JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:

James Wesley Rawles February 8, 2017 February 8, 2017

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:

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

Television:

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.

Podcasts:

Limetown (an engrossing science fiction series)

The TED Talks Podcasts

Blogs:

Sparks31’s Signal Corps

Gear:

60″ Ultimate Paracord Braiding Jig

Benchmade ComboEdge Tanto Auto-Stryker Knife

Icom 7200 HF Transceiver

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James Wesley, Rawles (JWR) is Founder and Senior Editor of SurvivalBlog, the original prepping /survival blog for when the Schumer Hits The Fan (SHTF). He began SurvivalBlog in 2005. It now reaches more than 320,000 unique visitors weekly.
JWR is a journalist, technical writer, and novelist. His survivalist novel Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse, is a modern classic that reached #3 on the New York Times bestsellers list. Two of his other novels have also been best New York Times bestsellers.
Jim is the originator of the American Redoubt movement and a frequent talk show and podcast guest. He is also a retreat consultant specializing in off-grid living, rural relocation, and survival preparedness.