You may remember Louis Theroux's engrossing journey into survivalism's hardcore heart in the US from an earlier post on this blog. Well now Theroux has penned a book about his adventures - The Call of the Weird: Encounters with Survivalists, Porn Stars, Alien Killers, and Ike Turner. Can't wait to read it...
http://www.amazon.com/Call-Weird-Encounters-Survivalists-Killers/dp/0306815672/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210738540&sr=1-8
But wait, there's more!
I've always been mad-keen on falconry, but there doesn't seem to be much of a 'scene' in Australia. But that doesn't mean I can't read about it, and this book definitely has survival merit IMHO - Falcon Fever: A Falconer in the Twenty-first Century by Tim Gallagher.
http://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Fever-Falconer-Twenty-first-Century/dp/0618805753/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210738636&sr=1-15
And lastly, of interest to Australians is Australia's Empire (Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series) by Deryck Schreuder. I loved this particular quote:
"From the 1850s, survivalist anxieties became a feature of colonial political culture as rival European powers made their presence felt in the Pacific. These dangers were often more imaginary than real, as the succession of Russian invasion scares indicates; but this did not curtail their capacity to influence colonial attitudes and defence strategies." So we've always been paranoid!
http://www.amazon.com/Australias-Empire-History-British-Companion/dp/0199273731/ref=sr_1_31?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210738769&sr=1-31
Happy reading!
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