The Know-It-All's Guide to Life: How to Climb Mount Everest, Cure Hiccups, Live to 100, and Dozens of Other Practical Unusual, Or Just Plain Fantastical Things

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Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003 - Fiction - 254 pages
Have you ever considered climbing Mount Everest?

Do you know what to do if a tailgater with his high beams on won't go around you?

Have you ever been vexed by chopsticks?

These topics and many more are illuminated with wit and brevity in The Know-it-all's Guide to Life.

This book contains useful advice on personal finance, health, sports, travel, automobiles, careers, and food. What it doesn't contain, however, is a lot of jargon, cartoons, or filler material. For example, in just six pages you will learn how to negotiate with a contractor.

Consider some of the facts brought to light in The Know-it-all's Guide to Life:
-- Eating chocolate before bedtime can disrupt your sleep.
-- 40 percent of totaled cars are fixed up and resold to unsuspecting buyers.
-- You can acquire a genuine British title of nobility for as little as $5,000.
-- By writing just one letter, you can eliminate most of the junk mail you receive.
-- You can lose weight by chewing sugarless gum.
-- You need to own at least 20 different stocks to have a well-diversified portfolio.
-- You will improve your recall if you skim written material first, then read it through completely.
-- Mashed potatoes and gravy are a healthier fast food choice than french fries.

Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or just intellectually curious, this book is the ultimate guide to modern life.

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Contents

Introduction
9
How to try your own case
16
How to get rid of the budget surplus
23
Copyright

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TitleThe Know-It-All's Guide to Life: How to Climb Mount Everest, Cure Hiccups, Live to 100, and Dozens of Other Practical Unusual, Or Just Plain Fantastical Things
AuthorJohn T. Walbaum
Editionillustrated
PublisherRed Wheel/Weiser, 2003
ISBN1564146731, 9781564146731
Length254 pages
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Reference / Curiosities & Wonders
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