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Mother Earth News 1970 - 2000
Demonoid.com

The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency by John Seymour
The Complete Book of Self Sufficiency by John Seymour - Demonoid

The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery
The Encyclopedia of Country Living - Demonoid

Backwoods Home 14 Year Anthology & Extras
Backwoods Home 14 Year Anthology & Extras - Demonoid

Backwoods Home Magazine Collection
Backwoods Home Magazine Collection - Demonoid

Backwoods Home Magazine Collection Anthology - The Seventh Year
Backwoods Home Magazine Collection Anthology - The Seventh Year - Demonoid

AT Library disk #1 (look for the rest on the uploader's other torrents; 33 discs total!)
AT Library disk #1 (background reading) - Demonoid

Beekeeping For Dummies (2009)
Beekeeping For Dummies (2009) - Demonoid

A Practical Manual of Beekeeping: How to Keep Bees and Develop Your Full Potential as an Apiarist (2008)
A Practical Manual of Beekeeping: How to Keep Bees and Develop Your Full Potential as an Apiarist (2008) - Demonoid

The Barnett's Bicycle Repair Manual
The Barnett's Bicycle Repair Manual - Demonoid

Mountain Bike! By William Nealy
Mountain Bike! - Demonoid

Three bicycle mechanic books
Three bicycle mechanic books - Demonoid

The Last Trapper-AC3-5,1-DVDRip[Eng]2004
The Last Trapper-AC3-5,1-DVDRip[Eng]2004 - Demonoid

Ashley book of Knots
Ashley book of Knots - Demonoid

Building with Logs - B. Allan Mackie (1972) Log home construction How to
Building with Logs - B. Allan Mackie (1972) Log home construction How to - Demonoid

Your Cabin in the Woods
Your Cabin in the Woods - Demonoid

Complete Book of Home Preserving
Complete Book of Home Preserving - Demonoid

Sepp Holzer's Permaculture
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture - Demonoid

Gardening Australia - Permaculture and Organic Gardening [PAL] XVid
Gardening Australia - Permaculture and Organic Gardening [PAL] XVid - Demonoid

Gaia's Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Gaia's Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture - Demonoid

Establishing a Food Forest the Permaculture Way
Establishing a Food Forest the Permaculture Way - Demonoid

Introduction to Permaculture Design
Introduction to Permaculture Design - Demonoid

Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way - Geoff Lawton
Harvesting Water the Permaculture Way - Geoff Lawton - Demonoid

Healing Appalachia - Sustainable Living Through Appropriate Technology
Healing Appalachia - Sustainable Living Through Appropriate Technology - Demonoid

Another Kind of Garden
Another Kind of Garden - Demonoid

Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology - 3 Volume Set
Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology - 3 Volume Set - Demonoid

Organic Gardening For Dummies
Organic Gardening For Dummies - Demonoid

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by WILLIAM WOYS WEAVER
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening - Demonoid

Gardening Basics for Dummies
Gardening Basics for Dummies - Demonoid

Organic Gardening In Tropical Climates
Organic Gardening In Tropical Climates - Demonoid

Sustainable Landscape Construction A Guide to Green Building Outdoors, 2nd Edition
Sustainable Landscape Construction A Guide to Green Building Outdoors, 2nd Edition - Demonoid

How to Grow More Vegetables And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains
How to Grow More Vegetables And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains - Demonoid

Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food
Encyclopedia of Organic, Sustainable, and Local Food - Demonoid

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air - Demonoid

The Profitable Hobby Farm, How to Build a Sustainable Local Foods Business
The Profitable Hobby Farm, How to Build a Sustainable Local Foods Business - Demonoid

Mother Earth News Archive 1970 - 2008 DVD iso
Mother Earth News Archive 1970 - 2008 DVD iso - Demonoid

Greening Your Home (2008)
Greening Your Home (2008) - Demonoid

Sustainable Energy-without the hot air by David MacKay
Sustainable Energy-without the hot air by David MacKay - Demonoid

Solar House - A Guide for the Solar Designer [aVKs]
Demonoid.com

Solar Technologies for Buildings [aVKs]
Demonoid.com

DIY Solar
DIY Solar - Demonoid

Permaculture - Greening the Desert Final (2009)
Permaculture - Greening the Desert Final (2009) - Demonoid

Introduction to Permaculture Design
Introduction to Permaculture Design - Demonoid

Wilderness Medicine (5th Ed/2007)
Wilderness Medicine (5th Ed/2007) - Demonoid

Where There Is No Doctor- A Village Healthcare Handbook
Where There Is No Doctor- A Village Healthcare Handbook - Demonoid

