handbooks, vade-mecums, etc

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How to hold a crocodile

Plus Hundreds of Other Practical Tips, Fascinating Facts and Wicked Wisdom
2003
Explains how to do a variety of practical and improbable things, such as how to read a palm, make a mummy, sharpen scissors, tame a tarantula, and get an audience with the Pope.

The knowledge network

1998
A collection of interesting facts about topics such as fish courtship, snowboarding trickery, black holes, and the genius of Bach.

I wish I knew that

cool stuff you need to know
2011
More than one hundred tidbits of information on subjects from art, literature, and history to geography and science.

The book of useless information

2006
A collection of trivial facts on a variety of topics, such as how many Quarter Pounders can be made from one cow, what the suits in a deck of cards represent, and how much Elvis Presley weighed at the time of his death.

The Facts on File English

look up the word from the picture, find the picture from the word
1987
On t.p.: Look up the word from the picture, find the picture from the word. An English-French reference tool that allows you to look up an image to find out its name.

The Facts on File visual dictionary

1986
Lists 3,000 illustrations with accompanying vocabulary and 85 pages of tables and indexes for a wide range of general subjects including the human body, animals, food, clothing, music, hobbies, sports games, farming and gardening.

The sneaky book for boys

how to perform sneaky magic tricks, escape a grasp, craft a compass, walk through a postcard, survive in the wilderness, and learn about sneaky animals and insects, sneaky escapes, and sneaky human feats
2008
Presents simple instructions for various scientific and craft projects, magic tricks, survival methods, and more, with illustrations and diagrams.

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