A practical guide to what matters across CDDA’s scavenging, crafting, equipment, and specialist systems.
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Assembly plans, design specs, and technical drawings for the security bot. Most of this is useless to you, but you could use the assembly plans to re-assemble the robot from salvaged parts.
Full of useful tips for showing confidence in your speech.
A well presented monthly magazine all about knitting, crocheting, and needlepoint. Filled with ideas and project patterns.
A massive, hardbound book full of a wealth of information for the professional clothing designer.
This book claims to address every problem the shotgunner is likely to face, and offers solutions to ensure that shooters can make every shot count.
A classic text, "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs." Written with examples in LISP, but applicable to any language.
Assembly plans, design specs, and technical drawings for the skitterbot. Most of this is useless to you, but you could use the assembly plans to re-assemble the robot from salvaged parts.
A classic Soviet text on the art of attacking with a blade.
This binder details the scheduled maintenance for several plumbing systems throughout the facility. However, some of the log sheets seem to be filled with… a chemical formula?
Instructions and blueprints for building toy Stirling engines. An introduction to engine principles.
This in-depth and technical text details various forms of ancient European armor crafting, and is well illustrated with lots of photos.
An in-depth magazine about submachine guns and shooting. There is an exhaustive article about close quarter combat techniques in the front.
A wordy and intricate guide to wilderness and urban survival in a worst-case scenario. While filled with loads of useful information, the madman who wrote this was a terrible writer, and gleaning knowledge from the rants is a chore.
A simple text for the aspiring sushi lover, this easy-to-read guide is filled with lots of helpful illustrations for everything from basic rice preparation to setting a proper Japanese table.
Sweets for your Sweet Child is a best-selling cookbook marketed to the parents of young children. Every recipe uses oversized text, easy words and diagram instructions for children learning to cook with their parents.
The world's leading resource about aquatic sports.
An informative guide to self-defense using clubs and batons. Aimed at the law enforcement and military market, it is packed with time tested, no-nonsense information and written to be understandable for beginners.
A glossy magazine all about handguns and shooting. There is a good article about proper sighting near the middle.
A thick hardcover book as much about Indian culture as it is a cookbook, clearly written with adoration.
This unassuming volume details the broad spectrum of chemical and biological toxins known to modern medicine. While the obvious focus of the book is the therapy of such poisonings, there are lengthy sections describing the structure and synthesis of some compounds of interest.
A textbook that illustrates the science and technique of the ancient art of glassblowing.
This in-depth and technical text details various forms of ancient Japanese armor crafting, and is well illustrated with lots of photos.
This intricate history book details the history of Mesoamerican warfare from the sources of the native codices, Spanish records and contemporary historians. It contains descriptive diagrams and information on few of the weapons and armor used, mainly of the Nahuatl speaking peoples. You reckon you could craft a few of these weapons with steel instead of obsidian.
This book promises to teach you the ways of baking, from cakes to souffles.
It's big and heavy, but full of great information about first aid.
This massive antique book documents dances from all around the world in great detail. A perceptive reader could learn a lot about defensive footwork from some of the war dances.
This hefty book is dedicated to craftsfolk and outdoors-y types looking to make their own bows. It recommends its companion volume "The Fletcher's Friend" for instructions on producing their ammunition.
A huge textbook with information about the historic use of bronze around the world, with well illustrated instructions of the manufacturing process of armor, weapons and bronze tools.
An in-depth book about trapping game animals, covering methods both modern and ancient.
A detailed guide for baseball pitchers that combines time-tested techniques and information mixed with a common sense approach to pitching.
A massive book that details virtually every aspect of remodeling and repairing a home, with concise terminology aimed at experienced carpenters.
A heavy hardback book explaining the process of essential oil making, with schematics for the equipment to do it. Good luck, and don't blow yourself up!
This hefty book is devoted to folks looking to handcraft their own arrows. It starts with a hip and snappy disclaimer about the risks, both physical and legal, of using explosives and flammable materials. Look for its companion, "The Bowyer's Buddy"!
A thick soft-cover book that claims to be a complete guide to safely operating, maintaining, and repairing firearms.
Everything you could ever want to know about handloading ammunition, sealed with a… childproof cover. Apparently a liability thing, because the chapter on explosive rounds covers them in excellent detail too.
This in-depth and technical text details various forms of ancient European weapon smithing, and is well illustrated with step by step photo instructions.
A book full of easy-to-follow recipes and useful advice on homebrewing, malting, and fermenting. It even smells faintly of booze.
An in-depth and easy to read guide that details a very modern take on the ancient art of leather tanning.
An extensive volume that details numerous methods of trapping game.
The first book to contain, in one comprehensive volume, every molding and casting procedure of use to the theater props builder of any skill level. The author demonstrates the techniques involved in over thirty materials from papier-mache to breakaway glass.
A hefty book containing a whole bunch of technical info on industrial robotics. While constructing these robots are no doubt outside any realm of feasibility, the information provided still has a fair bit to teach about complex electronics.
A thick textbook for beginning drivers. It contains chapters on laws, safe vehicle operation, and defensive driving concepts.
A thick hardcover book about the history and future of Native American cuisine. As much recipe collection as manifesto.
A sizable how-to guide for making hand-to-hand combat weapons. Though the processes are thoroughly detailed and several illustrations are provided, they rely heavily on technical jargon. More for machinists-turned-weaponsmiths than streetfighters, really.
This concise guide details the proper care and operation of most forms of machine pistols and submachine guns currently used by regular armed and reserve forces, as well as several obsolete weapons.