Civilization Reboot Books

These are some of the books in my library that might be relevant to a civilization reboot.

General

• Back to Basics, by Reader’s Digest editors.
• Foxfire Book, by Eliot Wigginton.
• Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, by Alan Weisman.
• Making the Best of Basics, by James Talmage Stevens.
• Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied & Advanced, by John McPherson, Geri McPherson.
• Rodale’s Book of Practical Formulas, by Paula Dreifus Bakule.
• The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book, by Carla Emery.
• The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch, by Lewis Dartnell.
• When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self Reliance & Planetary Survival, by Matthew Stein.

Medicine

• A Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness and Travel Medicine, by Eric A. Weiss.
• Ditch Medicine, by Hugh L. Coffee.
• The American Red Cross First Aid & Safety Handbook
• Where There Is No Dentist, by Murray Dickson.
• Where There Is No Doctor: A Village Health Care Handbook, by David B. Werner, Jane Maxwell, Carol L. Thuman.

Food and Agriculture

• Building Soils For Better Crops, by Fred Magdoff, Harold van Es.
• Backyard Homestead, Mini-Farm and Garden Log Book, by John Jeavons, Robin Leler, J. Morgador Griffin.
• Ball Blue Book of Preserving, by Alltrista Consumer Products.
• Botany for Gardeners, by Brian Capon.
• Canning & Preserving for Dummies, by Karen Ward.
• Complete Book of Edible Landscaping, by Rosalind Creasy.
• Creating a Wildflower Meadow: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-102, by Henry W. Art.
• Farmers of Forty Centuries Of Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea and Japan, by D. F. H. King.
• First Lessons in Beekeeping, by Dadant
• Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, by Toby Hemenway, John Todd.
• Garden Insects of North America, by Whitney Cranshaw.
• Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrution, by Paul Pitchford.
• How to Grow More Vegetables, Eighth Edition: (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine, by John Jeavons.
• Introduction to Permaculture, by Bill Mollison, Reny M. Slay. Seeds of Change
• Joy of Cooking: All About Canning & Preserving, by Irma Von Rombauer.
• Keeping the Harvest: Preserving Your Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs, by Nancy Chioffi, Gretchen Mead.
• Keys to Good Cooking: A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes, by Harold McGee.
• Living Fences, by Ogden Tanner.
• Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi, by David Arora.
• Natural Beekeeping, by Ross Conrad.
• New Roots for Agriculture, by Wes Jackson.
• One Circle: How To Grow A Complete Diet In Less Than 1,000 Square Feet, by David Duhon.
• One Straw Revolution, by Fukuoka.
• Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, by Barbara W. Ellis, Fern M. Bradley.
• Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual, by Bill Mollison. Seeds of Change
• Permaculture Two, by Bill Mollison. Seeds of Change
• Pests of the Garden and Small Farm, by Mary Louise Flint.
• Preserving Summer’s Bounty: A Quick and Easy Guide to Freezing, Canning, Preserving, and Drying What You Grow, by Susan McClure.
• Rodale Book of Composting, by Deborah L. Martin.
• Rodale’s All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, by Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara Ellis, Ellen Phillips.
• Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs, by Claire Kowalchik, William H. Hylton.
• Saving Seeds: The Gardener’s Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds, by Marc Rogers.
• Seed to Seed, by Suzanne Ashworth, Kent Whealy.
• Step By Step Organic Vegetable Gardening, by Shepherd Ogden.
• Success With Seed, by Karen Park Jennings
• Stocking Up, by Carol Hupping.
• The Art of Fermentation: An In-Depth Exploration of Essential Concepts and Processes from Around the World, by Sandor Ellix Katz.
• The Contrary Farmer, by Gene Logsdon.
• The Gardener’s Table, by Richard Merrill, Joe Ortiz.
• The Humanure Handbook, by Joe Jenkins.
• The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, by Barbara Ellis.
• The Soil And Health, by Albert Howard.
• Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture, by Wendell Berry.
• Worms Eat My Garbage, by Mary Appelhof.
• California
  • California Landscape Garden: Ecology, Culture, and Design, by Mark Francis, Andreas Reimann.
  • California’s Wild Gardens: A Guide to Favorite Botanical Sites, by Phyllis Faber.
  • Common Riparian Plants of California: A Field Guide for the Layman, by Phyllis M. Faber, Robert F. Holland.
  • Edible and Useful Plants of California, by Charlotte Bringle Clarke.
  • Golden Gate Gardening, by Pam Peirce, Pam Dardick.
  • Growing California Native Plants, Vol. 45, by Marjorie G. Schmidt.
  • Plants and Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates of the San Francisco Bay Region, by East Bay MUD.
  • Plants of the San Francisco Bay Region: Mendocino to Monterey, by Linda H. Beidleman, Eugene N. Kozloff.
  • The Jepson Desert Manual, by Bruce G. Baldwin, Douglas H. Goldman, David J Keil, Robert Patterson, Thomas J. Rosatti, Dieter H. Wilken.
  • Western Fruit, Berries and Nuts: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy, by Robert L. Stebbins, Lance Walheim.
  • Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses: Gardening with California Monocots, by Nora Harlow.

