Self Sufficiency Books

 

1.		The Complete Idiot's Guide to Self-Sufficient Living from Alpha Price: $9.48 Customer Review: I would have to say that this is one of the best books that I've read. It is a great eye-opener about how unsustainable much of our culture is, and I've purchased multiple copies to spread around to friends. The first parts give a great argument for why we should understand more about the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

2.		The Urban Homestead (Expanded & Revised Edition): Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (Process Self-reliance Series) from Process Price: $11.15 Customer Review: I was very happy with this book. I'm still getting through it, but it's a great resource on living sustainably in the city... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

3.		The NEW Passport To Survival. 12 Steps to Self-Sufficient Living from Natural Meals Publishing Price: $15.95 Customer Review: The NEW Passport To Survival. 12 Steps to Self-Sufficient Living I've been interested in disaster preparedness for most of my life, but have done precious little to actually prepare. Why? Cost, for one thing. Lack of storage space in our suburban rambler, for another. The final nail in the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

4.		The Good Life: Helen and Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-Sufficient Living from Schocken Books Price: $7.94 Customer Review: This book was one of the most insightful I've ever read. Helen and Scott Nearing were extremists in every sense of the word. The story takes you into and through their everyday lives from the time they wake up to the time they die. The Nearings life style is completely about off grid living and... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

5.		Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre from Skyhorse Publishing Price: $10.83 Customer Review: I'm a novice farmer, and have found this book EXTREMELY informative and helpful. While I worked on a farm as a kid and had a tiny bit of knowledge, this book has opened my eyes to the wonders of mini-farming and worded in an easy-to-understand way. I told my Uncle who lives in Northern... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

6.		The Self-Sufficiency Handbook from Skyhorse Publishing Price: $8.84 Customer Review: I got this book as a gift from a friend, after reading the book to kill time it was much of which I have already studied and decided to implement myself for my own home, my grandparents and my company. It is a good book for someone looking for 'self sufficiency'. This book will help get... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

7.		Preserving: Self-Sufficiency (The Self-Sufficiency Series) from Skyhorse Publishing Price: $3.49 Customer Review: Like many modern-day women, no one taught me how to do many of the chores our grandmothers took for granted - like canning and preserving. I have always wanted to learn how to can and this is absolutely the most fabulous book! Carol Wilson takes readers on a journey all the way from the BEGINNING of... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

8.		Concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency from DK ADULT Price: $11.53 Customer Review: I am retiring next year and we will be moving to an area where we will have opportunities to experiment with growing and preserving our own food. In addition, we will be next to a huge wildlife area where we can even try finding edible wild plants. I can't think of a better way to pursue a healthy... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

9.		The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency: The Classic Guide for Realists and Dreamers from Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Price: $196.00 Customer Review: Sometimes, when I'm having a particularly bad day, I take down this book and open it up to the section on how to arrange your self-sufficient farm on 1 or 5 acres. "All we would need," I beg my husband, "is five acres! And then we could keep 2 cows! One to milk and one to eat." His response? "You're a vegetarian." Ahem. Anyway. I love this book. It's a DK book, so it's well written, with short chapters/descriptions based on specific subjects. This format makes it easy to flip through for fun, or to find the information that interests you. There are lots of illustrations, drawn in the style that appears on the cover. It includes information on growing crops, keeping (and butchering) animals, cooking, weaving, energy, water, building... basically everything you need to know to do everything you need on your own. Is this a total fantasy for most people? Yes, of course. But this is still such a useful book, even if you just want to learn the information in it without using it. Most everything in here used to be passed down from parent to child, and it was what people needed to know to survive. It's all information that's being lost and forgotten. And who knows, maybe soon enough we'll need to remember it?... more information	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

10.		Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient when the Unexpected Happens from Storey Publishing Price: $10.16 Customer Review: The Wife Says: I LOVE this book! It has a wealth of information for self sufficiency, and is very easy to read. It has info that ANYONE can use, regardless of where you live. I love the fact that the author does not write in a paranoid tone, but rather in a relatable low key tone that is more matter... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

11.		Self-Sufficiency Gardening: Financial, Physical and Emotional Security from Your Own Backyard : A Practical Guide for Growing Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts, Herbs, Medicines And Other Useful Products from Loompanics Unlimited Price: $105.62 Customer Review: I loved this book. I don't have a lot of space to work with. I think Martin did a wonderful job of explaining things in great detail without a lot of the useless information. Would have loved for there to have been more pictures.	Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information

 

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