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| The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living: Advice and Information on Just About Everything You Need to Know to Live on Planet Earth
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Edition: 1
Author: Walter Szykitka
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Release Date: 2004-01-01
ISBN-10: 1592280439
ISBN-13: 9781592280438
List Price: $19.95
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A farmer's almanac, Whole Earth Catalog, and scouting handbook all rolled into one. Contains information on a wider range of topics than other books of its kind.
A Big Book
| Customer Rating: | I bought this for my collection of "survival situation" books, and I think it is a very good addition. This book covers everything from First Aid of Burns, Survival at Sea, Jam Recipes, Hydroponic Farming, to Brick Construction.
My no means is this a definitive book on any of these subjects, but it can be used as a very good general knowledge book on all of them. |
Treasure Trove
| Customer Rating: | | This is a wonderful book to use or just to dip into for a wealth of information from how to buy a Solar Electric system to how to get rid of hog confinement odor. It's a compilation of government pamphlets on how to do just about anything you could ever think of doing. Bravo!! |
Hard to read but packed with information
| Customer Rating: | There is a lot of information in this book, most of which is very interesting and potentially useful. So long as I think of this as a 'reference book' and not a manual or how-to, I'm happy with my purchase of it.
The book's main problem is in presentation. It is a compilation of publication from other sources, primarily the US government. As such the quality of each section varies greatly in age, usability, and legibility. Really, this book should come with a magnifying glass as several sections have been reduced in size to accommodate the format and are made functionally illegible.
In short, if you are looking for a book to tell you how to become 'Self-Reliant', this book isn't going to help you much. If you are approaching self-reliance and need a book to fill in some knowledge gaps, then it is a valuable resource |
The one book you need at the end of the world
| Customer Rating: | While a little dry this book had a LOT of good information. Realistically it had too much information. A LOT of information that any highschool graduate will know.
However, if the entire world social structure collapses this is the one book you would need to home school your kids. |
A lot of information, "if" you can read it!
| Customer Rating: | The first thing I noticed about this book was the terribly small print. I have 20/15 vision (better than 20/20) and even I considered using a magnifying glass to read this book! I bought this book mainly because I am preparing to build my own house and I will be doing 99% of the labor myself. And because of this, I concentrated mainly on sections of this book that are dedicated to home construction, masonry, brickwork, etc.
I found a lot of usefull information about building a house. But I would not advise using this book as a "stand alone" guide for home construction. However I do highly recommend this book as a companion reference on the subject. I especially enjoyed the section on "before you build", which pointed out a lot of design details that I will incorporate in my own floor plan.
I would have given the book 5 stars for overall content. But the small print still irritates me and is worthy of taking away 1 star on its own. And the lack of detailed instructions on certain key topics can be annoying at times. So a half star loss there. |
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