It was only last month that i added a batch of books to my library and I have hardly got to them yet. Despite this, I have been taking advantage of a few bargains as well as picking up books which simply pique my interest including the Fairbairn unarmed combat system taught to British WWII Commandos.  I’m pretty sure building my prepping library like this will be habit-forming!

Latest library Additions

 

St John Ambulance First Aid Manual (10th Edition) (Amazon)

The First Aid Manual, revised 10th edition for 2016 is the most up to date, fully packed and comprehensive guide to first aid. Used as the official training manual for the UK’s leading first aid organisations this book is also suitable for everyone and couls be a life saver. The fully authorised first aid guide in the UK. Endorsed by St John Ambulance, St Andrew’s First Aid and the British Red Cross. Contains the very latest guidelines on resuscitation, unresponsiveness, how to help someone who is drowning and how to treat snake bites. Shows you what to do using step-by -step advice across all aspects of emergency first aid and life saving first aid for babies and children. Covers the treatment of over 100 different conditions from splinters and sprained ankles to strokes and how to use a defibrillator. Clear photography shot in-situ to reflect real life issues and situations.

The Wilderness Guide To Dutch Oven Cooking, Kate Rowinski (Amazon)

Long-time cook Kate Rowinski shares her knowledge and expertise in the craft of Dutch oven cooking in this exciting new book of wilderness cuisine. Many generations of campers, Boy Scouts, and outdoors adventurers have enjoyed the delicious experience of a hot home-cooked meal around the campfire, thanks to their trusty Dutch oven. Now you can do the same, with this mouthwatering new collection of recipes. In addition, there are also detailed directions on how to correctly use, store, and care for your Dutch oven, with explanatory diagrams and figures. And of course, every recipe is beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs.

Food For Free (Gem) (Amazon)

The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material.  This is the perfect pocket guide for aspiring foragers. Over 100 edible plants are listed, fully illustrated and described, together with recipes and other fascinating details on their use throughout the ages. Practical advice on how to pick along with information on countryside laws and regulations on picking wild plants helps you to plan your foray with a feast in mind.

This is the ideal book for both nature lovers and cooks keen to enjoy what the countryside has to offer.

Knots (Gem) (Amazon)

A clear introduction to the world of knots, from the practical to the decorative. Illustrated step-by-step instructions on how to master over 50 knots. Step-by-step instructions to tying over 50 knots from the essential to the decorative. A practical guide for sailers, moutaineers and campers as well as those who would like to try their hand at more decorative knots.

All-in Fighting, W. E. Fairbairn (Amazon)

The author of this concise guide to unarmed combat and self-defence is a legend. W. E. Fairbairn (1885-1960) spent over thirty years in the tough environment of the Riot Squads of China’s Shanghai Municipal Police. In order to lower levels of Police mortality at the hands of Chinese Tongs, he studied ancient Chinese and Japanese martial arts, including Ju-jitsu, and was the first foreigner to be awarded a black belt in the discipline.

He developed his own system which he called ‘Defendu’. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was recruited by Britain’s Special Operations Executive as an Instructor in unarmed combat and expounded the deadly mysteries of attack and defence to scores of trainee agents about to be dropped into occupied Europe. His methods were approved and officially adopted throughout the British army. Fairbairn also developed weapons and defence aids such as bullet proof vests.

He is best known as the co-inventor of the famous Sykes-Fairbairn knife. In this book he expounds his distilled experience of unarmed combat. Fully illustrated, it shows how to deliver deadly blows with hand, fist, knee and boot; wrist, bear- and strangle holds (and how to break them); how to throw an enemy, and how to break their backs; how to disarm a pistol-wielding attacker; and securing a prisoner. The book also contains a chapter on the use of the rifle in close combat by Captain P. N. Walbridge.