nature, in its most raw and desperate form, is to survive; at any cost. What we did to ourselves, and to each other, in order to stay alive out in the dark and cold depths of the forest shocked and shamed us to our very cores. The out-of-control events changed us. Forever. For now we know how high the cost of surviving can be, and that we were willing to pay the price; even if it meant someone else did not survive as a consequence."
Bushwhack: A Serial Story of Off-Trail Hiking & Camping in the Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest
Doesn’t quite explain whether true or not. Written as though a true account, originally posted online in installments, of a dramatic trek taken on the trail listed above under the first heading ( The Fool's Gold Route - Squamish to Coquitlam - British Columbian Wilderness Adventure
)"Human nature, in its most raw and desperate form, is to survive; at any cost. What we did to ourselves, and to each other, in order to stay alive out in the dark and cold depths of the forest shocked and shamed us to our very cores. The out-of-control events changed us. Forever. For now we know how high the cost of surviving can be, and that we were willing to pay the price; even if it meant someone else did not survive as a consequence."
Silent Siren: Memoirs of a Life-saving Mortician
The Life History of Caroline Lyman Christensen
Reckless Bravery: The Life and Career of John Bell Hood
Shake Block Cutter - Helicopter Timber Salvage: tales from the frontlines
Same author as the two wilderness hiking books, but different (somewhat related) story.
Crushed, An Amazing True Story of Determination and Survival
”The accident left sixty-six year old Bob Peterson fighting for his life on an isolated farm lane. The freezing rain saturated his crushed body as he struggled in a race against time to drag himself toward help. With traumatic injuries, he focused on his love for his wife and family and pushed his faith to the limit to see them again. This story is about Bob’s incredible determination to survive and recover from a farming accident that left him with multiple compression fractures in his spine and pelvis, broken ribs, a punctured lung, and bruised heart. Alone in the freezing rain, paralyzed from the chest down, and determined to survive, Bob’s amazing journey to recovery is unforgettable. … when people from PAX TV heard it, they decided to produce it on the It’s a Miracle Series (hosted by Richard Thomas). The segment, titled Chain Reaction, was a big hit and shown multiple times at the request of viewers. “
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FICTION
Nature Survival, War, and other Hardship
Two Adventure Stories-A world Away, Josh Moon and Meg
”‘A World Away’ 1800’s... ten year old lonely Jake.., an orphan,...lives on the streets of London. Jake is caught stealing, convicted and condemned to live on the other side of the world where first he has to serve seven years before he will be free. Jake makes a friend in prison, Tom, who is about his own age. They set off together to face the long voyage, adventures and trials all before even reaching the new world with its frightening prospects.
‘Josh and Meg’ 1780. Josh. a 10 year old lad. and his collie dog Meg leave his parents asleep in their caravan and sets off to go fishing. Josh is soon to regret his decision to sit in someone’s empty row-boat to fish as the mooring rope snaps and there are no oars. Swept away on the swollen river they spend a fearful night with the dangers of floating debris and weirs to contend with. He is carried many, many, miles away from his worried pregnant mum and his anxious dad who have no idea where he is. Josh’s exciting adventures take him into the realms of press gangs, Horatio Nelson and much more as he makes his way towards home.”
Down Aisle Ten
”a fictional history of Universal Simultaneous Anxiety Collapse Disorder, an incapacitating disease that arises from the abundant fears that surround us in the modern world. …”
BITTERSWEET FREEDOM IN A FAR LAND: Book One of the Tuckaseegee Chronicles
From Publishers Weekly “Set in the American colonies in 1750, this is a tale of discovery, acceptance, war, love, and cultural awareness. A realistic historical piece, this novel is fraught with danger and heartbreak, but buoyed by romance and the hope for survival into future generations...meticulously researched, … The prose is flawless and the characters are robust and believable. Impressive.”
In The Footsteps of War: The Short Story
”Set in snow covered woods in World War II close to a concentration camp, we follow and wait to see what happens when a small band of soldiers realise exactly what they have discovered. …”
GONE WITH THE TIDE and other stories
Story collection including “SURVIVAL-- A graphic story about the struggle to survive in the wilds of Alaska.”
