Regardless of whether a disaster happens in your lifetime or not, it is still good common sense to know how to survive on your own. What you learn about self-sufficiency will inspire others in your community to be more self-reliant. A mere hundred years ago most human beings knew the value of basic survival skills, and yet today most of us are dependent upon conveniences like prepackaged food for our dinner. Indeed, true craftsmen who build with their...

A simple rope can be a lifesaver in a survival situation. Knowing how to use a rope and make effective knots will help you in an amazing variety of ways – from constructing shelters and creating weapons, to fishing and hunting. Most important, ropes and knots act as lifelines in dangerous environments, such as when crossing a fast-flowing river or scaling a mountainside. Ropes and Knots draws on the skills of the world's best soldiers to teach you...

Every day, key meetings take place in your office. And the decisions made as a result of these meetings can involve millions of dollars, and even change people's futures. Employers prize accurate minute-taking skills more than ever. But not everyone knows how to take effective minutes – and some people panic at the thought of having to keep track of everything that happens in a meeting. Now, peerless minute-taking skills can be yours – in just...

Many writes have flashy book covers and titles that really do little to show the basics of how to publish an ebook, but there is a simple way to share the process of writing and selling ebooks in a clear and compelling way, and teacher and entrepreneur Donovan McLean can show you how in Selling ebooks: The Basics of what you need to know from Start to Finish. Selling ebooks is a straightforward instructional book that will help anyone who ever wanted...

In Corporate Volunteerism: Past-Present-Future, Ellen B. Linsley, a global leader in the business of volunteering, assembles a simple and informative guide to building effective employee volunteer programs, best practice principles and community partnerships that benefit all. The rich advice is sourced from interviews with corporate and community leaders, and others, along with Linsley's vast corporate volunteering expertise, spanning many continents...

Fundraising Banquet Boot Camp- A Survival Guide and System For Ordinary People Seeking Extraordinary Results is written to provide a user friendly step-by-step guide presented in a conversational manner focusing on the use of efficiency tools and risk management. This guide and system is similar to a Swiss Army Knife filled with unique tools designed specifically to help your team through the process of planning and executing a fundraising Dessert...

Despite repeated assurances that flying is safe, hardly a day goes by without a fatal aircraft crash. Many programmes have been published in an attempt to eliminate aircraft accidents but the problem still exists, apparently unabated. On a daily basis new pilots are injected into the aviation scene. Their safety consciousness is limited by the experience of their tutors. Intentional Safety is not taught. And so the cycle continues. This book does...

Rural homesteaders and urban apartment-dwellers alike will find a mother lode of practical information packed into this completely revised and updated edition of the ultimate how-to handbook for all generations. A selective compendium of public-domain documents, it brings together in one volume a wealth of knowledge and useful instruction on just about every imaginable aspect of self-sufficiency-from building a dwelling and growing food to raising...

Here's a fun guide to discover the nuances of artisan beers from lagers and ales to porters and stouts. Tasting profiles from the booklet get the ball rolling-they break down beer into style categories and include information on each variety's background, flavors, aromas, and unique character.

If you're a mortgage loan officer or broker, we're sure you can appreciate the issues the current recession has had in 'freezing' our credit markets, locking out many potential home buyers or people that could refinance into some of the lowest rates in over 50 years. However they can't, because the minimum credit score requirements to qualify for mortgage financing have increased an average of 50 points and lender 'overlays' have complicated the issues...