survivalist reading: non-fiction books to help you survive WSHTF

so this list is to wrk in conjuction with my post-apoc reading list. these bks are all non-fic. how to can foods, survive outside, filter water, store food, garden, find fuel, build a retreat, home security, home medicine. etc. i'm collecting it all.

and yes, i will eventually aquire a very nice selection of all of these : ) but only the good ones.

if i havent read it yet, that means i don't know whether/no it's good

they will be divided by topic. many of these i got off of survivalblog

Some terminology to know:

*BOB: bug-out bag: the bag you have packed so you can grab it and go if you need to flee, has basic surival stuff in it

*WTSHTF: when the shit hits the fan

* GOOD: get out of dodge: meaning you have to flee the area youre in due to a disaster of any kind, they mainly mean civil unrest or danger from nukes/emps whatnot

*EMP: electromagnetic pulse: very dangerous bombs that hit high in the atmosphere and cause all electric/techo stuff to be forever unuseable, fries them. Very real. Any country that knows anything about nukes could do it. It could plunge this country into the stoneage real fast. read "one second after" on my apoc fiction bk list. it's a what if book. very real. the pentagon read it.

* YOYO: youre on your own

my key:

O = own it

B = beyond basics, way too specific for most people's needs - doesn't mean it's not good though

A = advise buying, i've read them and they are awesome books

if there isn't an O next to it, i don't have it and can't give you my real opinon on it. if it has a B next to it i happen to know it's beyond the basics, just bc it doesn't have a B doesn't mean it's not beyond basics. see very bottom for books i know are "should haves"

***general***

- OA: how to survive the end of the world as we know it: tactics, techniques and technologies for uncertain times by james wesley rawles

- when all hell breaks loose: stuff you need to know to survive when disaster strikes by cody lundin

- when technology fails (revised and expanded): a manual for self-reliance, sustainability and surviving the long emergency

- crisis preparedness handbook: a comprehensive guide to home storage and physical survival by jack a spigarelli

- no such thing as doomsday: how to prepare for natural disasters, terrorism, war and other threats by phillip hoag

- how to survive anywhere: a guide for urban, suburban, rural and wilderness environments by christopher nyerges

B - homesteading: a back to the basics guide to growing your own food, canning, keeping chickens, generating your own energy, crafting, herbal medicine and more by abigail r gehring (crzy specific)

B- back to basics: a complete guide to traditional skills by abigail r gehring (crzy specific)

O - just in case: how to be self-sufficent when the unexpected happens by kathy harrison

- long-term survival in the coming dark age: preparing to live after society crumbles by james ballou

- 98.6 degrees: the art of keeping your ass alive by cody lundin

- the encyclopedia of country living (tenth ed.) by carla emery

- making the best of basics: the family preparedness handbook by james talmage stevens

- sas survival handbook by john "lofty" wiseman

- the long emergency: surviving the end of oil, climate change, and other converging catastrophes of the twenty-first century by james h. kunstler

O - bug out: the complete plan for escaping a catastrophic disaster before it's too late by scott b. williams

***weapons i wont use***

- boston's gun bible by boston t. party

- survival guns by mel tappan

- tappan on survival by mel tappan

***wilderness survival***

- outdoor survival skills by larry dean olsen

- essential bushcraft by ray mears

- nature's garden: a guide to identifying, harvesting and preparing edible wild plants by samuel thayer

- the forager's harvest: a guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparingedible wild plants by samuel thayer

***food/food preservation***

- emergency food storage and survival handbook: everything you need to know to keep your family safe in a crisis by peggy layton

- root cellaring: natural cold storage of fruits and vegetables by mike bubel

- ball blue book of preserving

- cookin' with home storage by vicki tate

- putting food by ---by janet greene

- stocking up: the third edition of america's classic preserving guide by carol hupping

***gardening***

- gardening when it counts: growing food in hard times (mother earth new wiser living series) by steve solomon

- all new square foot gardening by mel bartholomew

- seed to seed: seed saving and growing techniques for vegetable gardeners by suzanne ashworth

- small-scale grain raising by gene lodgson

***medical***

OA - where there is no doctor: a village health care handbook by jane maxwell…

- wilderness medicine, beyond first aid by william forgey

OA - where there is no dentist by murray dickson...

O - first aid (american red cross handbook) responding to emergencies

- emergency war surgery (NATO handbook) by dr. martin fackler, et al.

O - pdr for nonprescription drugs, dietary supplements and herbs

- where there is no vet by bill forse

- where woman have no doctor: a health guide for women: a. august burns...

OA - a book for midwives: care for pregnancy, birth and women's health by susan klein...

O – helping healthcare workers learn by david werner and bill bower

O – the herb bible: a complete guide to growing and using herbs by jennie harding

OA – the complete medical herbal by penelope ody

***other***

- armageddon now: the end of the world a to z by jim willis

*websites*

- http://www.hesperian.org

- by the guy who wrote how to survive the end of the wrld as we know it: http://survivalblog.com/

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survivalist must haves (not in order):

1. how to survive the end of the world as we know it: tactics, techniques and technologies for uncertain times by james wesley rawles----- his followers on survivalblog.com call themselves rawlesians if that says anything. he's crazy good at what he does, and crazy prepared/paranoid. really respect the dude, even if some of his stuff I wouldn't do.

2. - sas survival handbook by john "lofty" wiseman-----this book is put out by a former trainer for the british special air services, this is what navy seals train on

3. the complete plan for escaping a catastrophic disaster before it's too late by scott b. williams-----his i've heard is more for the average person than rawlesians and he also has followers, williamians

4. where there is no doctor: a village health care handbook by jane maxwell: it covers everything -----diseases, fevers, setting limbs, the importance of hygiene, symptoms, warning signs. this book is used by the peace corps and the united nations as well as village healthcare workers around the world. it is the leading book in its field.