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Author
Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's November of 2020, and the world is freezing over. Each day colder than the last. There's snow in Israel, the Thames is overflowing, and an iceberg separated from the Fjords in Norway is expected to drift just off the coast of Scotland. As ice water melts into the Atlantic, frenzied London residents evacuate by the thousands for warmer temperatures down south. But not Dylan. Grieving and ready to build life anew, he heads north to bury his mother's...
2) Official John Wayne handy book of bushcraft: essential tips & techniques for surviving in the wild
Author
Publisher
Media Lab Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
If there's one thing John Wayne admired, it was someone who could stand on their own two feet and take care of themselves no matter what the day might bring. As a lover of the outdoors, he understood the challenges that come with living in the wild. It was a point of pride with Duke to play so many pioneers and explorers in his films - people with the skills that enabled them to master a life on their own far from the edges of civilization.
Author
Series
Walking Dead series volume 4
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth book and epic finale to Robert Kirkman's New York Times bestselling series: The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor - Part Two! The Walking Dead original novel series, set in the universe of Robert Kirkman's iconic comic book, comes to a shattering conclusion with The Fall of the Governor - Part Two. From co-authors Kirkman, creator of the Eisner Award-winning comic as well as executive producer of AMC's blockbuster TV series, and Jay...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Since prehistory, bunkers have been built as protection from cataclysmic social and environmental forces, and as places of power and transformation. Today, the bunker has become the extreme expression of our greatest fears- from pandemics to climate change and nuclear war. And once you look, it doesn't take long to start seeing bunkers everywhere. In Bunker, acclaimed urban explorer and cultural geographer Bradley Garrett explores the global and rapidly...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"By the author of the award-winning To Be a Machine, a deeply considered look at the people and places in confrontation with the end of our days. We're alive in a time of worst-case scenarios: The weather has gone uncanny, volatile. Our old post-war alliances are crumbling. Everywhere you look there's an omen, a joke whose punchline is the end of the world. How are we to live in the shadow of such a grim future? What does the world hold for our children?...
Author
Series
Walking Dead series volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"The zombie plague unleashes its horrors on the suburbs of Atlanta without warning, pitting the living against the dead. Caught in the mass exodus, Lilly Caul struggles to survive in a series of ragtag encampments and improvised shelters. But the Walkers are multiplying. Dogged by their feral hunger for flesh and crippled by fear, Lilly relies on the protection of good Samaritans by seeking refuge in a walled-in town once known as Woodbury, Georgia."--...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In an age of pandemics, climate change, and political unrest, you don't have to be a prepper to worry about the future or to wonder how you can prepare for it. Many of us conjure up images of a post-apocalyptic world where life is simple, our needs and goals clear. We imagine the desolate, barren world of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, where starting fires, building shelters, and even picking locks are our most valuable skills. But as underwater archaeologist,...
11) One year after
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Months before publication, William R. Forstchen's One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. Hundreds of thousands of people have read the tale. One Year After is the thrilling follow-up to that smash hit. The story picks up a year after One Second After ends, two years since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States brought America to its knees. After suffering starvation, war, and countless...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For anyone actually spending time outside, The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival is the perfect antidote to the sensationalism of today, filled instead with advice you'll actually use. Along with lessons from the real-life experiences of renowned outdoors expert and host of the Netflix Original Series MeatEater Steven Rinella, its pages are packed with tried-and-true tips, techniques, and gear recommendations from Rinella and his...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"How self-sufficient would you be if left to survive with only your two hands? Dubbed 'a Walden for the YouTube age,' John Plant launched the latest back-to-the-land movement by making tools and building structures with materials sourced completely from nature. Through illustrations, photographs, and instruction, learn how he has systematically constructed an entire world without relying on modern conveniences--from a mallet and chisel to a thatched...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...
Author
Series
Publisher
Skybound Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In this white-knuckled and high-stakes thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead series, three different people in China--a rural farmer, an urban military veteran, and a Chinese American grad student--are caught in the typhoon of undead walkers as the virus sweeps over the most populous country in Asia"--
"In this white-knuckled and high-stakes thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking...
Author
Publisher
Castle Point Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Whether there's a power outage, the wi-fi goes out, or you are asked to quarantine, you should have plans and preparedness goals that don't take over your space and your life. George provides a guide to help you transform your home from entertaining mode to disaster-ready mode, using clever ways to store emergency items. Your home is your sanctuary -- it should be a place of safety, comfort, and beauty! -- adapted from back cover
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of her parents' death, Aretha, a habitually single Black lawyer, has had only one obsession in life-success-until she falls for Aaron, a coffee entrepreneur. Moving into his Brooklyn brownstone to live along with his Hurricane Sandy-traumatized, illegal-gun-stockpiling, optimized-soy-protein-eating, bunker-building roommates, Aretha finds that her dreams of making partner are slipping away, replaced by an underground world, one of selling...
18) Five years after
Author
Series
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of New America has all but collapsed into regional powers and the world at large is struggling to remain stable as regional conflicts ravage the post EMP landscape. After several years attempting to lead a quiet life, John Matherson receives the news that the President is dying from a possible assassination attempt, and is asked to step in to negotiate with what appears to be a new military power hidden...
Author
Series
Deathlands volume 100
Publisher
Worldwide
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
"America, defiled and reshaped by nuclear carnage, promises little but a struggle for survival. Still, a group of hard travelers trek the worst this hellish place can offer, surviving by their wits, razor skill and knowledge of preDark technology. Their leader, Ryan Cawdor, is a Deathlands legend, a warrior and hero to many, a relentless enemy to more. And he understands the only way forward is the future, even when the past has a will of its own....
Author
Series
Walking Dead graphic novels volume 5
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
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