When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self Reliance & Planetary Survival by Matthew Stein (2000)

This book provides information that will help the average person prepare for the uncontrollable forces and events that will affect everyone on the planet within the next 20 years. A user-friendly "bible" in the tradition of the Whole Earth Catalog, this book is the first to offer, under one cover, basic instructions and recommended resources for the wide range of skills and technologies necessary for self-reliant living and coping with all kinds of emergency conditions.