Books Financial Reckoning Day Fallout: Surviving Today’s Global Depression by Addison Wiggin and Bill Bonner The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century by James H. Kunstler Movies Zero Dark Thirty Gravity Instructional Video: ?Patriots – Surviving the Coming Collapse – Trike Flying (The pilot of an experimental trike aircraft flies over the locales of my first novel.)
I’m going to say a few things about this book that I found while reading a few online blogs on a few survival-related websites. I found this book on readfomag.com and ordered it directly from them for about $70. I don’t get anything in return for posting this, and I am happy with the purchase. This book encompasses a reality for me. You don’t know what you just don’t know. Sure, I was in the military, and I know how to hike and camp and shoot a gun. While I have some military experience, the author of this book was …
Books Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook (It superceded the very out-of-date ST 31-91B) Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition by Paul S. Auerbach Movies Shooter (Warning: Has many violent scenes.) Pale Rider (Warning: Has many violent scenes.) Instructional Video: Dave Gingery’s Green Sand Casting Techniques
Books The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton Fire and Ice by Ray Kytle Movies Mission: Impossible Trilogy Instructional Video: Wranglerstar’s Modern Homesteading Videos. (JWR’s favorite video blogger, who lives in rural central Washington. Informative and entertaining how-to videos. He now has hundreds of them available free on YouTube.)
Books Storey’s Basic Country Skills: A Practical Guide to Self-Reliance by John & Martha Storey Good-Bye April 15Th! by Boston T. Party Movies Lone Survivor (Warning: Has many violent war scenes.) Unbroken (Warning: Has many violent war and POW camp scenes.) Instructional Video: Combat Shotgun (Lou Awerbuck)
I recently finished reading Jeff Cooper’s The Art of the Rifle and thought it would be good to share the relevant points with the readers here. Reviewer’s Note: I’m fully aware the author was a retired Marine Colonel, and as one who served as a Marine myself I know that it would be proper, when referring to the author, to include his rank. However, Cooper does not emphasize his military service in the book, and there on the cover in bold white letters it reads “Jeff Cooper”, so I will refer to him in this manner. There is no offense …
Books Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon Movies Guardians of the Galaxy (Warning: Some crudity.) Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow (Warning: Has many violent war scenes.) Instructional Video: ?How to calculate your lead alloy blending for bullets (Free YouTube Video.)
INTRODUCTION The right cross came out of nowhere, followed immediately by a second blow. Before the victim had time to think about it, he had collapsed to the cold, snowy concrete walk. He had been attacked and robbed. The attacker had stolen a new pair of gloves from the seven year old. The attack had taken place on school grounds, during recess. The attack was swift, without warning and final! The eight year old attacker was already a known member of the Latin Kings street gang in Chicago. The seven year old victim had just learned his first (and most …
Books Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long by Elliot Coleman Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition by Abigail R. Gehring Movies Jack Reacher Ender’s Game Instructional Video: ?DIY: How To Make Dummy/ Inert Training 12 Gauge Shotgun Shells (Free YouTube Video. Warning: Has a little foul language)
Books The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO’s Contribution to Warfare by John Poole Camping & Wilderness Survival: The Ultimate Outdoors Book by Paul Tawrell Movies 2012 Aliens
Books Jewelry & Gems the Buying Guide: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry With Confidence And Knowledge The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Centuryby James H. Kunstler Movies Braveheart The Pianist
Books Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson LDS Preparedness Manual, edited by Christopher M. Parrett Movies Black Hawk Down Serenity (I also highly recommend the short-lived cable television series Firefly, from which this feature film spun off.)
Books Where There Is No Vetby Bill Forse (Amazon is currently out, but the book can be ordered from talcuk.org) Preparedness Now!: An Emergency Survival Guide (Expanded and Revised Edition) by Aton Movies Resistance: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans (PBS Documentary) Jack Reacher
Books The Modern Survival Retreat by Ragnar Benson Antique Trader – Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide Movies Tremors (Note: More for fun rather than an education. Only the first movie in the series is worth watching, IMHO.) Blast From the Past
Books The Weed Cookbook: Naturally Nutritious – Yours Free for the Taking! by Adrienne Crowhurst (currently unavailable, but if you find a copy, grab it!) Movies Things to Come (1936) True Grit (the original, with John Wayne)