Today's helpful email from Amazon

Bruce Sterling (((Hello, Amazon social-net consumerbot)))

Are you looking for something in our Survival Skills books department? (((As a matter of fact, no, but it's interesting that you would surmise so.))) If so, you might be interested in these items.

When Technology Fails (Revised & Expanded): A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency
by Matthew I. Stein

List Price: $35.00
Price: $23.10
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Just in Case: How to be Self-Sufficient when the Unexpected Happens
by Kathy Harrison

List Price: $16.95
Price: $11.53
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The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse
by Fernando Ferfal Aguirre

Price: $24.95

Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too Late
by Scott B. Williams

List Price: $14.95
Price: $10.17
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Primitive Skills and Crafts: An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Weapons, Tracking, Survival, and More
by Richard Jamison

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Price: $10.25
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When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes
by Cody Lundin

List Price: $19.99
Price: $12.75
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What to Do When the Power Fails: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-191 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-191)
by Mary Twitchell

Price: $3.95

(((How 'bout some classics, like that deathbed HG Wells tome or the Jane Jacobs book on the forthcoming dark age? When it comes to imminent doom I think one should go for the time-tested authorities.)))