This week’s text is the Anarchist Cookbook, written by William Powell in 1971. The entire book contains different instructions for the manufacture of homemade explosives, as well as how to synthesize your own illegal drugs and the identification of weapons and how to properly use them. The book itself is not a very long read, as it is all just mostly “recipes” for illegal paraphernalia. I definitely had a good time reading this book, it was very interesting to see all of these different methods and viewpoints on how a normal person could construct these devices or drugs in their own home. The author clearly has a vast knowledge of this stuff and it was unique that he added some of his own personal experiences into the content, particularly with the drug related recipes. It was kind of strange that this guy knew so many people that were involved with all of this illegal business, but it added a touch to the novel that definitely made it stand out a bit more for me. This book is not for people that are in militia groups, just “normal” people that could be considering violence against higher powers. This book was only banned in Australia, which is surprising considering how our government treats books and movies like this, they tend to get banned or removed completely. Honestly there isn’t really much else that can be said about this book, it’s literally just instructions, no hidden metaphors or deep meanings behind anything in here. The book was written in the early 70’s and it is still pretty relevant to our time now, much of the stuff that is discussed in the book is still around. I don’t know how useful this book will be to my life, however I do know that this was an entertaining read for me and I enjoyed it very much.