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The Encyclopedia of Country Living 40th Anniversary Edition
If you move the decimal over. This is about 1,000 in books...
(If I had to pick a few for 100 bucks: encyclopedia of country living, survival medicine, wilderness medicine, ball preservation, art of fermentation, a few mushroom and foraging books.)
Medical:
Where there is no doctor
Where there is no dentist
Emergency War Surgery
The survival medicine handbook
Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine
Special Operations Medical Handbook
Food Production
Mini Farming
encyclopedia of country living
square foot gardening
Seed Saving
Storey’s Raising Rabbits
Meat Rabbits
Aquaponics Gardening: Step By Step
Storey’s Chicken Book
Storey Dairy Goat
Storey Meat Goat
Storey Ducks
Storey’s Bees
Beekeepers Bible
bio-integrated farm
soil and water engineering
Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation
Food Preservation and Cooking
Steve Rinella’s Large Game Processing
Steve Rinella’s Small Game
Ball Home Preservation
Charcuterie
Root Cellaring
Art of Natural Cheesemaking
Mastering Artesian Cheese Making
American Farmstead Cheesemaking
Joe Beef: Surviving Apocalypse
Wild Fermentation
Art of Fermentation
Nose to Tail
Artisan Sourdough
Designing Great Beers
The Joy of Home Distilling
Foraging
Southeast Foraging
Boletes
Mushrooms of Carolinas
Mushrooms of Southeastern United States
Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast
Tech
farm and workshop Welding
ultimate guide: plumbing
ultimate guide: wiring
ultimate guide: home repair
off grid solar
Woodworking
Timberframe Construction
Basic Lathework
How to Run A Lathe
Backyard Foundry
Sand Casting
Practical Casting
The Complete Metalsmith
Gears and Cutting Gears
Hardening Tempering and Heat Treatment
Machinery’s Handbook
How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic
Electronics For Inventors
Basic Science
Chemistry
Organic Chem
Understanding Basic Chemistry Through Problem Solving
Ham Radio
AARL Antenna Book
General Class Manual
Tech Class Manual
MISC
Ray Mears Essential Bushcraft
Contact!
Nuclear War Survival Skills
The Knowledge: How to rebuild civilization in the aftermath of a cataclysm
I'd going to answer in two posts here, this one will link stuff to websites or amazon for physical books. The other will be more discussion based. (e.g. this is just a raw data dump.)
I have used some google foo and I'm willing to post links, note that many of these will overlap (that is they have the same free PDFs or HTML pages etc.) Others are a bit further out there, e.g. magnetic pole reversal etc.
You get the point though people compiled whatever they though the world might need after aliens, the clintons took your guns, or trump and putin nuke everybody, global warming, plague, etc. Since it takes a massive amount of work to put these together and most people are not dedicated enough to do so, they all have the flavor of whatever the person building them thought was most important.
Here is a list, use from it what you can. Including in the list are things like RACHEL, hardware hotspot for wifi that any computer can connect to, like a library box or pirate box. Many of these resources are focused on and in use in 3^rd world nations. things like the one laptop per child might be a perfect resource to allow some technology designed cheaply but ruggedly to have to access this stuff.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD3WD
https://worldpossible.org/rachel
http://librarybox.us/
http://one.laptop.org/
http://www.appropedia.org/Welcome_to_Appropedia
http://www.fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
cd3wd torrent magnet link. 2012 version
dropbox link for torrent files for the above if the magnet or trackers aren't working.
http://oer2go.org/
Pole shift library magnet link
Need 55 gigs of wikipedia offline? get it at this link
http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/borden/Portlet.aspx?ID=cb88853d-5b33-4b3f-968c-2cd95f7b7809
http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources/
https://modernsurvivalonline.com/survival-database-downloads/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061992860
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0452295831
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570618402
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933392452
https://graywolfsurvival.com/3083/documents-need-bugout-bag/
https://www.opensourceecology.org/gvcs/
Have an accepted offer on 50+ acres of land (future home site). About 50% cleared for eventual pasture, 50% wooded. Lots of wildlife in the area, dirt is better than most of the area and plenty of pond sites available.
Ordered 'The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself' when it dropped about $10 on Amazon. Reviews make it sound like a must-have book for our next adventure.
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
Carla Emory's Encyclopedia of Country Living.
A little bit of everything.
I'd start by reading
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-40th-Anniversary/dp/1570618402/
This book has a ton of info on a wide range of topics:
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-Anniversary-Edition/dp/1570618402
Don't forget general skill books with old techniques for many of these areas, like:
The Encyclopedia of Country Living
Back to Basics
/u/dave9199 has already recommended "Country Wisdom and Know How" which I second. Really the whole series is great.
