Standing on Your Own Two Feet

Nebador Archives presents Standing on Your Own Two Feet - Free Book

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Standing on Your Own Two Feet:
Young Adults Surviving 2012 and Beyond
LCCN: 2012900109

dealing with little, everyday things like:
economic collapse
climate change
resource depletion
civil unrest
war
famine

... a mixture of story and information that motivated young adults (or anyone) can use to help them stay alive and happy during challenging times, regardless of what anyone else around them is doing (or not doing) ... short 2-page chapters with illustrations make it easy to read for nearly everyone ...

FREE to (or for) any young adult! But to accomplish this, we must ask you to:

Download an ebook if you can:
    Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format - 6.4MB)
    Kindle PRC (for Kindle, Mobipocket - 2.5MB - unzip after downloading*)
    EPUB (for iPad, Nook, Sony, iPhone, Blackberry, etc. - 3MB - unzip after downloading*)

Buy a printed book if you prefer: (at the lowest possible prices)
Paperback Pocketbook Edition
5" x 8", 160 pages, 12-point type
    Amazon USA (about $5)
Paperback Large Print Edition
8" x 10", 160 pages, 18-point type
    Amazon USA (about $5)
Paperback Global Edition
6" x 9", 160 pages, 12-point type
    Amazon USA (about $7)
    coming to the world in mid-late March
Hardcover Library Edition
6" x 9", 160 pages, 12-point type
    Lulu Press (about $18/£11/E13)

If all else fails:
If you absolutely cannot use an ebook, you cannot buy a printed book, and you live in the USA, you may write a thoughtful letter to the author, and we will send you a copy of the Pocketbook Edition or (if needed) the Large Print Edition. If you are a young person, be sure the mailing address you give is okay with a parent. We will not use your email or mailing address for any other purpose.

Readers outside the USA must use the download or purchase options.

Libraries, that cannot afford to purchase the book, also qualify for a free copy.

"Personal power is the ability to stand on your own two feet, with a smile on your face, in the middle of a universe that contains a million ways to crush you."

Ashley's team around their campfire

original cover art commissioned to artist Rachael Hedges

Sample: Rosemary's Go-Bag

    The ground shook when the 12-year-old let her bag slide off her shoulder. A look of relief flashed onto her face.
    Bobby, a year younger, looked up from breaking sticks for the campfire. "What's in that thing?"
    Before Rosemary could speak, Ashley appeared on the trail from her house, easily leapt over a fallen log, and slipped her own light go-bag from her back.
    Jeremy arrived with an arm-load of branches for the fire, dropped them onto the pile, and looked at Rosemary's bulging bag. "You carried that all the way here?"
    Rosemary looked defiant. "When the world ends, I wanna have my stuff!"
    Ashley sat down to help Bobby with the fire. "When, exactly, do you think the world's gonna end, Rosemary?"
    The girl's defiant look softened a little as she searched her memory. "December something this year. I saw it on TV!"
    The other three paid attention while Rosemary proudly brought out everything she thought she would need to survive several natural disasters, World War III, and the End of the World.
    Jeremy picked up a can of pork and beans. "I bet all the water in that can - about 95% of the weight - was pretty heavy."
    The 12-year-old girl cringed. ...

Reader Comments Updates in the author's Youth Futures blog

Additional free downloads:
    Where There Is No Doctor by David Werner (Adobe PDF, 15MB)
    Where There Is No Dentist by Murray Dickson (Adobe PDF, 7MB)
    Where Women Have No Doctor by Burns, Lovich, Maxwell, and Shapiro (Adobe PDF, 12MB)

Standing on Your Own Two Feet: Young Adults Surviving 2012 and Beyond
LCCN: 2012900109

Cover art and illustrations by Rachael Hedges

Editorial assistance by Alex Chalcraft, Tim Kutscha, Cecelia Harper, June Nishihara, and Rachael Hedges

Edition details:
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
  5" x 8", 170 total pages, 12-point type, 6.4MB
  ISBN: 978-1-936253-49-4
  TWOFEET2012EA: February 2012
  Best printed 2 pages per sheet on letter or A4 paper
eBook for Kindle, Mobipocket (PRC)
  2.5MB
  ISBN: 978-1-936253-50-0
  TWOFEET2012EK: February 2012
eBook for EPUB readers
  3MB
  ISBN: 978-1-936253-51-7
  TWOFEET2012EP: February 2012
Paperback Pocketbook Edition
  5" x 8", 160 pages, 12-point type
  ISBN: 978-1-936253-47-0
  TWOFEET2012PBP: February 2012
Paperback Large Print Edition
  8" x 10", 160 pages, 18-point type
  ISBN: 978-1-936253-48-7
  TWOFEET2012PBLP: February 2012
Paperback Global Edition
  6" x 9", 160 pages, 12-point type
  ISBN: 978-1-936253-46-3
  TWOFEET2012PBG: March 2012
Hardcover Library Edition
  6" x 9", 160 pages, 12-point type
  ISBN: 978-1-936253-45-6
  TWOFEET2012HCL: February 2012

All prices are subject to change by the retailer, and may not include shipping charges.

Some retailers list slightly higher page counts. They are counting all the pages of the book, while the author only lists the number of pages in the body of the book.

* ZIP files are necessary because many browsers get confused when the file type is unknown, and most computers are not familiar with the PRC and EPUB file types. Opening a ZIP file (directly, or with a utility like Winzip) allows the file inside to be extracted, or copied and pasted elsewhere. Also, some browsers save downloaded files to strange places on your computer, and it can be hard to find them. Right-Clicking or Option-Clicking, then selecting Save As, allows more control over the save location. The PRC or EPUB file can then be copied to the document folder of your ebook reader (connected by USB cable). With Kindle for PC, just open the PRC file.

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