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Pocket Ref – The Ultimate Guide to Everything

May 20, 2009 Stuart 2 Comments

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Okay, so calling the Pocket Ref an ultimate guide to everything may be an exaggeration, but not by as much as you might think. The Pocket Ref is packed full of indispensable information for construction workers, engineers, scientists, travelers, and pretty much everyone else.

While a majority of the book offers technical details, there are also many useful general-interest tidbits such as a chili pepper hotness scale, worldwide and USA telephone area codes, and a chart of average climate conditions for select US cities, just to name a few. Heck, it even gives you the keyboard codes for typing out σ, ☼, and ♫.

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The Pocket Ref is one of my favorite gift ideas since it is as entertaining as it is affordable (about $10). I bought my first Pocket Ref several years ago and still learn something new everytime I flip through it.

You can browse parts of the book (mainly the Table of Contents and Index) via Amazon.

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2 Comments

  1. 2WYKD

    May 20, 2009

    I can say with a great deal of certainty that this is one of the best books I’ve ever had. I find myself thumbing though it for an hour or so without noticing the time.

    It’s alot easier to carry around and alot less daunting that the machinist’s handbook.

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  2. Bull

    Aug 1, 2009

    This is great…I never knew such a book existed. As a lover of books, I am going to scoop this one up for reading in the, uh, well wherever I have a few spare minutes to browse through some interesting data!

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