Building Disasters

Welcome to Pig Meadow, where home construction meets comedy in the most spectacularly disastrous way possible. Percy, Pete, and Pablo aren’t just three little pigs—they’re DIY dreamers with wildly different building styles, zero building permits, and one very curious wolf watching from the sidelines. From sagging straw walls to stick structures held together by duct tape, and a brick fortress complete with a pizza oven, these pigs are about to learn that a good house isn’t just about what you build… it’s about who’s inside when the wind starts to blow. Packed with laugh-out-...

Have you ever imagined being caught in an unexpected emergency or stranded in the wilderness with no one to rely on but yourself? What if you had the knowledge and skills to not just survive but thrive in any situation? Survival Skills for Beginners is your definitive guide to navigating life’s most challenging moments. Packed with actionable insights, proven techniques, and practical advice, this comprehensive survival handbook will empower you to face the wild, prepare for emergencies, and build resilience for any crisis. What You’ll Learn in This Book Survival Fundamentals: ...

What if the lights never come back on? What if the water stops running, the stores are emptied, and the safety of your home is the only thing that stands between your family and chaos? This isn’t fiction. This is reality—raw, unfiltered, and waiting to strike. This book is not just another prepper guide. It’s a field-tested, tactically grounded survival blueprint written with the mindset and expertise of a U.S. Army Green Beret who has lived through the kind of situations you fear most. Within these pages, you'll discover how to transform your home into a fortified sanctuary capable ...

Crisis-Proof: Building an Invincible Organization with ISO 22301 How Smart Companies Turn Disruption into Competitive Advantage Through Business Continuity Mastery In a world where businesses face constant challenges and unpredictable disruptions, it’s no longer enough to simply react to problems. Crisis-Proof: Building an Invincible Organization with ISO 22301 is your practical guide to preparing your business for anything that comes your way. By leveraging ISO 22301, the international standard for business continuity management, this book shows you how to protect your operations, ensure...

Most people think stability means having a steady job, a mortgage, and a predictable routine. But that version of “security” collapses the moment life changes. Fragility Fatigue exposes the hidden cost of living one mishap from disaster and shows how true financial strength comes from structure, not circumstance. Through thirty concise, story-driven chapters, this book reveals how fragile systems—debts, habits, dependencies—drain freedom and breed anxiety. It teaches readers to measure vulnerability, automate protection, and convert stress into strategy. The goal isn’t perfection;...

Are you truly prepared to handle any emergency and protect your family when it matters most? Prepper’s Survival Bible is your all-in-one guide to survival and self-sufficiency, giving you the skills and strategies needed to face any crisis with confidence, whether it’s a natural disaster, economic disruption, or a prolonged power outage. This book walks you through every step of the prepping journey—from building a resilient mindset to mastering essential skills—so you’re equipped for any challenge that comes your way. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN 🛠️ Essential Survival Kits: Discover ...

Ten years after civilization's collapse, Alexei has mastered the art of solitary survival. But when he discovers a thriving agricultural settlement built on radical cooperation, he faces an impossible choice: risk everything he's learned about staying alive alone, or trust in the power of community. Dr. Sabrina Delgado's innovative farming commune proves that humanity's future lies not in competing for scraps but in sharing knowledge and working together. When professional raiders threaten their hard-won prosperity, the settlement must defend more than their crops and homes—they must ...

In Anticipate Failure, Lak Ananth—CEO of global venture capital firm Next47—describes the most common patterns of failure in innovation. He starts with the premise that building a business based on innovation is a perilous endeavor, and failures big and small are always around the corner. Ananth then dives into instances of failures, guiding the listener to understand root causes. Finally, he provides listeners with insights and coaching that will enable them not just to avoid failure, but to anticipate it and then get through it on the way to success.

An EMP attack or solar flare strikes, and in the blink of an eye, all electronic devices are knocked out. Your laptop, phone, tablet, all cease working immediately. It’s a well-known fact that electronic and computerized devices becoming knocked out is a repercussion that will happen as a result of an EMP attack going off or a solar flare striking the Earth? It doesn’t matter what you do, you won’t be able to prevent your phone or laptop from becoming knocked out once the attack happens. Or…what if you could keep an electronic device (or multiple electronic devices, for that matter)...

The Towering Inferno (1974) was the crowning achievement of über-producer Irwin Allen, the self-proclaimed “Master of disaster.” Crafted from two best-selling books and with a budget-busting cast headed by two mega-stars, it took two studios to bring it to the screen. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Towering Inferno, biographer-historian Nat Segaloff (who was a member of the film’s special publicity unit) writes about the production, its innovative marketing campaign, and the goings-on before, during, and after its box office success.

