This book has already sold thousands of copies through Bed, Bath and Beyond, REI, and Discovery Channel stores, and has been purchased by state government agencies as a preparedness manual for employees. This new edition has new information in response to the country's current economic crisis, including additional, extensive information on food storage and foraging and a new chapter on preparedness and self-protection in times of civil unrest. Preparedness Now! is smartly designed with easy-to-read sidebars and many illustrations and photographs. The book's tone is pragmatic and thorough yet hip and engaging, packaged to introduce a new generation to emergency preparedness. There are now four books in the Process Self-reliance Series, and this book works perfectly on a shelf with The Urban Homestead, Getting Out, and the forthcoming Depression 2.0.