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Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

JJ Storms — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:58:43 -0000

It is interesting to see the trend in books these days. I feel that books is almost a lost art. I myself am loving books right now, but not in the traditional sense. I love books on CD. Like I said before though. I fear that books are a lost art form, especially in paper form. I think that books take you to another world. They invigorate the mind. There is a lot that books can offer and I really hope books are lost in the technology that we have all around us.

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

displaced2 — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:44:44 -0000

I liked Preppers Road March by Ron Foster, its sort of part survival book and part post apocalyptic adventure. It deals with the aftermath of a solar storm while its occuring. It will make you think what would you do if technology fails and you just lost everything. He also has a book called Driving Towards Disaster: The Story Thus far that deals with a pandemic and a hurricane happening at once.

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

denise — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:16:43 -0000

I have read all the trilogy of books by The Drapers (father/daughter) a few times. Great for the soul and psyche. I also love the Pam Blackwell series "Ephraim's Seed, etc) One of my all time favorites is "Alas Babylon". I too have this "bug" to prepare for difficult times whether lost of job, or TEOTAWKI. I too have shelves of manuals or skills books to improve my knowledge. "...If you are prepared you shall not fear"

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

Desert Sailor — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:21:19 -0000

"Alas Babylon" is a very good read, not for information but for the stresses that TEOTWAWKI can/may cause. Excellent for introducing newbies to preparedness.
Carla Emery's "The Encyclopedia of Country Living has tons of information.
"The Dangerous Book for Boys" explains how to skin a rabbit, among other useful instructions.
"Roughing It Easy" by Dian Thomas has good info
Halacy's "The Solar Cooking Book" has plans for a solar cooker.
Finally, check ABEBOOKS.com on the internet for used copies. It's a great source; almost all my books come from them.

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

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Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

Jonnalyhn Wolfcat — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:20:20 -0000

The Foxfire and Book of Buckskinning series are good ones to have as a reference source. I know Jayce should have a couple of those, I recall the latter being Yule gifts at one point or another.

I've got about 90% of my library up on LibraryThing.com, and one of the goals this year, besides getting the other 10% in, is to finish tagging them, with Preparedness being one of the tags. Currently I've got them with survival/outdoor and so forth. One of the other benefits of LibraryThing is being able to review other people's opinions or ask them about a book before picking it up.

Heinlein was very respectful of the LDS faith and goals, which is one of the reasons so many of his works, not just Farnham's Freehold, have the church mentioned, included or showcased. Tunnel in the Sky would be another good one, especially with the preparedness/survival focus.

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

Das — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:09:36 -0000

Maybe a list of your books would help? I recognize some of the texts in the picture but the vast majority are indecipherable.

Thanks!

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

azurevirus — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:24:50 -0000

this is a good idea u thought of..I have just a few books at the moment..a few concern 9as I live by the Tn river) on voyages by ppl in canoes as I list this as a bug out option..I have several on primitive camping and a few others on Tracking and avoid being tracked....and a couple of fiction novels about worse case scenarios that I didnt enjoy but others apparently do..Anyway..this is a good idea!

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

TuxGirl — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:59:55 -0000

I have a few food-storage (what to store, etc) books, and then the book I mentioned earlier on this blog, "The American Frugal Housewife." I would *love* to get more books about how people lived and survived in the 1700s and 1800s. I'm interested in the history of those time periods, and also in the idea of how normal people lived their lives. It's really quite interesting to me, and pretty useful in a TEOTWAWKI type of situation :)

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

phil801 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:58:17 -0000

@Donald - I don't have "Just add Water", I'll order it!

@Michelle Patriots is an EXCELLENT read! I love how it's actually a survival manual wrapped up in a novel! Many of my kids have read it and we refer to it very often.

@ekim VERY COOL! I was hoping I would get a good list of new books out of this post, it's working!

@Carla I have "Dry it You'll like it" but I don't think I have the other ones. Thanks for adding to the list of what else I should get!

@Jayce I'm not surprised we have a lot of the same books ;) I'll be interested to see what else you recommend.

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

Jayce — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:53:44 -0000

Yeah, I have quite a few books that I need to review here. I notice a few titles that we both have, but others that we don't.

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Carla — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:11:46 -0000

Was happy to see /recognize titles on your bookshelf that I also have on mine :)
I'd like to recommend for your cookbook section some books on preserving food, such as "Stocking Up", "Dry It, You'll Like It", "Putting Food By", "Preserving the Harvest", etc. Carla Emery's book has lots of info on the topic, but I find I like to have more than one source for more info/comparison.
Am enjoying you blog!

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

ekim — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:08:03 -0000

The main character in Heinlein's sci-fi book Farnham's Freehold builds a bomb shelter and stocks it with supplies and books that will enable him to rebuild in the event of a nuclear attack. I found a web site that lists many of the titles mentioned in the book.

http://www.heinleinsociety....

There are some interesting titles here.

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

Michelle — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:56:06 -0000

I'm so excited you're doing this, since I'm new to the survivalist part of preparedness. I recently read the Patriots book and really enjoyed it. When my husband has a differing view of how to do something I tell him "read the book"! I'm interested to hear about books you and others have read, so I can figure out which may help me the most in my adventure in getting my family ready for what ever. Love the blog and excited for the next UT Preppers get together.

Re: Preparedness Bookshelves

Donald Kuntz — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:28:13 -0000

Is "Just Add Water" in your collection? It deals with preparing dehydrated foods.

See http://www.internet-grocer....