The Anarchist Cookbook

I was a little skeptical after reading other reviews but this brand new and in perfect condition. And it got here almost a week sooner than expected. It’ll be a great birthday gift for my husband!

Always a conversation starter

Should be required reading in grade school.

Quality book as advertised, very informative, however you will end up on a watchlist for purchasing this book

The original.

I used to own a copy of this book back in the 70s and I remembered it as being some dark, secret handbook of recipes and anarchy. Somewhere over the years I lost my copy and had totally forgotten about it. But at a recent gun show I saw copies for sale and being at the age where I am starting to get nostalgic for what I consider a "better time" (meaning the 70s and 80s), I picked up a copy to recapture some lost youth I suppose. Oh my... how 30 years can change ones perception. This book is interesting to read for its historical snapshot of late 60's drug induced hippy era idealism and anti-establishment rebellion, but otherwise THIS IS PRETTY DARNED FUNNY !!!! As a degreed Chemist myself, I will say that maybe 30% of the formulas will actually work IF (and I stress IF) you don't kill yourself first because of the inherent dangers and lack of safety instructions. The other 70% of the formulas are pretty much rubbish. As for the drawings and schematics for booby trap devices they are less detailed and about as useful as the pictures you see Wiley Coyote reading on a Road Runner cartoon. Finally the forward by Peter Bergmann is so off the mark and now proven wrong by history that it dates the book horribly -- but as I said earlier also makes it a fun "snapshot of late 60s- early 70s" mentality among the youth culture. It's a cute little relic and piece of "dark literature" from a simpler more innocent time in America --- but for those of you truly seeking to form your own world order, overthrow the government and let Anarchy run wild, you may want to look elsewhere for your motivation and education. SMILE I think it is VERY important to note that the original author of the Anarchist Cookbook has reportedly discredited this book publically and expressed his wishes that the book no longer be printed. His reasons being that he wrote it when he was only a teenager and was expressing outrage and anger at the Vietnam War in the best way he knew how at that young age with so much pain and violence around him. As with all of us who think we knew everything when we were 17 or 18 years old ------- WISDOM COMES WITH AGE AND EXPERIENCE. Mr. Powell has indicated he no longer supports the ideas expressed in this book and wishes it would dissapear so that hopefully no impressionable minds are influenced by it. I respect him for that position.

great

Knowledge should be in every home. And the government should be aware of it.

thou do not make the things inside it, it might give you a darwin award if you think everything in the book works right

Das hier rezensierte Produkt ist wirklich ein Nachdruck des alten Orginals! In den falschen Händen eine gefährliche Anleitung - in den richtigen Händen ein kurzweiliges Lesevergnügen. Das Buch ist durchgehend in (unprofessionellem) Englisch geschrieben und verwendet eine sehr alte Notation, was z.B. Mengenangaben und Mischungsverhältnisse angeht. Es sind auch Illustrationen vorhanden, allerdings sind fast alle selbstgezeichnet. Wie man sich das vorstellen muss? Man stelle sich vor, dass man als kleiner Aushilfs-Revoluzzer im Keller an ein paar "Überraschungen" bastelt und macht sich nebenbei Notzen über Behälter, Skizzen von nötigen Apparaturen u.s.w. - und hat keinerlei künstlerische Ausbildung. Damit sind Perspektive und Relation also völlig daneben und krickelig. -> Von dieser Art Qualität schreibe ich hier. Für alle die aus ehrlichem (und nettem) Interesse recherchieren oder nur schmökern wollen: Kauft euch das Buch! Für alle, die den Staat in seinen Grundfesten erschüttern und Menschen boshaft verletzen wollen: Kauft euch das Buch auch - ihr werdet euch sehr warscheinlich selbst in die Luft sprengen. So wird man die geistig Mobilitätseingeschränkten auch los...

È per mio figlio che lo trova interessante con esperimenti interessanti.

Envio impecável! Livro clássico!

Great for knowledge purposes and also provides fascinating insights into the anarchist mindset of the 1970s. As a student of history, I found that part extremely compelling. Obviously I haven't built any of the recipes inside as that would be a crime where I am, but as a novelty item and piece of history it's great.