Category Archives: Book, Movie, and Web Reviews

Books:

Act of War, by Brad Thor

Lost Rights, by James Bovard

Movies:

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Lone Survivor

Instructional Videos:

How to roll start your manual transmission car or truck

How to Hang a Gate

Online Sermon Videos:

“His Own Received Him Not” – Message by Chuck Baldwin on Apr. 9, 2017

An Introduction to Reformed Theology (James White)

Podcasts:

Daily Audio Bible

The Hardcore History Series

Blogs:

The Independent (Archer Garrett)

Gear:

3M Performance Plus Duct Tape, Olive Drab, 48 mm x 54.8 meter roll. This is the real deal mil-spec stuff, and one of these big fat rolls lasts a long time. I noticed that the 3M brand’s formulation seems to have the best longevity. (Some other brands seems to “go … Continue reading →

Note: Since today is Patriot Day, most of today’s recommendations follow that that theme.

Books:

Warsaw 1944: An Insurgent’s Journal of the Uprising

Tactics of Christian Resistance by Dr. Gary North

Lexington to Concord

Movies:

April Morning

The Patriot (Note: When I last checked it was also available free for Amazon Prime members,)

Television:

Resistance: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans

Battle for Warsaw

Instructional Videos:

How to Make Thermite

How to shoot an AR handgun (ala SIG brace, Shockwave Blade, etc)

Online Sermon Videos:

When Resistance Is Obligatory – by Chuck Baldwin on Jul. 31, 2016

Defying Tyrants is Obedience to God – by Jeff Durbin

Podcasts:

The Art of Manliness Podcast #220: Tyrants — A History of Power, Injustice, and Terror

The … Continue reading →

Books:

Photovoltaic Design and Installation For Dummies

How to Be Invisible: Protect Your Home, Your Children, Your Assets, and Your Life, by J.J. Luna

Movies:

The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance

The Marx Brothers Collection (Includes: A Night at The Opera/A Day at The Races/A Night in Casablanca/Room Service/At the Circus/Go West/The Big Store)

Television:

Hunted (CBS Network.) The network’s publicists proclaim it: “The World’s most elaborate game of Hide and Seek.” This justifiably popular series includes some useful tradecraft and was recommended by J.J.S. of Radio Free Redoubt. It airs on Wednesday evenings.

Best of American Pickers: Mike And Frank’s Picks

Music:

The Very Best of Jean-Luc Ponty

Kate Wolf: Give Yourself To Love (Volumes 1&2 – Live In Concert)

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Books:

What to Expect When You’re Expecting

The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Fast & Healthy Meals

Movies:

God’s Not Dead

Galaxy Quest

Music:

Lau: Lightweights & Gentlemen

Leo Kottke: Six And Twelve String Guitar

Instructional Videos:

DIY How to add Paracord to your MFT Battlelink Stock

Podcasts:

Radio Free Redoubt: Episode 17-06: Do Not Oppress the Sojourner – and – HUNTED: Analysis and Review. (Also available via iTunes.)

The Survival Podcast: Episode-799- Greenhouse Thoughts, Construction, Usage and Considerations

Blogs:

Total Survivalist Blog

Brushbeater

Gear:

Rothco Flyers Helmet Shoulder Bag, Olive Drab (These are great for organizing and transporting sets of web gear for your defensive guns.)

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Published by Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 978-0-8048-4765-0
5 parts, 224 pages with index

Between active shooters, the rise in violent crime, and the outbreak of “undocumented shoppers”, many Americans are taking an interest in learning how to protect themselves and their loved ones. This takes many forms, as some people devote their time and money to storing up resources and equipment, others to training with armed and unarmed combatives, and some to both. Any serious practitioner in unarmed combatives will likely have heard of the discipline of Krav Maga. Since Imi Lichtenfeld started training the Israeli military in “contact combat” in 1944, Krav Maga has become increasingly popular among the international community. With instructors all over the world spreading the word of reality-based self-defense, it’s not hard to imagine why that is the case. One such instructor is Gershon ben Keren, a 5th degree black belt in … Continue reading →

Books:

Survival Hacks: Over 200 Ways to Use Everyday Items for Wilderness Survival, by Creek Stewart

Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War

The Seventh Plague: A Sigma Force Novel, by James Rollins

Movies:

Last of the Dogmen

The African Queen

Television:

Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

Band Of Brothers

Music:

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Movie Soundtrack

Marty Robbins: All-Time Greatest Hits

Instructional Videos:

Bushcraft Dump Pouch (Make Your Own)

Canadian Prepper: After the Collapse: Surviving in Canada- (SHTF Canada- West Coast/BC)–Part of a video series

Online Sermon Videos:

Calvary Chapel Kaneohe in Hawaii (Pastor JD Farag. His ongoing Prophecy … Continue reading →

Books:

All Wrapped Up In Paracord: Knife and Tool Wraps, Survival Bracelets, And More Projects With Parachute Cord

The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II

Movies:

Braveheart

Akira Kurosawa: Four Samurai Classics (Seven Samurai / The Hidden Fortress / Yojimbo / Sanjuro) (The Criterion Collection)

Television:

The Pacific

The Civil War (Ken Burns Documentary)

Music:

The Very Best of Ralph Stanley

Jonas Kaufmann: Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner

Instructional Videos:

Build Your Own Copper Coil Alcohol Burner Stove

Wall Tent Platform Build JWR’s Comment: Be sure to use plenty of foundation bricks (more than shown) and use your level frequently during the platform construction.

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HJL,

This is a great article and a tremendous gap in most survival discussions!

We prepare not to just survive but to thrive in the aftermath of a disaster, and I assume we all have or are trying to have children.

Imagine how dark the world will become if we let the light of western civilization sputter and die on our watch. If we are to make a difference, if we are to keep our values and our philosophy alive, we need books.

My parents invested in a complete collection of the Harvard Classics. One summer, recovering from a football related injury, I read the complete collection. This was 35 years ago.

While I knew what values my parents lived day to day, I didn’t KNOW these values. To put it in other words, I had an intellectual conversion on par with what a man experiences when he comes to … Continue reading →