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New York Times Bestseller Do you know the pinhole-finger trick for seeing without glasses? Did you realize that booking a hotel room with your phone is cheaper than doing it on your PC? Do you know how to get the last dregs of ketchup out of the bottle--in one second? In David Pogue's New York Times bestselling book Pogue's Basics: Tech, the author shared his essential tips and tricks for making all your gadgets seem easier, faster, and less of a hassle to use. In this new book, he widens his focus--to life itself. In these pages, you'll find more than 150 tricks, shortcuts, and cheats for everyday life: house and home, cars, clothing, travel, food, health, and more. This timeless reference book will shed light on priceless bits of advice and life hacks that already exist in the world around you--you just never knew! Tips include: Insider cheats for cheap air fare, how to read signs in other languages, the three-cent trick for staying awake behind the wheel, how to know which side of the highway your exit will be on, how to quench a spicy mouth on fire, and much much more!

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PublisherFlatiron Books

ISBN-101250080436

ISBN-139781250080431

eBay Product ID (ePID)210352500

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Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NamePogue's Basics: Life

LanguageEnglish

SubjectPersonal & Practical Guides, General

Publication Year2015

TypeNot Available

AuthorDavid Pogue

Subject AreaHouse & Home, Référence

SeriesPogue's Basics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.3 in

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LCCN2015-022211

ReviewsPogue is one of the most astute explorers popular technology has known.... We'd challenge the most confident guru to traverse more than a dozen or so pages without finding a tip that is not only new, but incredibly useful.... Just pick up a copy for yourself. It may not only help you save face, you could find yourself saving a good bit of time and having a lot more fun, too., "This book by David Pogue is so useful... I love this book. I've implemented more stuff from this book than probably any other book I've ever read... More than any other book I've ever written, too." --Guy Kawasaki, " Pogue's Basics: Life is a master class in the quotidian arts.... What Pogue offers are keyboard shortcuts for the interface of life." -- The New York Times "This book by David Pogue is so useful... I love this book. I've implemented more stuff from this book than probably any other book I've ever read... More than any other book I've ever written, too." --Guy Kawasaki "This is a great book.... [It's] the "Missing Manual" for life." --Leo Laporte, This Week in Tech, "Pogue is one of the most astute explorers popular technology has known.... We'd challenge the most confident guru to traverse more than a dozen or so pages without finding a tip that is not only new, but incredibly useful.... Just pick up a copy for yourself. It may not only help you save face, you could find yourself saving a good bit of time and having a lot more fun, too." --Ric Getter, MacDirectory Magazine, " Pogue's Basics: Life is a master class in the quotidian arts.... What Pogue offers are keyboard shortcuts for the interface of life." -- The New York Times "This book by David Pogue is so useful... I love this book. I've implemented more stuff from this book than probably any other book I've ever read... More than any other book I've ever written, too." --Guy Kawasaki

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal640

Intended AudienceTrade

Lc Classification NumberTx162.2.P64 2015

Table of ContentIntroduction The Car Travel Food Clothes Out and About House and Home Animals How to Clean Everything Electronics Your Body Social Hacks Life Hack Lies

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by Eg6yLigFRF2@Deleted
Dec 30, 2015
A Christmas gift
It has many great suggestions for making life easier My daughter opened the gift and went randomly to a page and said, "If I had only known this a few months ago."
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