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A Review of The Prepper’s Medical Handbook

A Review of The Prepper’s Medical Handbook

It is always great to get a book to review. The area of prepper medicine doesn’t actually have a ton of dedicated books written by actual doctors. While I am…

How to Cook in the Wilderness With No Dishes

How to Cook in the Wilderness With No Dishes

Knowing how to cook in the wilderness without a lot of the modern conveniences is a skill worth honing. There are a lot of different ways to create a great…

Ideas for How To Build Wilderness Shelters

Ideas for How To Build Wilderness Shelters

One of the major aspects of bushcraft is being able to construct a shelter out of what is at hand. These structures may be temporary or long-term or they may…

The Best Books for Living Off the Grid in 2021

The Best Books for Living Off the Grid in 2021

There are two general things you want out of your off-grid books. First, you need a general guide, that explains the basics to you and offers a starting point for…

Best Survival Water Filters – The Ultimate Guide

Best Survival Water Filters – The Ultimate Guide

Water filtration is one of the most if not the most important part of any survival plan. You can do for a while without a lot of things but water…

Prepper Book Festival: The Preppers Canning Guide

Prepper Book Festival: The Preppers Canning Guide

Canning is a blessing and a curse. For seasoned canners, preserving the local bounty not only saves money but is a relaxing and stress-free experience. These same canners giddily prepare fully cooked meals in jars, to be opened and reheated at a moment’s notice.

And everyone else? They suffer a fear of the canning process, botulism, and of blowing themselves up along with their kitchen. Don’t let this canning curse prevent you from learning and benefiting from this important skill. With The Prepper’s Canning Guide, my good friend Daisy Luther teaches you how to can without fear! Enter the giveaway to win a copy for free. There will be three winners!

Prepper Book Festival 14: Books to Learn, Prepare, and Be Ready for Anything

Prepper Book Festival 14: Books to Learn, Prepare, and Be Ready for Anything

Prepper Book Festival #14 includes the latest books to teach you how to be better prepared, more self-sufficient, and better informed. Twelve books are included, featuring everything from a comprehensive, 16-month program to achieve self-sufficiency, to personal safety, canning, essential oils, and more. Not to be left out are titles in the survival fiction genre. Be sure to keep an eye peeled for author interviews and a weekly giveaway to win free copies of one of these fantastic new books!

Prepper Book Festival 13: Neighborhood Emergency Response Handbook

Prepper Book Festival 13: Neighborhood Emergency Response Handbook

One of the common laments of preppers is they feel they are a lone wolf. In their hearts and minds they know if there is a major emergency, stored preps will be handy, but in reality, it will take teamwork to survive. We are not talking about OPSEC here. Instead, we are talking about community preparedness where neighbors help neighbors to ensure that everyone gets out of harm’s way safely. The Neighborhood Emergency Response Handbook by Scott Finazzo is a book about community preparedness. It is a detailed guide to finding like-minded folks in your community that can band together to organize a disaster preparedness network.

Read an all-new interview with Scott plus enter to win a copy of his book for free.

Prepper Book Festival 13: Prepper’s Guide to Knots

Prepper Book Festival 13: Prepper’s Guide to Knots

Anyone who has spent time outdoors knows the value of using the best knot for the task at hand. In Prepper’s Guide to Knots, learn about knots and also how to select and care for your rope and other types of cordage. Plus, read an interview with the author and enter the giveaway to win a free copy of his book. There will be three winners.

Prepper Book Festival 13: Power From the Sun – A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity

Prepper Book Festival 13: Power From the Sun – A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity

Harnessing the power of the sun achieve a modicum of energy independence no longer has to be a lofty goal. In Power From the Sun, learn everything you need to know to develop a solar strategy of your own. Written for the non-geek, this book is easy to read and understand. Plus, enter the giveaway to win one of three copies that are up for grabs.

Prepper Book Festival 13: Survival Medicine Handbook Third Edition

Prepper Book Festival 13: Survival Medicine Handbook Third Edition

Medical preparedness ranks up there with water in terms of importance. Read about the newly released Survival Medicine Handbook Third Edition and enjoy an interview with the author, Joseph Alton MD. Plus, enter the giveaway to win a copy for free. There will be three winners!

Prepper Book Festival 13: Changing Earth Series Without Land

Prepper Book Festival 13: Changing Earth Series Without Land

Imagine an earthquake so big, and so deadly, that there are few survivors. Those that do survive, are faced with unimaginable challenges simply to live from day. Thus sets the stage of the Changing Earth Series. In Without Land, it is nine years later and life, such as it is, is extremely difficult. Read the interview with author, Sara Hathaway, and enter to win a set of both books in this latest Backdoor Survival giveaway.

Prepper Book Festival 12: Alcohol Mantle Lamps

Prepper Book Festival 12: Alcohol Mantle Lamps

There is always a blackout somewhere. It might be local and affect just your city. Or it could be big, manmade, caused by war, and impact your whole country. Or it could be humongous, a natural EMP event that shuts down the whole continent. For life. It is because of the potential for a blackout that I have tried to learn as much as I can about emergency lighting. In this latest Prepper Book Festival, learn about alcohol mantle lamps and enter the giveaway to win one of two complete sets of Ron Brown’s Non-Electrit Lighting Series.

Prepper Book Festival 11: Braving the Storms

Prepper Book Festival 11: Braving the Storms

Braving the Storms is the story of how ordinary people prevail in a post apocalyptic world. These are people who have lost loved ones and must rely on their own ingenuity to stay safe. This is a fantastic story about characters you will identify with and care about. Read the interview with author Kyle Pratt and enter to win one of 10 books up for grabs in a giveaway.

11 Ways to Prepare Your Family for Survival

11 Ways to Prepare Your Family for Survival

For the past year, my friend, Linda Loosli, has been working night and day on a major opus: Prepare Your Family for Survival. I have been following her progress in our weekly chats and was lucky enough to learn of the details early on. I knew in my heart that this was going to be huge and it is. In this article I share my own 11 ways to prepare your family for survival plus a heads-up on Linda’s new book. Hint: it is fantastic!

Prepper Book Festival 10: Lights Out by Ted Koppel

Prepper Book Festival 10: Lights Out by Ted Koppel

On more than one occasion, I have suggested that our greatest risk is that of an EMP, whether caused by natural events or a cyberattack.  Regardless of its source, experts…