Penguin Books Australia

Terrorist attacks. Natural disasters. Domestic crackdowns. Economic collapse. Riots. Wars. Disease. Starvation.

What can you do to prepare for when it all hits the fan?

You can learn to be self-sufficient and survive outside the system.

'I've started to look at the world through apocalypse eyes.' So begins Neil Strauss' thrilling new book: one of the most original and provocative narratives of the...

Fear, faith and hope – just three of the emotions felt during the long, wet summer of 2010-2011.

The floods and cyclones of that wet season produced a natural disaster which will continue to influence the lives of the people in Queensland for years to come.  The scale was huge, but out of the wreckage a wonderful story emerged: a story of community spirit and human resilience as friends...

After the 2004 Asian Tsunami wiped out whole communities on the Indian Ocean, Indonesia's West Sumatra province learnt a startling reality—they were next. A loosely allied bunch of scientists, students and ordinary citizens struggle to make sense of this suddenly precarious location, centering on the area capital of Padang and hurrying together a plan to save it before it's too late.