5 Novels Every Prepper Should Read
This is a list of the five best novels I’ve come across (and Ive read many) for prepper fiction.. they are not in any particular order. The criteria I used to add a book to this short list is as follows: 1) a good story line; did the book have a story line capable of […]
Book Review: The Frugal Survivalist, Disaster Preparedness Under $500.00, by James Dakin
For those of you that do not know him, James Dakin, authors, Bison Survival Blog, is rather outspoken Prepper Survivalist that has STRONG opinions about preppers in urban and suburban areas. In fact, he calls us “Yuppie Preppers.” I find his blog full of entertainment, interesting paranoia, frugal prepper and survivalist information, and touches of […]
Book Review: Surviving the Economic Collapse
I recently heard of a man called Fernando “Ferfal” Aguirre from Jack Spirko over at The Survival Podcast. Ferfal is from Argentina and has lived through their economic crash from December 2001 until today. He wrote a booked about his experience called Surviving The Economic Collapse. He also has a blog called The Modern Survivalist. I bought the book […]
Holy Survivalist / Prepper Resource List!!!
ttp://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/index.html http://www.manytracks.com/lathe/default.htm http://www.jungletraining.com/resources.htm http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/education/pdf/Mapreadingmadeeasy.pdf http://www.survivalistboards.com/downloads.php http://www.mainepatriot.net/id49.html http://www.canadianwildernesssurvival.com/Free%20Books%20&%20Manuals%20Index.html http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/ http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media_index.php?cat=6&start=0o http://usrsog.org/forum/index.php?sid=daf5574a91722e009f22760de4cb4c3b http://phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/library/erg http://www.survivalbound.com/manuals/military.html http://www.thebusinesslibrary.com/cd/mcdisas.php http://www.shtfinfo.com/shtffiles/ http://www.pandemicreferenceguides.com/ http://www.pep‑c.org/homepage/ http://www.all-hazards.com/LGP/library.htm http://www.endtimesreport.com/library.html http://www.aussurvivalist.com/downloads.htm http://www.green-trust.org/freebooks/ http://www.codenameinsight.com http://www.doomguide.com/ http://www.survival-training.info/library.htm Not technically survival stuff, and there are certainly newer versions of most of these PDFs, but some of you might find a nugget or two you hadn’t seen elsewhere: http://www.90thidpg.us/Reference/Manuals/index.html and heres […]
Black Swans, Why We Prepare
A few years ago I read a book called The Black Swan, by Nassim Taleb. While the book is primarily applicable to the financial crisis (it came out before the credit crisis hit and accurately predicted the issues), it also applies to low probability, high impact events that shape our lives and our world. Taleb […]
Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations
Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations, as provided to me by an anonymous reader and contributor Survival blogs and websites are full of reviews about this or that book for preparation and/or outdoor survival skills. Or how a popular movie or TV show exemplifies this or that aspect of preparation and survival. That is not the […]
Les Stroud, “Will To Live, Dispatches From The Edge Of Survival”
Well, this review comes one day after his new book was released. I actually had an advance copy of it from the publisher, and struggled to get through it; but not why you might think. I have been super busy with work and at the end of the day it has just been hard to […]
My “Electronic” Survival Library
NOTE: I am Updating this post and the updated data/files can be found here: http://www.suburbansurvivalblog/updated-survival-library/ My Web Host is asking I change where my documents are hosted, and am moving them to another document hosting service. The new post will take some time to complete so please check back often… So, by electronic survival library, […]
I Just Finished Dave Canterbury’s Book, “The Pathfinder System, Survivability for the Common Man”
Well, I burned right through this book. I actually finished it a week ago, Thursday. It should really be called, Survivability for the Common ‘Sense’ Man. Dave takes a no nonsense real common sense approach to the concept of ‘what if I get lost in the woods while taking a walk, hiking, camping, etc.‘ It […]
Just Bought “Build the Perfect Survival Kit” by John D. McCann
So I just bought the book, “Build the Perfect Survival Kit” by John D. McCann. It has been around for a few years, but I figured it was worth the read, and will write a review of it when finished. I will let you know whether or not this book makes the cut for the […]