Two Adventure Stories-A world Away, Josh Moon and Meg
”‘A World Away’ 1800’s... ten year old lonely Jake.., an orphan,...lives on the streets of London. Jake is caught stealing, convicted and condemned to live on the other side of the world where first he has to serve seven years before he will be free. Jake makes a friend in prison, Tom, who is about his own age. They set off together to face the long voyage, adventures and trials all before even reaching the new world with its frightening prospects.
‘Josh and Meg’ 1780. Josh. a 10 year old lad. and his collie dog Meg leave his parents asleep in their caravan and sets off to go fishing. Josh is soon to regret his decision to sit in someone’s empty row-boat to fish as the mooring rope snaps and there are no oars. Swept away on the swollen river they spend a fearful night with the dangers of floating debris and weirs to contend with. He is carried many, many, miles away from his worried pregnant mum and his anxious dad who have no idea where he is. Josh’s exciting adventures take him into the realms of press gangs, Horatio Nelson and much more as he makes his way towards home.”
Down Aisle Ten
”a fictional history of Universal Simultaneous Anxiety Collapse Disorder, an incapacitating disease that arises from the abundant fears that surround us in the modern world. …”
BITTERSWEET FREEDOM IN A FAR LAND: Book One of the Tuckaseegee Chronicles
From Publishers Weekly “Set in the American colonies in 1750, this is a tale of discovery, acceptance, war, love, and cultural awareness. A realistic historical piece, this novel is fraught with danger and heartbreak, but buoyed by romance and the hope for survival into future generations...meticulously researched, … The prose is flawless and the characters are robust and believable. Impressive.”
In The Footsteps of War: The Short Story
”Set in snow covered woods in World War II close to a concentration camp, we follow and wait to see what happens when a small band of soldiers realise exactly what they have discovered. …”
GONE WITH THE TIDE and other stories
Story collection including “SURVIVAL-- A graphic story about the struggle to survive in the wilds of Alaska.”
Politics, Terrorism, and Intrigue/Conspiracy
Welcome to Frontline: Part One (Frontline Defence)
Short story. “When increased terrorist activity forced the United Nations to take action it was decided that a Counter-Terrorism Act would be written, the United Nations disbanded and a new, joint-nation military base would be set up. In 2015, the treaty was finalised and a multi-story, underground facility was built in Cyprus was opened and Frontline Defence was born. A call from the Russian President sends the British team out to Russia to investigate some recent killings by people thought to be terrorists but once out there, the team encounter much more than they expected.”
Part two in above story:
Welcome to Frontline: Part Two (Frontline Defence)
”When increased terrorist activity forced the United Nations to take action it was decided that a Counter-Terrorism Act would be written, the United Nations disbanded and a new, joint-nation military base would be set up. In 2015, the treaty was finalised and a multi-story, underground facility was built in Cyprus was opened and Frontline Defence was born. With events not playing out how the Frontline teams would have hoped, General Laine calls in an old friend to lead Frontline Alpha and avenge a friends death...”
Hammond (Frontline Defence)
description calls this one the first story in this bunch, but the title calls the other one.
Welcome to Frontline: Part One (Frontline Defence)
Short story. “When increased terrorist activity forced the United Nations to take action it was decided that a Counter-Terrorism Act would be written, the United Nations disbanded and a new, joint-nation military base would be set up. In 2015, the treaty was finalised and a multi-story, underground facility was built in Cyprus was opened and Frontline Defence was born. A call from the Russian President sends the British team out to Russia to investigate some recent killings by people thought to be terrorists but once out there, the team encounter much more than they expected.”
Part two in above story:
Welcome to Frontline: Part Two (Frontline Defence)
”When increased terrorist activity forced the United Nations to take action it was decided that a Counter-Terrorism Act would be written, the United Nations disbanded and a new, joint-nation military base would be set up. In 2015, the treaty was finalised and a multi-story, underground facility was built in Cyprus was opened and Frontline Defence was born. With events not playing out how the Frontline teams would have hoped, General Laine calls in an old friend to lead Frontline Alpha and avenge a friends death...”
Hammond (Frontline Defence)
description calls this one the first story in this bunch, but the title calls the other one.
Collapse, Post-Apocalypse, Speculative Futures
Passing On
”In a not too distant future the human race has been devastated by forces they thought they could control. Now life is simple, brutal, and savage. When their neighbors are taken by strangers Grandma's small community gathers together to hunt down and kill the attackers and hopefully save their friends. This is a short story with scientific background information included.”
