Bookshelf Suggestions
for Successful Gardening, by Louise Riotte
GENERAL TECHNOLOGY -
When Technology Fails, A Manual for Self-Reliance &
Planetary Survival, by Matthew Stein
Wagner’s Chemical Technology 1872, by Rudolf
Wagner, translated by William Crookes
How To Recycle Scrap Metal Into Electricity,
Handbook for the New Alternative Energy, by John N.
Hait
Pedal Power In Work, Leisure, and Transportation,
edited by James C. McCullagh
Solar Alcohol, The Fuel Revolution, America Can Be
Energy Self-Sufficient, by Michael Wells Mandeville
Producing Your Own Power, How to Make Nature’s
Energy Sources Work For You, edited by Carol
Hupping Stoner
Back to Basics, How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional
American Skills, by Reader’s Digest
Wagner’s Chemical Technology 1872, translated by
William Crookes
Fortunes in Formulas, by Hiscox and Sloane
Wood Garifier Builder’s Bible, by Ben Peterson
The Art of Blacksmithing, by Alex W. Bealer
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DEFENSE -
Nuclear War Survival Skills, by Cresson H. Kearny
The Anarchist Cookbook, by William Powell
The Poor Man’s James Bond, Volume 1, by Kurt Saxon
The Poor Man’s James Bond, Volume 2
Maintenance manuals for whatever firearms you have
selected. A site with many manuals is:
http://www.stevespages.com/page7b.htm
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PLANTS – GROWING & GATHERING
Amaranth to Zai Holes, Ideas for Growing Food Under
Difficult Conditions, by Laura S. Meitzner & Martin L.
Price
21st Century Greens, Leaf Vegetables in Nutrition &
Sustainable Agriculture, a Leaf for Life Resource Book
Leaf for Life Handbook, How to Combat Malnutrition
and Improve Food Security With Green Leaf Crops, by
David Kennedy
One Circle, How to Grow a Complete Diet in Less
Than 1000 Square Feet, by David Duhon
Future Fertility, Transforming Human Waste Into
Human Wealth, by John Beeby
Secrets to Great Soil, A Growers Guide to Composting,
Mulching, and Creating Healthy, Fertile Soil for Your
Garden and Lawn, by Elizabeth P. Stell
Gardening for Maximum Nutrition, Easy ways to
double the nutritional value of your backyard garden,
by Jerry Minnich
Gaia’s Garden, A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture,
by Toby Hemenway
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Carrots Love Tomatoes, Secrets of Companion Planting
How to Grow Fresh Air, 50 Houseplants that Purify
Your Home or Office, by Dr. B.C. Wolverton
A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona, by Anne Orth
Epple
Future Food, Alternate protein for the Year 2000, by
Bartbara Ford
The Complete Guide to Soilless Gardening, by Dr.
William F. Gericke
Solviva, How to Grow $500,000 on One Acre & Peace
on Earth, by Anna Edey
The Integral Urban House, Self-Reliant Living in the
City, by Helga Olkowski, Bill Olkowski, Tom Javits
Plant Propagation, The Fully Illustrated Pland-by-Plant
of Practical Techniques, by Alan Toogood
Plants from Test Tubes, An Introduction to
Micropropagation,Lydiane Kyte & John Kleyn
Raising Rabbits the Modern Way, Bob Bennett
Hydroponic Home Food Systems, by Howard M. Resh
Raising Milk Goats the Modern Way, by Jerry Belanger
The Backyard Orchardist, by Stella Otto
The How to Do It Book of Bee Keeping, by Richard
Taylor
More Food From Your Garden, Triple Garden Yields
with World-Famed Mittleider Method, by J.R.
Mittleider
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BROAD CONCEPTS -
The Cartoon Guide to Physics, by Larry Gonick & Art
Huffman
The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry, by Larry Gonick &
Craig Criddle
The Cartoon Guide to Genetics, by Larry Gonick &
Mark Wheelis
Dare to Prepare, by Holly Drennan Deyo
A Failure of Civility, by Mike Garand
Beyond Collapse, by T. Joseph Miller, Jr.
LDS Preparedness Manual, by Another Voice of
Warning
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MEDICAL -
Prescription for Natural Cures (3rd edition), by Mark
Stengler (NMD), James F. Balch (MD), and Robin
Young Balch (ND)
Prescription for Herbal Healing, by Phyllis A. Balch
(CNC)
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, by Phyllis A.
Balch (CNC)
Disease Prevention and Treatment, Scientific Protocols
that Integrate Mainstream and Alternative Medicine,
The Life Extension Foundation
A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions
Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: Improve
Your Health and Avoid Side Effects When
Using Common Medications and Natural
Supplements Alan R. Gaby
Nature’s Pharmacy, Break the Drug Cycle with
Safe Natural Treatments, by Dr. Lyunne Paige
Walker & Ellen Hodgson Brown, JD

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Where There is No Doctor, by David Werner
Where There is No Dentist, by Murray Dickson
A Book for Midwives, Care for Pregnancy, Birth, and
Women's Health, by Susan Klein, Suellen Miller and
Fiona Thomson
Where Women Have No Doctor, A Health Guide for
Women, by A. August burns, Ronnie Lovich, Jane
Maxwell, Katharine Shapiro
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Ditch Medicine, Advanced Field Procedures for
Emergencies, by Hugh L. Coffee
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Gray’s Anatomy
Merk’s Manual of Medical Information
Emergency War Surgery, NATO Handbook
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Nutrition Almanac (3rd edition), by Nutrition Search,
Inc.
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West, by Gregory L.
Tilford
Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West,
Michael Moore
Herbal Medicine of the American Southwest, The
Definitive Guide, by Charles W. Kane
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PDR (Physicians’ Desk Reference) for Herbal
Medicines
The PDR (Physicians’ Desk Reference) Pocket Guide
to Prescription Drugs
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A Barefoot Doctor’s Manual, A Guide to Traditional
Chinese and Modern Medicine, by The Revolutionary
Health Committee of Hunan Province

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