I'm starting this thread as a continuation of my posts from the old Meetup site. I will update it from time-to-time.
These are sources of free downloadable documents - books - manuals for your personal library:
Added 7/27/15
The Preparedness Review (TPR) is no longer being published. The five issues are still available from Todd Sepulveda's website: PrepperWebsite.com:
http://www.prepperwebsite.com/tpr/These are VERY good collections of articles about Prepping. Worth including in your digital library.
Added 7/4/15
This a another site with a large number of downloadable and valuable documents. It is technically free, although the web-master requests a donation (optional).
I did see current documents in this archive and some are quite large (900 Mb for example). Some have been broken into volumes, which would make download easier, if slightly slower.
http://www.soilandhealth.org/index.html[Edit 7/6/15] The above link will be changing, approximately in Sept. 2015, to this new link:
http://soilhealthweb.org/I see several, large, documents that I really would like to add to me collection, mostly related to soil and agriculture practices. Over time, I may be able to acquire them, if my bandwidth can support it.
Added 7/3/15
This single reference contain over 100Gb of files. The individual files (PDF's) are free to download. The webmaster also sells the entire file set on thirty one (31) DVD's for $34.95. That price may change as the size of the collection grows. You can read more about this on the site home page (blog format).
This is a goldmine of old documents. The document size is large, mostly due to the use of images for PDF pages, but please don't let that stop you from building your library. There is a good catalog, sorted by type of information.
http://www.survivorlibrary.com/Added 6/8/15
A dozen good references and one link to 4792 Military manuals
http://preparednessadvice.com/books/free-preparedness-manual-downloads/Added 5/14/15
http://www.fullbooks.com/Added 5/8/15
http://www.basiccarpentrytechniques.com/A set of early 1900's books and manuals on woodworking, construction, farm crafts and technology of the era - worth reading. The page is huge, so scroll down to see it all.
This is how to build without power tools...
Added 5/5/15:
http://www.truthistreason.net/16-survival-downloads-field-manuals-and-handbookshttp://www.prepperlinks.net/free-pdfs--ebooks.htmlhttp://www.theprepperjournal.com/2015/05/04/free-homesteading-and-survival-manuals/Added 5/3/15:
The Gutenberg Projectoriginal links:
https://openlibrary.org/http://files.survivaluk.net/index.php?dir=/Survival%20Manuals%20=%20BooksThis prepper site has a large number of good PDFs, free to download:
http://survivalgeezer.com/Extensive List of Free Sewing Patterns (well over 100 patterns)
http://thinkliz.com/free-sewing-patterns/An extensive list from Urban Prepper Chick:
http://urbanprepperchick.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-post_10.htmlOver 200 Prepper Related Free downloadable documents
http://ready4itall.org/the-free-preppers-library/Several Hundred Prepper/Survival/Camping related Free documents
http://www.armageddononline.org/disaster-prep-help.htmlOver 4000 files, Free downloadable, total 14.1 Gb (not all in one file)
http://www.pssurvival.com/http://preparednessadvice.com/books/free-preparedness-manual-downloads/#.VYLoqlNlCeVLarge number of Free downloadable document relating to Prepping and Living off the land
http://www.prepperlink.com/index.php/downloadsAmerican Prepper Network Free document Downloads, over 100 docs
http://www.preppers.info/Free_Downloads.htmlFree Manuals for various pieces of equipment (computer, firearms, tools, Radio/Telecomm. ) a wide selection of categories
http://pdf.textfiles.com/manuals/There are a large number of useful documents available from
the American Preppers Network, link. Add to your digital library, for free...
This is a duplicate of my previous posting.
http://americanpreppersnetwork.com/free-survival-preparedness-downloads