The Practical Guide to Practically Everything: Information You Can Really Use - Softcover

Practical answers to practically everything is what practically everyone needs at one time or other. Buying a car? Investing funds? Choosing contraception? Remodeling the kitchen? Peter Bernstein and Christopher Ma have thoughtfully provided 785 pages of facts and figures sure to help solve life's common quandaries. Whether you're deciding what breed of cat to get or wondering when's the best time to plant cucumbers, this guide addresses the niggling questions of every day.

Librarians and patrons like, need, and use handy single-volume works containing answers to a wide range of questions. To meet their needs, U.S. News and World Report editors Bernstein and Ma offer a new edition of their 1995 encyclopedic guide (LJ 9/1/95) of practical, nuts-and-bolts data on important aspects of daily life. Following the basic format of the first edition, its 11 chapters, written by a range of experts, cover personal finance, health, sex, education, careers, housing, travel, cars, entertainment, computers, and sports. In addition, the work is as pleasurable to read as it is informative. Nothing really new or startling arises from this guide, and much of the same information appears in sources like almanacs or subject-specific advice manuals. However, its arrangement, readable writing style, well-organized index, range of coverage, and, most important, affordable price make this a highly recommended purchase for school, public, and academic libraries. Smaller institutions with limited funds will find it an excellent value, and librarians should recommend this for the home libraries of their patrons.?Stephen L. Hupp, Univ. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Pa.
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