Raft People
“Human errors magnify global climate change, forcing catastrophic floods over the world's coastlines. The military scrambles for ships while the wealthy run to secret ocean habitats. Meanwhile ordinary people find themselves stuck between jammed escape routes and the rising sea. While billions of people struggle to survive, several thousand turn to http://raftpeople.com/, a website that helps them construct floating escape vessels out of things they have on hand. During the time of the Big Flood, Liz Green is a troubled teenager living with her single mother and brothers. Faced with the rising sea to the south and jammed highways to the north, Leah, Liz's mother, decides they need to become Raft People. … It falls into the category of post-apocalyptic thrillers, but is also an adventure and coming of age story.“
ISS
”The population of Earth has been devastated by a man-made virus. Billions are dead and time is running out for those still alive. Jack and Sara, two young survivors, have come up with a bold plan to save the world but their plan is risky. They want to bring a sample of the virus up to the scientists living aboard the International Space Station. The ISS crew is not infected and they believe their combined expertise would make it possible to find a cure. The astronauts know that they are too young to understand the risks of flying a spaceship that was designed for tourism beyond its safe operational limits but Sara and Jack are willing and determined to try. There is a lot at stake and the crew of the ISS will help them any way they can because these young people offer the only real hope of saving the people of Earth.”
The Damnation of Memory
“The dual catastrophes of peak oil and a decade-long grain blight have annihilated the gas pump and breadbox of North America. The great cities of the northeast corridor have imploded, leaving only tiny rural Amish communities intact and subsisting, as they ever have, unhindered by the need for fuel or mass-produced food. The two friends have grown accustomed to the Amish ways, and earn their keep delivering mail on foot from far-flung farm communities stretched from Indiana and Illinois to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. In the absence of people, nature has begun to retake what man has built. Cities and towns teem with wildlife and crumble year after year, and even amongst the warmth of the Amish, the two men find it difficult with each passing year to make sense of what has happened to their way of life...”
Forecast
”When the nuclear bombs are dropped on Europe, Brad Sutcliffe and his crew of four are 132,000 feet above the continent carrying out weather experiments onboard Fable-1, the world's largest helium balloon. Stranded in the stratosphere with their oxygen running out and the world on fire beneath them, the crew make the terrifying decision to return to Earth by parachuting from their balloon. From that point on, they face the most gruelling, most challenging moment of their lives, when the terror and complexity of survival test the human spirit and the strength of individuals comes to the fore.”
The Vanishings: 1 (Left Behind: The Kids)
Christian fiction for youth, end times (many Christians disagree with the pre-tribulation doctrine but still might be interesting.) “This series is based on the best-selling adult Left Behind series. Readers will see the Rapture and Tribulation through the eyes of four kids who have been left behind.”
Passing On
”In a not too distant future the human race has been devastated by forces they thought they could control. Now life is simple, brutal, and savage. When their neighbors are taken by strangers Grandma's small community gathers together to hunt down and kill the attackers and hopefully save their friends. This is a short story with scientific background information included.”
Raft People
“Human errors magnify global climate change, forcing catastrophic floods over the world's coastlines. The military scrambles for ships while the wealthy run to secret ocean habitats. Meanwhile ordinary people find themselves stuck between jammed escape routes and the rising sea. While billions of people struggle to survive, several thousand turn to http://raftpeople.com/, a website that helps them construct floating escape vessels out of things they have on hand. During the time of the Big Flood, Liz Green is a troubled teenager living with her single mother and brothers. Faced with the rising sea to the south and jammed highways to the north, Leah, Liz's mother, decides they need to become Raft People. … It falls into the category of post-apocalyptic thrillers, but is also an adventure and coming of age story.“
ISS
”The population of Earth has been devastated by a man-made virus. Billions are dead and time is running out for those still alive. Jack and Sara, two young survivors, have come up with a bold plan to save the world but their plan is risky. They want to bring a sample of the virus up to the scientists living aboard the International Space Station. The ISS crew is not infected and they believe their combined expertise would make it possible to find a cure. The astronauts know that they are too young to understand the risks of flying a spaceship that was designed for tourism beyond its safe operational limits but Sara and Jack are willing and determined to try. There is a lot at stake and the crew of the ISS will help them any way they can because these young people offer the only real hope of saving the people of Earth.”
