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Hands-on workshop, repair, and self-reliance skills.

Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance
Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance

In today’s high-tech society, even the most advanced devices and systems are not fail-safe. Tools can break or wear out, batteries can go dead, and all sorts of malfunctions can render the modern conveniences we rely on totally useless. If…

More Makeshift Workshop Skills
More Makeshift Workshop Skills

James Ballou tapped a nerve with his best-selling Makeshift Workshop Skills for Survival and Self-Reliance, and now he’s back with even more plans, projects, and concepts for do-it-yourself craftsmen, preppers, and anyone interested in…

U.S. Military’s Dog Training Handbook
U.S. Military’s Dog Training Handbook

Learn how to train your dog like the U.S. military. This is the official military manual used for training military working dogs (MWD). Thorough, descriptive, and informative, we have taken the USAF Military Working Dog Program Manual…

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