The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything: The Essential Companion for Everyday Life
The wisdom of New York Times experts in every field is packed into one easy-to-use volume, making it an indispensable reference for every coffee table, kitchen, or bookshelf.
Would you like know how to choose the best insurance policy? How to get a copy of your FBI file? How to pick the best vegetables to grow in your garden? How to cure a hangover? The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything answers all of these questions and much, much more. From the office and the classroom to the kitchen and the garden, this book covers every setting of everyday life with insightful advice insider tips, which are accompanied by hundreds of helpful illustrations, diagrams, maps, and charts. Expert Advice from New York Times writers, including:
- Eric Asimov on how to stock a wine cellar on a budget
- Mark Bittman on how to grill fish perfectly
- Marian Burros on choosing the best produce
- Michael Kimmelman on the best new modern art museums both in the U.S. and abroad
- Nicolai Ouroussoff on underappreciated architectural gems from around the world
- Michelle Slatalla on tips for shopping on the Internet
- Anthony Tommassini, Allan Kozinn, Jon Pareles, and Ben Ratliff on their album picks for a “desert island”
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 26, 2008 Type: User Review |
Practicaly all I was searching for
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Nice resource but falls short
The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything bills itself as the guide for practically everything in everyday life. An essential one-stop resource. And indeed there are a lot of wonderful resources in it. It is nice to be able...
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| From: Amazon Posted: May 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Very informative!
LOVE this book! My kids and I go thru it all the time and learn together. There are so many fasinating things!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 12, 2007 Type: User Review |
Wonderful resource
For the coffee table or the bookshelf, I find myself grabbing this a couple time a week for various reasons, and the range of subjects is well chosen and reasonably thorough. Got one for mom, sis, and daughter.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 27, 2007 Type: User Review |
A silly book
The hype for this book is ridiculous. It is nothing more than a random compilation of rather vaccuous conventional wisdon in over-simplified text, useful maybe for a not-too-bright early teenager, but useless for any reasonable sophisticated...
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