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Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth
Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth is a short book by R. Buckminster Fuller, first published in 1969. The book imagines our species as a crew, united by a shared fate, on a tiny spaceship traveling through infinity. The spaceship has a finite amount of resources and cannot be resupplied. It can be read even today as the most intelligent metaphor for thinking about humankind on this planet. Fuller accepted the challenge presented by this metaphor, using his inventions and writings to contribute to the safe operations of Spaceship Earth.
Magpul Dynamics – The Art Of The Tactical Carbine II DVD Set
The Art Of The Tactical Carbine Volume 2 takes carbine operation to the next level. This 4 Disc Set has over 5 hours live fire class instruction, dynamic drills breakdowns, extensive gear discussion and weapon’s manipulations, and mindset methodologies necessary to survive when things go wrong.
Drawing on their vast combat, competition, and instruction experience around the globe, instructors Travis Haley and Chris Costa take advance students to failure points beyond their knowledge and prove that even the most advanced shooters have the ability to excel. $50 from Magpul.
Magpul Dynamics – The Art Of The Tactical Carbine DVD Set
The Art of the Tactical Carbine is a 3-disc DVD set featuring over four hours of actual live fire class instruction and additional instructional material. With extensive combat experience around the globe, instructors Travis Haley and Chris Costa cover not only the “how to” aspects of the Carbine but also the “mindset” required to employ a carbine effectively under stress. $40 from Magpul.
Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Initiated by the elements of the Special Operations Command, the new strategies outlined in 1996 were collectively referred to as Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC). 90% of combat deaths occur on the battlefield before the casualty ever reaches a medical treatment facility. TCCC launched a total reassessment of practices with one overarching goal: Decrease Preventable Combat Death at the point of wounding. These new strategies based on historical wounding patterns in combat also bear a particular relevance to the operators of Tactical Law Enforcement who share many operational parallels with their military counterparts. Instead of the civilian-based approaches of the past, integrated strategies specific to combat realities continue to emerge. Compared to standard pre-hospital treatment modalities, which are fundamentally based on blunt trauma, TCCC distinguishes itself from the norm by focusing primarily on the intrinsic tactical variables of penetrating trauma compounded by prolonged evacuation times.
Red Cross and EMT courses are great, but in my opinion, save your money and take this. If you want to be of help in a crisis, this is the course you need. You will learn how to prevent death and save lives. I was fortunate enough to attend one while I was in the military, but there are civilian training facilities that offer this course.
Some training materials available at NAEMT.org. NOTE: These training materials are NOT A SUBSTITUTE for taking the course by authorized instructors..
Spencerian Penmanship
In the mid-1800′s, the Spencerian form of penmanship became a standard. An elegant handwriting was much prized. Today, in our computer age, a fine, beautiful, and legible handwriting brings a warm personal touch to our correspondence. These books, 5 copybooks and a theory book (available separately or as a set), may be used to introduce cursive writing to second or third graders or to improve the handwriting of older students or adults. The 6-book set is only $21 at Amazon.com.
Wine Secrets
In Wine Secrets, forty of the world’s top wine experts share the tricks, techniques, and wisdom they’ve learned through decades of experience. Celebrity chef Jacques Pépin shares the best uses for leftover wine in the kitchen. Sommelier Oliver Boru proves that you sometimes can judge a wine by its label. Restaurateur Piero Selvaggio tells diners the best way to send back an unacceptable bottle. Plus tips on tasting, drinking, ordering, storing, and more. 5-1/4 x 6-3/4 in; 192 pages – Hardcover. $14 at Amazon.com.
Ultimate Bar Book
With dozens of recipes for garnishes, rims, infusions, and syrups; punches, gelatin shooters, hot drinks, and non-alcoholic beverages; and-let’s not forget-an essential selection of hangover remedies, Ultimate Bar Book is nothing short of top-shelf. 5 x 6-5/8 in; 476 pages – Hardcover. $14 at Amazon.com.
Lobel’s Meat Bible
So you’re about to throw the barbecue of the summer, yet you’re not sure what the difference is between short ribs and baby-back ribs – fear not: Lobel’s Meat Bible is the answer to grill-masters and carnivore fans everywhere! Whether you’re a novice chef in your own kitchen, searching for unique gift ideas, or simply love to bone up on your favorite culinary trivia, this is definitely one barbecue book you’ll want to pick up this season!
Lobel’s Meat Bible is among the best cookbooks out there, and with good reason: covering virtually every type of edible flesh you can fathom – beef, pork, veal, poultry, game and more – the Lobel family extensive knowledge of all that is meat will have you up to speed in no time. From cuts of meat to varying flavors, tastes and cuts, this cooking book is literally the encyclopedia of every meat-related fact you’ve ever wondered about and then some – the meat book of choice, it’s a veritable wealth of information, mouth-watering recipes, bbq tips, butchering techniques and beyond! With a last name that’s synonymous in the culinary world with meat gourmands, the Lobel family shares generations of knowledge that has made them the authority of meat, hands-down. $40 at Lobel’s.com or $25 at Amazon.