The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything: The Essential Companion for Everyday Life

by Amy D. Bernstein, Peter W. Bernstein (Editor)

A New and Totally Updated Edition of the Ultimate Practical Reference.

  

The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything is the comprehensive resource for hands-on pursuits of everyday life, from personal finance to home maintenance and gardening. All the wisdom of The New York Times’ experts in every field is packed into one volume that is filled with new articles and up-to-date advice and has been completely revised and updated.

 

The Practical Guide makes it easy to find information on any topic, while inviting the reader to browse its pages. The text covers twelve major topics, including Money; Spending and Saving; Health and Fitness; Food and Drink; Education; Careers; House and Garden; Travel; Sports and Games; Arts and Entertainment; Science and Symbols; and Mores and Manners. The book provides detailed information, tips, and step-by-step instructions on such relevant and timely topics as:

 

                   *How to sell your home in a down market

                   *Investing lessons from the crash of 2008

                   *Buying "green" products

                    *Cosmetic surgery

                    *New treatments for cancer and heart disease

                   * Budget travel tips

                    *Going organic

                    *What to do if you're laid off

                    *Job-hunting in the new economy

                     *Making the four-hour workweek work for you

                     *Gay and lesbian etiquette guide

 

By addressing common everyday projects, problems and dilemmas with authoritative answers from experts in the field, The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything makes it easier to live a better, more productive life.

Genres: Reference, Education, Nonfiction

896 pages, Hardcover

First published October 17, 2006

Reviews

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything" is a very useful book.

[Aziff · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple (but thick) book to have on the shelve that serves great for references and as the title says, a guide to practically everything. Although in this context, everything American. I have a dozens of books like these inherited from my family members though it does bear worth remembering that knowledge is constantly being updated with new findings and facts. I particularly enjoyed the section on personal finance, food and home maintenance. The NYT Practical Guide to Practically Everything is a carefully curated and compressed collection of articles that have appeared in the organisation's publications - condensed but enough to give you an idea about the subject matter. Deeper research and reading is required if you'd like to know more. Otherwise, great to just have on the shelf if just for brief reference.

[Darryl Mills]

A wonderful go-to-guide for just about every practical (sometimes impractical) situation. Fun & easy to read. Most references are timeless insuring that you will read this book often. Sometimes just for kicks.

[Bookish]

Very interesting. There are tidbits about just about everything: weather forecasting, how to survive a plane crash, a list of films you "haven't seen".... Fun, informative, and thought-provoking.

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little outdated, but a solid amount of information.