Get ready to immerse yourself in a riveting exploration of community preparedness and civil defence strategies with "Ready, Resilient, and United." This engaging eBook takes you on a journey from the basic understandings of civil defence planning, through history, to actionable strategies for safety and preparedness. Ignite your understanding and spark your community's resilience. Starting at ground zero, it sets the stage with an enlightening overview of civil defence planning's fundamentals. From there, it delves into the enriching history of civil defence, highlighting the evolution and ...

An in-depth exploration of the design and construction of the US Capitol building, from New York Times bestselling author of Jim Henson and Becoming Dr. Seuss The Capitol is a unique biography of a place, encompassing architecture, history, politics, popular culture, and race in a fascinating...

Prepare for Anything with Confidence! In Bug-Out Basics: Essential Items for Every Prepper's Emergency Kit, you’ll discover everything you need to build a comprehensive and effective emergency kit. Whether you're a seasoned prepper or just starting out, this practical guide provides clear, actionable advice on selecting and packing the essential gear for any crisis situation. Inside, you’ll find: Must-Have Supplies: Detailed lists and recommendations for the critical items every emergency kit should include, from food and water to first aid and tools. Survival Gear Essentials: Expert ...

You don’t need to know anything about survival to teach your kids how to become outdoor pros… and once you get started, you’ll become one too! Do you worry that your kids are spending too much time in front of their screens? Are you concerned that their ability to solve real-world problems or get by in a pinch is somewhat lacking? You’re not alone. Life is very different for children nowadays, and they spend far less time outdoors than we did… Plus, with busy family schedules and all the other responsibilities we have, real family bonding moments are few and far between. But ...

Introducing "Healing After Disaster" - the ultimate guide to conquering trauma and stress. Are you struggling after experiencing a disaster? Are you feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed? Do you wish there was a way to move on from the traumatic events and find peace again? If so, this eBook is perfect for you. Starting with Chapter One, "Understanding Trauma and Stress Related to Disasters," you'll learn what trauma is and how it affects your body and mind. The eBook then delves into the importance of mental health in disaster recovery, providing coping techniques, addressing mental ...

Building a Get Home Bag: Tips for Setting Up a Realistic Bug Out Bag for Getting Back Home in a Disaster, is a short audiobook, but it contains proven tips for setting up the specific type of kit that will allow you to shoot, move, and communicate on your way back home during a large scale disaster. This audiobook describes a kit that works and is realistic. Everything in this kit is in the author's vehicle as well as his wife's car. He trusts the information within to help reunite his family in the event of an emergency, or it would not have shared it with you.

Dive deep into the realm of survival with the new eBook, "Building Shelters for Wilderness Living." An essential guide for anyone who revels in the thrill of the wilderness or finds joy in off-grid living, but also craves the peace of mind that knowledge brings. Every chapter seamlessly weaves from one topic to the next, starting with an introductory exploration of wilderness survival and the crucial importance of shelters. This book winds its way through an array of diverse habitats, giving readers a wealth of knowledge on different types of shelters to build, from the basic lean-to and A-...

“As intellectually playful as the best of Thomas Pynchon and as sardonically warm as the best of Kurt Vonnegut, The Heap is both a hilarious send-up of life under late capitalism and a moving exploration of the peculiar loneliness of the early 21st century. A masterful and humane gem of a...

Immerse yourself in a gripping new eBook, "Rising from the Dead." This thrilling read takes the world's most popular apocalypse trope - the zombie outbreak - and builds a captivating narrative around survival, resilience, and the reestablishment of socities in a world after the dust has settled. Has the end truly come when the dead start walking? "Understanding the Post-Zombie World," the first chapter, introduces you to the stark new reality and the immediate fallout of this zombie apocalypse. In the subsequent chapters like "The Art of Rebuilding Societies" and "Formulating New Systems of...

Build wealth one property at a time, even if you’re starting with zero experience. Mastering the Complete Spectrum of Real Estate Investing shows you exactly how to move from the first deal to a flourishing portfolio by demystifying every step of the journey. Inside, seasoned investor Oswald Townsend reveals proven strategies for residential rentals, commercial spaces, house flipping, REITs, crowdfunding, and more, all backed by real-world case studies and easy-to-follow action plans. You'll learn to: Discover how to identify “hidden‑gem” neighborhoods before prices skyrocket. ...