JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:

JWR’s Recommendations of the Week:

James Wesley Rawles March 22, 2017 March 22, 2017

Books:

The Homeowner’s Advocate: Tips From A Contractor for Dealing With Contractors (The Advocate Series Book 1)

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

Movies:

Army of Crime (a slightly fictionalized account of Armenians and other minorities in the French Resistance during World War II.)

Dazzle: The Hidden Story of Camouflage (Documentary) (available through Amazon Prime)

Television:

The War – A Documentary Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Music:

Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever

Mark Isham: Vapor Drawings

Instructional Videos:

A great video: 900 Watt Van Conversion full walkthrough (full time stealth travel home) JWR’s Comment: Their dog, I noticed, is of course a Rhodesian Ridgeback.

DIY Perimeter Trip Wire Alarm (These smoke grenade fuze heads are available in sets of four (without spoons) through eBay and Amazon.com. OBTW, someone should write a brief article or make a video on how to use mechanically-fired Magicube photographic flashes for perimeter security. Magicubes (as opposed to electric Flashcubes) use a thin tube filled with contact-sensitive explosive (a fulminate of some sort) that leads into each of the four flashbulbs in each cube. They are set off with just a slight pressure on the bottom wire.)

Krav Maga Training

Podcasts:

Radio Free Redoubt: Episode 17-10 Liberty or Death and Approaching Your Pastor on Prepping

Libertarian Christian Institute: Episode 1: Our Libertarian Christian Journey

Blogs:

The Prepper Journal

Of Two Minds (Charles Hugh Smith)

Gear:

Ridgeyard Craft / Industrial Use Manual Grommet Banner Press Machine 3 Die Mould with 900 Grommet/Eyelet Hand Press Tool Kit – Great for Tarps

ECO-WORTHY 10 Watt (12 VoltDC ) Epoxy Solar Panel Module (Under $20 for a 10 watt panel!)

Here is a very clever and versatile small boat design: The Tetra-Pod

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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.