Based on the hottest Web site of the year--Learn2--this hip new reference features step-by-step instruction and graphics throughout, so readers can learn how to burp a baby, carve a turkey, and 161 other things a person needs to know.
Jason Roberts is a writer of nonfiction and fiction. His most recent book is Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life. His previous book, A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History’s Greatest Traveler, was a national bestseller and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A contributor to McSweeney’s, The Believer, and other publications, he lives in Northern California.
How does one rate and/or grade a reference book? This has useful articles and has saved my bachelor butt more than once, but if I give this 4 stars, does it mean I enjoyed reading it as much as, say, Tad Williams' Tailchaser's Song?