Building

• A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander et al.
• A Primer on Sustainable Building, by Rocky Mountain Institute.
• Barn Plans & Outbuildings, by Byron D. Halsted.
• Build Your Own Earth Oven, by Kiko Denzer.
• Create an Oasis with Greywater, by Art Ludwig.
• Earthponds Sourcebook, by Tim Matson.
• Earthship: How to Build Your Own, Vol. 1, by Michael Reynolds.
• Fences Gates And Bridges: A Practical Manual, by George A. Martin.
• How to Build Small Barns & Outbuildings, by Monte Burch.
• Natural Plaster Book: Earth, Lime, and Gypsum Plasters for Natural Homes, by Cedar Rose Guelberth.
• Natural Swimming Pools, by Michael Littlewood.
• Rocket Mass Heaters: Superefficient Woodstoves YOU Can Build, by Ianto Evans, Leslie Jackson.
• Serious Strawbale, by Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron.
• The Bread Builders: Hearth Loaves and Masonry Ovens, by Daniel Wing, Alan Scott.
• The Young Mill-Wright And Miller’s Guide, by .
• Understanding Wood, by R. Bruce Hoadley.
• Water Storage Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds, by Art Ludwig.
• Thermae et Balnea, by Inge Nielsen.

Mechanical

• 1800 Mechanical Movements and Devices, by Gardner D. Hiscox.
• 507 Mechanical Movements, by Henry T. Brown.
• 970 Mechanical Appliances and Novelties of Construction, by Gardner D. Hiscox.
• American mechanical dictionary Volume 1; A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and a digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts, by Edward Henry Knight.
• American mechanical dictionary Volume 2; A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and a digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts, by Edward Henry Knight.
• American mechanical dictionary Volume 3; A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and a digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts, by Edward Henry Knight.
• Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry, by Denis Diderot.
• Farm Blacksmithing, by J. M. Drew.
• Forging, by John Jernberg.
• Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors Vol. 1, by Franklin D. Jones.
• Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors Vol. 2, by Franklin D. Jones.
• Low Fire, by Leon I. Nigrosh.
• Machinery’s Handbook, by Erik Oberg.
• New Edge of the Anvil, by Jack Andrews.
• Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, by Warren C. Young.
• The Complete Modern Blacksmith, by Alexander G. Weygers.
• Welder’s Handbook, by Richard Finch.

Electrical

• ARRL Handbook for Radio Communications 2006, by Dana G. Reed.
• Electric Motor Repair, by Robert Rosenberg, August Hand.
• The ARRL Antenna Book, by R. Dean Straw.

Other Crafts

• De re Metallica, by Georgius Agricola.
• Locks, Safes and Security: An International Police Reference, by Marc Weber Tobias.
• The Complete Guide to Sharpening, by Leonard Lee.
• The Kiln Book, by Frederick L. Olsen.
• The Soapmaker’s Companion, by Susan Miller Cavitch.
• The Woodburners Encyclopedia, by Jay Shelton. Amazon
• The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, Volume 1, by Jim Hamm.
• The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, Volume 2, by Jim Hamm.
• The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, Volume 3, by Jim Hamm.
• The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible, Volume 4, by Jim Hamm.

Potential Purchase

• Building Scientific Apparatus: A Practical Guide to Design and Construction, by John H. Moore, Christopher C. Davis, Michael A. Coplan, Sandra Greer.
• The Ashley Book of Knots, by Clifford W. Ashley.
• Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for Instrument Design, by Bart Hopkin.
• Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition, by James A. Duke.
• The Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World, by John Peter Oleson.
• Atlas of Anatomy, by Anne M Gilroy, Brian R MacPherson, Lawrence M Ross, Michael Schuenke, Erik Schulte, Udo Schumacher.
• How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times, by James Wesley Rawles.

Reboot Fiction

• A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller Jr.
• Foundation, by Isaac Asimov.
• The Postman, by David Brin.
• Anathem, by Neal Stephenson.
• Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel.
• Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson.
• MaddAddam Trilogy
  • Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood.
  • The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood.
  • MaddAddam, by Margaret Atwood.