books about: emergencies

books about: emergencies

books:

Emergencies

SAS Survival Guide Handbook (Collins Gem)

John 'lofty' Wiseman

Collins, 2006

Good as a pocket survival guide.
This book is great. It tells you basic needs for survival like how to find water, make shelter and purify water. It is just a great book. If you frequently travel to different places like jungles or forests and you want to know how to survive in the wild if you get ...

SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea

John Lofty Wiseman

Collins, 2004

Long book, short review.
I dont wanna write a book explaining this thing, but, even if youre just a part time backpacker, hiker or camper, this is a book you want to invest in. Lots of good information on lots of areas in the world. There is some stuff in here that should be common knowledge, ...

Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival

Jack A. Spigarelli

Cross-Current Pub., 2002

Packed full of information - a valued addition to any preparedness library
This is a very insightful and well constructed book. There is a TON of information. It does lean heavily on food storage, dedicating nearly 2/3 of its 315 pages to various facets of food (production, preservation, storage). The remaining 100+ pages discuss things ...

Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis

Peggy Layton

Three Rivers Press, 2002

Book does exactly what the title says.
Just like the title says the book is full of hints to store food for a crisis. There are a number of excellent hints such as storing food that you would normally eat and turning over your stored food through your regular eating habits. The book also mentions having ...

Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook

Jane Maxwell, Carol Thuman, ...

Hesperian Foundation, 1992

Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook
This book was designed for primitive health care. It isn't set up to turn the layman into a surgeon. For what it is; it does an excellent job. A huge block of it has little use here in the states, but there is at least one good tip on every page. Once you move ...

US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76

Department of Defense

Department of the Army, 1970

Website Recommendation
I have always been interested about the aspects of survival. I found a website called . I really liked the website, and it turns out that the site was based on this book. So I purchased the book and am looking forward to reading it!

The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the ...

Grove Press, 2006

The Long Emergency
An excellent argument that we are at or approaching the peak oil production plateau, and speculates on the drastic future we may expect. Well done. Provokes a lot of thought about how one should adapt to eventually intolerable circumstances!

Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use--Includes How ...

Art Ludwig

Oasis Design, 2005

Read the book, Build the tank
I Built a 10,000 Gal tank straight out of this book for US$ 1,500. It looks good & it doesn't leak. What more can you ask for ?

When Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the ...

Matthew Stein

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008

Preparing for "CHAOS" in the United States.
This manual guides one toward survival, when technology fails.....and it will, it's only a matter of time now. It has already begun. Most people cannot hunt, grow food, or recognize anything growing in the wild that would help them survive, if they needed to. The ...

When All Hell Breaks Loose

Cody Lundin

Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2007

very helpful for planning
With the dollar being devalued, banks closing and oil prices rising I fear the inevitable. This book is quite helpful in helping myself and my family get organized with very helpful ideas.

Black Flies: A Novel

Shannon Burke

Soft Skull Press, 2008

who saves the medics?
Though depicted as a novel, Black Flies is concise enough for a perfect novella. Or, as it expounds upon the experiences of a paramedic in Harlem, it is also appropriate to label the work as a series of vignettes (albeit with a clear storyline). Whatever its ...

First Aid for the USMLE Step 2 CK (First Aid for the USMLE Step 2: Clinical Knowledge)

Tao Le, Vikas Bhushan

McGraw-Hill Medical, 2007

Take Step 2 Early and Use This Book
This is the only book you need for to crush Step 2. Packed with great facts. I read this book twice and did the usmleworld question bank and my score was nearly perfect. Take Step 2 early because residency programs are much, much more interested in your score than ...

Bls for Healthcare Providers

American Heart Association, 2006

I may buy several for my sisters and mother, not in the medical field.
I am keeping this one for myself. Such a great informative book. I will be getting another as a gift for my aging mother. If you are not a medical professional you may want this book.

Organize for Disaster: Prepare Your Family and Your Home for Any Natural Or Unnatural Disaster

Judith Kolberg

Squall Press, 2005

Great advice
A lot of the information is common sense, but there were many suggestions that I had not thought of before. I would definitely recommend it to everyone, and will likely give this book as gifts this Christmas to my family members.

How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical ...

Jan Garavaglia

Crown, 2008

How Not to Die: 10 Lessons to Save Your Life
From: www.BasilAndSpice.com Author & Book Views On A Healthy Life! Book Review: How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America's Favorite Medical Examiner (Crown Pub., 2008) by Jan Garavaglia, M.D. A FirstLook Review ...