Where There Is No Dentist
Where There Is No Dentist - Demonoid

The Washington Manual of Surgery: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine
The Washington Manual of Surgery: Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO - Demonoid

The $50 Dollar and Up Underground House Book + The Low-Cost Underground House Workshop and Survival Shelter
The Low-Cost Underground House Workshop and Survival Shelter Seminar - Demonoid

Sustainable Housing from Natural Materials
Demonoid.com

Les Stroud (Survivorman) - Snowshoes and Solitude
Les Stroud (Survivorman) - Snowshoes and Solitude - Demonoid

Les Stroud (Survivorman) - Off the Grid with Les Stroud (2006)
Les Stroud (Survivorman) - Off the Grid with Les Stroud (2006) - Demonoid

A Self Sufficient Life
A Self Sufficient Life

Vela Creations
Vela Creations

Permies Permaculture Forums
Permies: goofballs that are nuts about permaculture

Build a Solar Food Dehydrator by Eben Fodor (Mother Earth News)
Build a Solar Food Dehydrator

Peakmoment's Channel on Youtube
YouTube - peakmoment's Channel

Path to Freedom (Dervaes family of Pasadena, CA)
YouTube - dervaes's Channel

HomePower Magazine Numbers 1 - 131
HomePower Magazine Numbers 1 - 131 - Demonoid


I will add more as time goes by. I know that some people may not have a Demonoid account, but if you keep trying, registration will be open from time to time.

I use VUZE as my primary torrent program.

 

You ought to put together a Torrents 101 for those that don't know how to do this. BTW, I have the Mother Earth News collection. Good stuff.

 

Good idea.

TORRENT GUIDE (101)

1. Download your choice of torrent client. I suggest VUZE since it is free, has a built in virus scanner, and is generally decent with few to no ads, and can be upgraded to a paid version for little extra. It's dependable and frequently updated (formerly Azureus). Download here: Vuze: The most powerful bittorrent app on earth.

2. After installation, please check your settings and firewall to ensure the torrent program functions. Vuze comes with plenty of material and instructions to assist you. Set your desired "up" and "down" speeds by going to TOOLS in the toolbar of the program. I recommend only altering "mode", "connection", "transfer", "files", and "queue" unless you are familiar with torrent sharing. Leave it all on default if you are unsure.

3. You will need a decent torrent location online to find files being shared. One place I recommend is Demonoid: LINK HERE --> Demonoid.com They will not always have registration open to the public, and you will most likely have to keep checking back periodically or have a member invite you once it is open. There are other torrent share websites available, but you will have to find those on your own.

4. You may also "create" your own torrents with the Vuze program. After you create the torrent, you will need to host the tracker, and Demonoid does this for you with their own, easy to use torrent share tool on their website once logged in. You may also host the tracker on your own if you choose to with your own server.

INFO: A torrent is a specially encoded file which links the original shared file that exists somewhere in cyberspace with all the others who have downloaded it by means of tracking. If your torrent program is not running, you will not be sharing (also called "seeding") the files you download. You must also keep the files downloaded in the root directory you originally download them to or else they will not seed to others. It is entirely up to you whether you wish to "seed" or not. Alternatively, you could just delete the torrent tracking file and leave the downloaded media as this will also terminate the sharing process.

The idea behind a torrent is that the download operates faster if there are more people seeding the file, hence the term "torrent". If there are very few people, and if they have their max upload speed set low, the torrent will take a longer time to complete. Essentially, torrent sharing is entirely dependent upon the user base to function.

IMPORTANT: Some people may choose not to use a torrent share program due to ISP restrictions and local laws, and I do not (nor does SurvivalMonkey) take responsibility for the action of others. It is basically a "use at your own risk" enterprise. Pirating copyrighted property is not exactly a best option or a completely legal operation. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

 

I do strongly caution people not to use torrent programs and download copyrighted material. However, if you are set on using this method, I do recommend using a VPN to safely download what you may want. One of the very best and affordable services on the web is Trust Zone. Link to VPN: Trust.Zone - The One To Rely On! - Trusted VPN Service

You will have to pay money to use a VPN, but it's worth it for the security reasons involved. I won't recommend anybody should break any laws, and the corporations really do come after you if you are downloading copyrighted media, but I believe it's fair to at least inform you about what your choices may be. Some people use VPN's exclusively to access the web securely without breaking any laws because it's completely safe and your ISP cannot see what you're doing.