The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar ...21 reviews Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, ... Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2002 Brilliant and much needed + Core, must-have owner builder book + Beautiful Book! + More than a book + One of the best books in my library             The Homestead Builder: Practical Hints for Handy-men1 review C. P. Dwyer The Lyons Press, 1998 simple building This is one of many books I bought to learn more about self-sufficient living. The book has a few good points, but the language is hard to understand. The author describes in words how to build log cabins. He doesn't draw diagrams or give diminsions. He makes a few good points about things ...             Homebuilding and Woodworking in Colonial America (Illustrated Living History Series)3 reviews C. Keith Wilbur Globe Pequot, 1992 The Woodwright's Shop meets Eric Sloan + Good General Purpose Book + Wonderful book and illustrations on colonial homebuilding You will not be able to put this book down! The incredible richness of the information and the quality of both the pen and ink drawings and the narative are outstanding. This book really brings together the why and how of early American architecture: It tells the story of how the richness of wood ...             SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea101 reviews John Lofty Wiseman Collins, 2004 Excellent survival handbook + Excellent purchase + Good Book + Very Comprehensive Survival Book             Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Complete Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival44 reviews Jack A. Spigarelli Cross-Current Pub., 2002 Be prepared! + Excellent resource for preparedness Are you ready for a major crisis? Most people are not. They have no more than a few days supply of food and no idea what to do in the event of a real long term emergency. After all, you can just run down to the local grocery and get whatever you want, 24 hours a day, right? Hurricanes, ...             Woodland Indians (Illustrated Living History Series)1 review C. Keith Wilbur Globe Pequot, 1995 Great Illustrated History of the Woodland Indian Culture This is another of C. Keith Wilbur's illustrated history books, this one dealing with the Woodland Indian culture of North America. This book is filled with many wonderful illustrations and depictions of everything from spear and arrow points, to clothing, cookware, weapons, and religious rites. ...             Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Natural Building Series)17 reviews Kaki Hunter, Donald Kiffmeyer New Society Publishers, 2004 Excellent resource + Earthbag Building + Valuable tool + An exciting new building method + Detailed, and well-written.             Mountainman Crafts & Skills4 reviews David Montgomery The Lyons Press, 2000 A Great Book + Great Book This book is full of information from fire-making to tanning hides to making coon skin hats. This would be a good book for camping to. This is exactly the book I've been looking for!             Indian Handcrafts, Revised Edition (Illustrated living history)3 reviews C. Keith Wilbur Globe Pequot, 2001 Excellent source of projects for school or scouting + Great Factual Information + Deep insight into Native American material culture I have used this book to instruct boy scouts in Native American and early New England craft with great success. The broad range of projects can easily provide you with a year's worth of activities that fit perfectly within the scouting program. The sketches and instuctions are easy to follow and ...             Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe in a Crisis10 reviews Peggy Layton Three Rivers Press, 2002 Book does exactly what the title says. + Necessary book to own + Emergency food storage + Helpful, but not quite enough + Everyone should have this book!             Basic Wilderness Survival Skills Bradford Angier The Lyons Press, 2002             Built By Hand10 reviews Eiko Komatsu, Athena Steen, ... Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2003 Photo Collection of Vernacular Buildings + built by hand + beautifullest book of my library ! + 10 Great Books List + Vernacular Buildings Around The World.             Art of Natural Building7 reviews New Society Publishers, 2002 A very Good taste. + Introduction to Natural Building + The Art of Natural Building book review + Slightly delusional + Art of Natural Building             How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter, and Self-Preservation That Makes ...27 reviews Bradford Angier Fireside, 1998 HTSAITW vs Army survival manual + a fabulous base for exploring... + Great learning tool! + Good book?!?             Shelters, Shacks & Shanties: And How to Build Them13 reviews D. C. Beard The Lyons Press, 1999 Outdoorsmen's delight + simple, practical construction + This book is great! Read this review. + This book is great! Read this review. + Old book but great ideas do not grow old!             Living Off the Land: Tracking, Building Traps, Shelters, Toolmaking, Finding Water and Food1 review Christopher McNab The Lyons Press, 2002 Thumbs down This book is a good looking disaster. While attempting to learn about the authors qualifications, I soon realized he has none thus the glaring lack of anything about him anywhere in/on the book. Who is Chris McNab? The content, other than the illustrations which are quite fine indeed (they were ...             When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance & Planetary Survival28 reviews Matthew Stein Clear Light Books, 2001 Preparing for "CHAOS" in the United States. + Never have written a review before but.... + Save yourself! + vital information for everyone             Farm Blacksmithing: Practical Hints for Handy-Men1 review J. M. Drew The Lyons Press, 2000 Not much to this Not alot of information about how to do anything or how they lived. Lots of better books out there             Native American Crafts & Skills4 reviews David Montgomery The Lyons Press, 2000 Soooo Many Things To Choose From + Very Good But Not Great + Great skills to learn! If you get the book,or look on Amazon, you'll see that there are 4 1/2 pages in the table of contents. There is a whole lot to choose from. Buuuuut, sometimes, the author gets a little confusing, and I can't see what he's saying. It's a really good book though, ESPECIALLY if you are a person ...             Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance, 3rd2 reviews Carl Demrow, David Salisbury Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 1998 Excellent overview, even for mountain bikers... + An excellent book There are few trail maintenance books around, just lots of little pamphlets such as those put out by IMBA. This book is worth the money for the many ideas and pictures even for those thinking about designing and/or maintaining mountain bike trails. The opening chapter, which discusses safety, ...