 | Organize for Disaster: Prepare Your Family and Your Home for Any Natural Or Unnatural Disaster by Judith Kolberg
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $15.99 my number one choice for beginners. It covers all the bases and gives you good practical information that you can take action on today.
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 | The American Red Cross First Aid and Safety Handbook by American Red Cross
Buy new: $12.91 / Used from: $0.01 What preparedness kit is complete without a good comprehensive first aid book!?
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 | Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival by Jack A. Spigarelli
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $15.00 A great comprehensive resource, focuses alot of attention on food storage but also has comprehensive checklists of what to have on hand in other areas of preparedness. Has an excellent section to help locate additional resources and products. Make sure you buy the current printing.
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 | Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills, Third Edition
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.99 Buy the newest version of this that you can find and afford. Some of the skills may seem on the fringe right now but if push comes to shove it'll be nice to know how to tan hides, etc.
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 | Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmage Stevens
Buy used from: $14.98 Make sure you buy the newest version of this. It has WAY more information and resources. This is weighted heavily towards food storage but also discusses heat, fuel and light.
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 | The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $17.99 Discusses helpful things like soap making, etc.
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 | Old Fashioned Recipe Book: an Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery
Buy used from: $34.97 Older version of the Encyclopedia of Country Living, information is about the same but stick with the newer one if you can afford it.
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 | The Modern Homestead Manual by Skip Thomsen
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $11.66 haven't gotten to this one yet but it's recommended by Jack Spigarelli in Crisis Preparedness and that's enough endorsement for me.
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 | Country Wisdom & Know-How by The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $9.60 A great compendium of all (or most of) the Garden Way Bulletins. You might still want to check out copies of your favorite titles, especially if they have recipes-this book trims down the material in the bulletins and some information is 'lost'. Covers everything:building structures,animal care/butchering,food production/storage,soapmaking and other 'country'/survival related skills.
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 | Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Thrive in the Wilderness by CC The Editors of Stackpole Books
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.21 |
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