Unchained Preppers
General Category => Library => Topic started by: crudos on July 31, 2013, 04:03:45 PM
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What are everyone's must reads for books concerning prepping? Non-fiction or fiction, list them here. There seems to be some convergence of opinion in the forum on various authors and their books in the genre. Now I will duck and cover.....
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. She's a bleeding Progressive but worth the read.
Emergency Food Storage & Survival and Home Cookin' with Food Storage by Peggy Layton
Basic Butchering of Live Stock & Game by John Mettler
Where There is No Doctor by Werner, Thuman and Maxwell
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving by Kingry and Devine
How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods: The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Backcountry Getaway by J. Fears
The Complete book of Woodburning Stoves by Dan Ivens
How To Survive the End of the World As We Know it by James Rawles
Ranger Handbook by US Army Ranger
Green Eyes Black Rifles by Kyle Lamb
Those are the top 10 books that I have used or currently use as reference. :coffeeNews:
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I think these are key books every prepper should own:
Medicine for the Outdoors, Paul S. Auerbach http://amzn.com/B004EYSXRU (http://amzn.com/B004EYSXRU)
PHTLS Prehospital Trauma Life Support, NAEMT http://amzn.com/0323033318 (http://amzn.com/0323033318)
Where There is No Doctor by Werner, Thuman and Maxwell http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources/ (http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources/)
Light Infantry Tactics: For Small Teams, Christopher E. Larsen http://amzn.com/B005T3TCIE (http://amzn.com/B005T3TCIE)
Contact!, Max Velocity http://amzn.com/B008GHZ7NE (http://amzn.com/B008GHZ7NE)
LDS Preparedness Manual https://www.ldsavow.com/PrepManualGeneral.html (https://www.ldsavow.com/PrepManualGeneral.html)
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Carla Emery http://amzn.com/B004YW69J6 (http://amzn.com/B004YW69J6)
SAS Survival Handbook, John 'Lofty' Wiseman http://amzn.com/B005ER2RIW (http://amzn.com/B005ER2RIW)
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I need to buy Contact by Velocity. I want the hard cover book though.
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Animal Farm- George Orwell
1984- George Orwell
The Creature from Jekyll Island- G. Edward Griffin
Anthem- Ayan Rand
Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
And a modern one that I haven't read but would possibly be good is the Hunger Games series. Most of those I read in high school from teacher assignment. They really helped wake me up. I was lucky enough to have a few great capitalistic teachers which I am sure the vast majority of schools do not provide.
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Don't want to piss in your Rice Krispies Grudgie however those books you listed, although good reads; are not prepping books, more political books.
What books have you read or you rely on to prep. Take a gander at previous posts. I am curious to your guides to prepping as I want to expand my library in that area.
Thx to APX I am going to pick up Velocity's Contact to add to my prepping library. :thumbsUp:
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I disagree Jmac. Politics usually play a big part in prepper's lives. These are some books that should belong in a prepper's library. I did read the other books you listed and I realize they are all survivalist books. I'm just rounding out the list. Please don't piss on my Rice Krispies.
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O-Kay Grudgie, "Please don't piss on my Rice Krispies."
Looking for some prepping books (Survivalist books)from the forum. So far we have 18. What have we missed from your library?
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Seed to Seed, Suzanne Ashworth
Five Acres and Independence, Maurice G. Kains
Down Home Ways, Jerry Mack Johnson
Pissing on Rice Crispies, Grudgie
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I hear Grudgie is a cereal novelist. I'm patiently waiting for his sequels "Shitting in Wheaties," "Frosting on Flakes" and "Puking on Pebbles." :vomit: :lmfao:
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Probably walking the line with this one but I recommend "God's Middle Finger".
http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/B001OW5N0U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375402380&sr=8-1&keywords=god%27s+middle+finger (http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Middle-Finger-Lawless-Sierra/dp/B001OW5N0U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375402380&sr=8-1&keywords=god%27s+middle+finger)
It's a non-fiction book of the author's first hand accounts of traveling through Mexico's Sierra Nevada mountain range that hosts a lawless environment and is home to druglords. (Think of the type that chased after Llewelyn Moss in "No Country for Old Men", the ones other than Anton Sugur.)
For the most part he travels in the rural areas where young women attend a school runned by an American volunteer until they are married and impregnanted by local teenage male drunkards. The young women are expected to be armed at all times to fend off rapists and the teacher even scolds one for only having her pistol while on her ranch but leaving her rifle behind in her house.