I don't have a favorite, I have a long list of favorites. Listed below is a good starter selection. Lucifer's Hammer is the book that probably most directly led to the path I am on today. I have always liked science fiction and read it long before I would have ever called myself a prepper.
Fiction, to make you think:
Self Defense:
Sustainable Living:
Health and First Aid:
Free Your Mind:
My favorite so far is probably The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It by John Seymour:
http://www.amazon.com/Self-Sufficient-Life-How-Live/dp/0756654505/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=61t6SRQzuNL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR129%2C160_&refRID=19QK02D2JDVH1815J35Y
I've also enjoyed The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery:
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-40th-Anniversary/dp/1570618402/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=029NTQA9FBYZB5Z7SDMF
Some of the Storey's Guide books have also been helpful to becoming more self-sufficient (Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits, for example). I'm always on the lookout for others! <3
I was asking a similar question not that long ago. One thing I realized is that it's a difficult question to answer. "Homesteading" describes an incredibly diverse range of activities: planting and gardening, livestock, building, repair, assessing land and soil quality, cooking, canning, bee hives... The list goes on and on. I'd recommend a couple of general books to start with, picking up books on each specific topic as you go. Pick one new thing to add to your homestead at whatever pace feels right.
I purchased both of these books based on numerous recommendations. They fit the "general homesteading" label rather well, and I think they're probably a good place to start.
The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It by John Seymour
and
The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery.
They both cover a broad range of topics with enough depth to get an idea of what is involved with a project, though I'd probably suggest more in-depth material for really diving in to something.
Is the other SF civilized? Is that where they are setting up? That might determine the things I'd most want to have.
That said, if I could only have one book, it would be The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery: http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-40th-Anniversary/dp/1570618402/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1451333303&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+encyclopedia+of+country+living
It is big, though. But I'd still want it.
This probably isn't exactly what you are looking for, but I did want to give you my three favorites that relate to self-sufficiency and off grid living.
I really like this book as a sort of "what to expect" instead of "what to do." It chronicles Helen and Scott's decision and life to live a self-sufficient life.
I am not familiar with the books you listed, but I do love the three I mentioned above.
Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills
Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
That's a crap ton of knowledge right there. Remember to practice and learn before you need the skills.
The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 40th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1570618402/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_FwHhDbCZ82V3E
I've heard great things about this one, but haven't purchased it for myself yet. It's one of those old-school "pass thing down the way they used to do them" books. http://amzn.com/1570618402
> I don't just leave them locked outside all day.
Doggie door. Cutting a hole in the side of my house is the absolute best life enhancement in terms of bang for buck.
Best of luck on moving to the country. This link and most of the recommended books at the bottom of the page are awesome.
Country Living is a good one too - it has lots of sections on gardening, homesteading, etc. https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-40th-Anniversary/dp/1570618402/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496664896&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=country+living
The Backyard Homestead is a good one for when you have limited space for your garden, too: https://www.amazon.com/Backyard-Homestead-Produce-food-quarter/dp/1603421386/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496664924&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=homesteading
And then we LOVE this cookbook. It's a bit basic, but I use the recipes in it over and over and over again - her Herbed Biscuit recipe is my go-to now for biscuits, dumplings in chicken and dumplings, that sort of thing. If you don't live in the NOrtheast, though, you'll have to adjust the months for when stuff becomes available in the garden: https://www.amazon.com/Farmers-Cookbook-Preserving-Fermenting-Handbook/dp/1616083808/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496664947&amp;sr=8-5&amp;keywords=farmer%27s+cookbook
You're looking for "The Encyclopedia of Country Living", by Carla Emery.
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-40th-Anniversary/dp/1570618402
Where are you posted? I'm curious if the seasons would be applicable enough for a homesteading book or something.
http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-Anniversary-Edition/dp/1570618402
Otherwise, if you're more tropical.... hm... I don't know, actually...
And if you're posted in SSA... African Friends and Money Matters. 100% effective.
I'm a bit of a generalist. I always have lots of projects going on at once, each in a different state of completion. The books I have listed I do own, and read and pick through the most often.
The first two are generalist books. I say that because they both have such a breadth of information it's hard to describe them. The third is more specialist in that it covers only a single subject, but does so in such detail and in a recipe type format that it's easy to follow along. It starts with how to build a blacksmith shop, what tools you need, and how to use tools you make to build bigger tools to help build other, bigger tools.
https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-40th-Anniversary/dp/1570618402
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Sufficient-Life-How-Live/dp/0756654505/ref=pd_sim_14_3?ie=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=FR7BRBKJ9CA3XRWW1N8H
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Modern-Blacksmith-Alexander-Weygers/dp/0898158966/ref=sr_1_15?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1473081102&amp;sr=1-15&amp;keywords=blacksmithing
what about this?
Top priority: http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Country-Living-Anniversary-Edition/dp/1570618402