Survival & Self-Defense

Water, fire, shelter, navigation and the lawful defense of yourself and your family. Skills you carry, taught safety-first, for men and women.

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Lincoln Hired the Men Who Thought He Was a Fool

He ran a cabinet full of rivals, a war he was losing, and a country that hated itself. The record shows exactly how he did it.

GuideBooksSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Books Teenage Boys Will Actually Finish

The rule that turns a quitter into a reader, plus fifteen books that survive contact with a distracted fifteen-year-old.

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GuideScience & SpaceDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Your First Telescope Should Probably Be an 8-Inch Dobsonian

Aperture and a steady mount beat everything else. Skip the 675x box-store special and buy the thing you'll actually carry outside.

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Ten Miles of Track in One Day

On April 28, 1869, a crew in the Utah desert broke a record nobody has broken since. Getting there took seven years, a mountain of granite, and men who kept showing up.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Twenty Books Every Man Should Read Before Forty

Twenty books, ten years, one every six months. A list you can actually finish, with the mature-content flags nobody else bothers to give you.

GuideScience & SpaceDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

How a Car Engine Actually Works, Stroke by Stroke

Four moves, a few thousand times a minute, and a gallon of gas becomes forward motion. What's happening, and what actually kills engines.

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StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

The Wright Brothers Didn't Trust the Experts and They Were Right

Two bicycle mechanics from Dayton threw out the world's best flight data, built their own wind tunnel, and beat every funded rival on earth.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideBooksRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Nine Business Books That Actually Earn Their Pages

Most of the business shelf is one decent idea stretched to 240 hardcover pages. These nine aren't, and each one suits a different guy.

GuideScience & SpaceDean Shaw23 Sept 20267 min

Five Things You Can Find in the Night Sky Without a Telescope

Twenty minutes in the backyard, no gear, and you can pick out a planet, a star cluster, and a galaxy two and a half million light years out.

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StoryHistoryMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Washington Slept in a Tent Until His Men Had Roofs

Valley Forge killed roughly 2,000 Americans without a shot fired. What Washington did in those six months is still the best leadership manual in print.