bacpacker
01-13-2012, 12:31 AM
I ran across a couple of sites that have several PDF's and links to writing's. They looks to be quite a few on many various topics. I thought some of you might be interested. I'm gonna dig thru and print some out and maybe download some to the Kindle.
Here is the links:
Classic manuals online (http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/cd3wdbooks.html)
Alex Weir's CD 3rd World online library is a free digital collection of practical How-To Development Information -- "helping the 3rd world to help itself" -- with 4,000 books and manuals in full text online, in html or pdf format.
The collection covers agriculture, Appropriate Technology, construction, building, civil engineering, electrical trades and electronics, fisheries and fish farming, food processing and storage, post-harvest, forestry, health, medicine, metalworking, soil, water, veterinary medicine, animal health, sanitation, woodwork, carpentry, and more. Sourced with permission from US, UK, German, Swiss, UN and other aid programs, NGOs and other bodies worldwide.
Full index:
http://www.fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
The following 46 books include many classics for backyarders, homesteaders, small farms and tropical development, many of them hard to find, with direct links to the CD 3rd World online library for free downloading. They are in graphic pdf format, with files from 1 or 2 Mb to 60 Mb.
Here is another with some similar but different info:
Small Farms Library - Journey to Forever (http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html#sh)
Here is the links:
Classic manuals online (http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library/cd3wdbooks.html)
Alex Weir's CD 3rd World online library is a free digital collection of practical How-To Development Information -- "helping the 3rd world to help itself" -- with 4,000 books and manuals in full text online, in html or pdf format.
The collection covers agriculture, Appropriate Technology, construction, building, civil engineering, electrical trades and electronics, fisheries and fish farming, food processing and storage, post-harvest, forestry, health, medicine, metalworking, soil, water, veterinary medicine, animal health, sanitation, woodwork, carpentry, and more. Sourced with permission from US, UK, German, Swiss, UN and other aid programs, NGOs and other bodies worldwide.
Full index:
http://www.fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
The following 46 books include many classics for backyarders, homesteaders, small farms and tropical development, many of them hard to find, with direct links to the CD 3rd World online library for free downloading. They are in graphic pdf format, with files from 1 or 2 Mb to 60 Mb.
Here is another with some similar but different info:
Small Farms Library - Journey to Forever (http://journeytoforever.org/farm_library.html#sh)