Corrupt cops dont fear intimidating an honest cop but are scared shitless of a person that may actually gun them down, especially if he has that kind of reputation in the area. Sharing a drink, smoke, or (insert narcotic here) is a great way to get to know some of these crazy people who will quickly view you as a friend and pull a few strings to make your day easier. Also mentions how outsiders ignorant of the area and ignoring caution get screwed over. At one point in the chapter he writes of how some drunken hillbillies "hunt" after him for sport but eventually lose interest.
I thought it was a good read and is probably a more realistic situation to prepare for in comparison to "Patriots".
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I don't have any 'survivalist' books of any note. The only one I would recommend that you would care about is When Technology Fails. It's an all in one coffee table style book that gives general descriptions of everything from buckskin tanning to gardening and shelter building.
Thanks guys. Soggy Rice Krispies suck.
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I hear Grudgie is a cereal novelist. I'm patiently waiting for his sequels "Shitting in Wheaties," "Frosting on Flakes" and "Puking on Pebbles." :vomit: :lmfao:
I just read your new book Special-K, Call Me Butter, Because I am on a Roll was thrilling!
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Looks interesting Grudgie, http://www.amazon.com/When-Technology-Fails-Self-Reliance-Sustainability/dp/1933392452/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375449910&sr=1-1&keywords=when+technology+fails (http://www.amazon.com/When-Technology-Fails-Self-Reliance-Sustainability/dp/1933392452/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375449910&sr=1-1&keywords=when+technology+fails)
Thanks! :thumbsUp:
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for the record you can title a hyperlink like,
The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft, Roy Underhill (http://www.google.com/shopping/product/18309012193818008145?rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&sclient=psy-ab&q=roy+underhill+woodwright&oq=roy+underhill+woodwright&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50165853,d.cGE,pv.xjs.s.en_US.seW1cfrvSKg.O&biw=1024&bih=499&tch=1&ech=1&psi=6sH7UYn9Loq5iwKP94HABQ.1375453671586.9&sa=X&ei=IcL7Ud7PE8GriQLivYGwAQ&ved=0CJEBEPMCMAk)
by using the code {url=www.yourURLhere}title{/url}
We should make it a habit to do it that way instead of just putting in a hyperlink, it keeps the post cleaner and easier to follow. That Amazon link was too bad but you should see the Google link I just used...
http://www.google.com/shopping/product/18309012193818008145?rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&sclient=psy-ab&q=roy+underhill+woodwright&oq=roy+underhill+woodwright&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50165853,d.cGE,pv.xjs.s.en_US.seW1cfrvSKg.O&biw=1024&bih=499&tch=1&ech=1&psi=6sH7UYn9Loq5iwKP94HABQ.1375453671586.9&sa=X&ei=IcL7Ud7PE8GriQLivYGwAQ&ved=0CJEBEPMCMAk (http://www.google.com/shopping/product/18309012193818008145?rls=com.microsoft:en-US:IE-Address&sclient=psy-ab&q=roy+underhill+woodwright&oq=roy+underhill+woodwright&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.50165853,d.cGE,pv.xjs.s.en_US.seW1cfrvSKg.O&biw=1024&bih=499&tch=1&ech=1&psi=6sH7UYn9Loq5iwKP94HABQ.1375453671586.9&sa=X&ei=IcL7Ud7PE8GriQLivYGwAQ&ved=0CJEBEPMCMAk)
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Cool TG :thumbsUp: I always wondered how that was done :dancingBanana:
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Well there you are buddy :thumbsUp:
BTW, that book I linked up.. great stuff.
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The "Where there is no..." series is good, but my #1 book is...
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Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook (http://www.amazon.com/Making-Best-Basics-Preparedness-Handbook/dp/1934275182)
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Any of the Storey's books on livestock and/or country skills. (My favorites are Storey's Basic Country Skills (http://www.amazon.com/Storeys-Basic-Country-Skills-Self-Reliance/dp/1580172024/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378480131&sr=8-1&keywords=country+living+skills) and Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens (http://www.amazon.com/Storeys-Guide-Raising-Chickens-Edition/dp/1603424695/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1378480186&sr=8-3&keywords=storey%27s+guide).) There are a ton of them on nearly any rural subject you can think of - livestock, building things, gardening, etc.
Folks, This Ain't Normal by Joel Salatin (http://www.amazon.com/Folks-This-Aint-Normal-Healthier/dp/0892968206/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378480367&sr=8-1&keywords=folks+this+ain%27t+normal) - somewhat ranty, but REALLY thought provoking and with a lot of good ideas about how to return our food systems to a healthier norm.
Some of the other books I've found useful have already been mentioned (Where There Is No Doctor, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle for example).
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Thank you Wellie!