{"product_id":"9781461746720","title":"Big Book of Self-Reliant Living: Advice And Information On Just About Everything You Need To Know To Live On Planet Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eRural 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 children, using tools of all kinds, and, yes, getting more mileage out of your car.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders will learn how to: build a greenhouse; administer first aid; stock an emergency shelter; survive in the wilderness, at sea, and in the city; plant, buy farmland; grow plants indoors and out; read architect's drawings; care for household pets; repair clothing; hunt, trap, and fish; repair a screen or leaking faucet; butcher and store big-game kill; relieve allergy symptoms; control insects; stay safe during storms and floods; can and freeze fruits and vegetables; take your own blood pressure; and much, much more!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for a previous edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“How we have survived this long without [this book], I don't know. The concept is brilliant and simple. . . . If we had lived in a rural community a century ago, much of the knowledge gathered here would have been in our bones.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129477153008,"sku":"9781461746720","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781461746720_p0.jpg?v=1769890462","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781461746720","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}