The Damnation of Memory
“The dual catastrophes of peak oil and a decade-long grain blight have annihilated the gas pump and breadbox of North America. The great cities of the northeast corridor have imploded, leaving only tiny rural Amish communities intact and subsisting, as they ever have, unhindered by the need for fuel or mass-produced food. The two friends have grown accustomed to the Amish ways, and earn their keep delivering mail on foot from far-flung farm communities stretched from Indiana and Illinois to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. In the absence of people, nature has begun to retake what man has built. Cities and towns teem with wildlife and crumble year after year, and even amongst the warmth of the Amish, the two men find it difficult with each passing year to make sense of what has happened to their way of life...”
Forecast
”When the nuclear bombs are dropped on Europe, Brad Sutcliffe and his crew of four are 132,000 feet above the continent carrying out weather experiments onboard Fable-1, the world's largest helium balloon. Stranded in the stratosphere with their oxygen running out and the world on fire beneath them, the crew make the terrifying decision to return to Earth by parachuting from their balloon. From that point on, they face the most gruelling, most challenging moment of their lives, when the terror and complexity of survival test the human spirit and the strength of individuals comes to the fore.”
The Vanishings: 1 (Left Behind: The Kids)
Christian fiction for youth, end times (many Christians disagree with the pre-tribulation doctrine but still might be interesting.) “This series is based on the best-selling adult Left Behind series. Readers will see the Rapture and Tribulation through the eyes of four kids who have been left behind.”
More Sci-Fi-or-Fantasy-ish
Dust
I put this under this heading because it’s called an “alien” dust, but really the story could be much the same with a virus or other poison. “A hungry alien substance has traveled to Earth following a doomed Lunar mission, and it's consuming everything it touches, leaving behind drifts of gray death. No life form stands a chance, but Clyde Jackson is tougher than most. He's seen war and he's been in plenty of foxholes. Now he's living through the end of the world one day at a time in a panic room that has become his only refuge. It's only a matter of time before the ventilation fails, and it'll only take a single gray speck to end it all... the haunting meditation of a man recalling the final days of a once mighty and hopeful planet now quickly eroding to nothing under drifts of gray.”
The Half-Life of Johnny Seiko - Part I: Hard Lessons (The Seiko Odyssey)
”Left to wander the face of a shattered world, a lone boy and his stalwart companions explore the mysteries of past and present in a future realm. Living in an abandoned military vehicle, and relying solely on his wits and a handful of found technology, our brilliant young protagonist faces life alone in a post-apocalyptic land - one fraught with danger and uncertainty around every corner. As they scour the landscape looking for food and distraction, their travels bring hope and a sense of purpose to their solitary existence, until a chance encounter aboard a crashed alien spacecraft hurls our young hero headlong down a rocky path of unescapable destiny.”
Just Reading
Discovering Mathematical Thought: Growing the Math Side of the Brain
Dust
I put this under this heading because it’s called an “alien” dust, but really the story could be much the same with a virus or other poison. “A hungry alien substance has traveled to Earth following a doomed Lunar mission, and it's consuming everything it touches, leaving behind drifts of gray death. No life form stands a chance, but Clyde Jackson is tougher than most. He's seen war and he's been in plenty of foxholes. Now he's living through the end of the world one day at a time in a panic room that has become his only refuge. It's only a matter of time before the ventilation fails, and it'll only take a single gray speck to end it all... the haunting meditation of a man recalling the final days of a once mighty and hopeful planet now quickly eroding to nothing under drifts of gray.”
The Half-Life of Johnny Seiko - Part I: Hard Lessons (The Seiko Odyssey)
”Left to wander the face of a shattered world, a lone boy and his stalwart companions explore the mysteries of past and present in a future realm. Living in an abandoned military vehicle, and relying solely on his wits and a handful of found technology, our brilliant young protagonist faces life alone in a post-apocalyptic land - one fraught with danger and uncertainty around every corner. As they scour the landscape looking for food and distraction, their travels bring hope and a sense of purpose to their solitary existence, until a chance encounter aboard a crashed alien spacecraft hurls our young hero headlong down a rocky path of unescapable destiny.”
Just Reading
Discovering Mathematical Thought: Growing the Math Side of the Brain
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