Back to Basics

Whether you like to explore skills from the past or you're preparing for an uncertain future, these books can give you guidance.

• Back to Basics: Traditional Garden Wisdom, print
• Survival Mom, Lisa Bedford, print
• The Self-Sufficiency Handbook, Alan & Gill Bridgewater, print
• Field Guide to Wilderness Survival, Tom Brown, print 
• Advanced Bushcraft, Dave Canterbury, print
• 50 Things to Do with a Penknife, Matt Collins, print
• The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Carla Emery, print
• Duct Tape Survival Gear, Rebecca Felix, print
• The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery, print
• The Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Living, Abigail R. Gehring, print | ebook
• Homesteading, Abigail R. Gehring, print | ebook
• Outdoor Survival Guide, Randy Gerke, print
• The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs, Tristan Gooley, print
• Just in Case, Kathy Harrison, print
• The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide, print
• The Little Book of Cottagecore, Emily Kent, print
• Knives Illustrated Magazine, print
• Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook, Peggy Layton, print
• Survivor Kid, Denise Long, print
• Complete Wilderness Training Manual, Hugh McManners, print
• The Total Outdoorsman Manual, T. Edward Nickens, print
• The Prepper’s Cookbook, Tess Pennington, print
• Practical Projects for Self-Sufficiency, Chris Peterson, print | ebook
• The Modern Homestead Garden, Gary Pilarchik, print
• Homestead Survival, Marty Raney, print 
• Hunt, Gather, Cook, Hank Shaw, print
• The Disaster-Ready Home, Creek Stewart, print
• The Forager’s Harvest, Samuel Thayer, print
• 40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead, David Toht, print | ebook
• Survival!, Colin Towell, print
• Spinning, Weaving & Dyeing, Penny Walsh, print
• Preserving, Carol Wilson, print​