Obscure Book and Movie Recommendations

by suburban | Mar 11, 2011 | Books, Entertainment, Preparedness, Survivalism

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... Read more

Les Stroud, “Will To Live, Dispatches From The Edge Of Survival”

by suburban | Feb 2, 2011 | Books, Les Stroud, Psychology

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... Read more

My “Electronic” Survival Library

by suburban | Oct 6, 2010 | Books, General

E‑Book PDF: Open in New Win­dow | Down­loadSub­scribe: Apple Pod­casts | RSSNOTE:  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... Read more

I Just Finished Dave Canterbury’s Book, “The Pathfinder System, Survivability for the Common Man”

by suburban | Aug 19, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Dave Canterbury

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... Read more

Just Bought “Build the Perfect Survival Kit” by John D. McCann

by suburban | Aug 17, 2010 | Books

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... Read more