#Reference

9 books tagged with reference, sorted by rating.

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf

5/5

Personal Finance & Investing

The Encyclopedia of Country Living

by Carla Emery

5/5

Survival & Preparedness

How to Cook Everything

by Mark Bittman

5/5

Cookbooks & Food

Joy of Cooking

by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, John Becker, Megan Scott

5/5

Cookbooks & Food

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

5/5

Cookbooks & Food

SAS Survival Handbook

by John 'Lofty' Wiseman

5/5

Survival & Preparedness

The Food Lab

by J. Kenji López-Alt

5/5

Cookbooks & Food

Where There Is No Doctor

by David Werner

5/5

Survival & Preparedness Health & Wellness

Diseases of Exotic Animals

by Murray E. Fowler, William J. Boever

4/5

Health & Wellness Technology & Programming

The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing

by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf

5/5

Three retired Bogleheads — disciples of Vanguard founder Jack Bogle — distill the community's collective wisdom into a single accessible volume. Index-fund-first, low-cost, tax-aware investing for the long haul. Covers asset allocation, rebalancing, tax-advantaged accounts, behavioral pitfalls, and estate planning, all from the same coherent philosophy.

Personal Finance & Investing

The Encyclopedia of Country Living

by Carla Emery

5/5

The original homesteading bible, started by Carla Emery in the 1970s and continually expanded for half a century. Covers gardening, food preservation, livestock, dairying, butchering, beekeeping, and every other skill that used to be common knowledge before supermarkets. 928 pages of self-sufficient living, written like a letter from your most knowledgeable aunt.

Survival & Preparedness

How to Cook Everything

by Mark Bittman

5/5

Mark Bittman's modern answer to The Joy of Cooking — 2,000+ unfussy recipes covering every technique a home cook actually uses, written in his trademark practical, no-nonsense voice. Bittman doesn't romanticize cooking; he makes it accessible, and that's why this book has sold millions of copies and earned a permanent spot on countless American kitchen counters.

Cookbooks & Food

Joy of Cooking

by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, John Becker, Megan Scott

5/5

The all-purpose American cookbook reference, originally written by Irma Rombauer in 1931 and continually expanded by four generations of her family. The 2019 edition adds 600 new recipes and updates classic recipes with modern technique while keeping the character of the original. 1,200 pages of conversational, competent, comprehensive home cooking.

Cookbooks & Food

Mastering the Art of French Cooking

by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

5/5

The 1961 cookbook that introduced French technique to American home kitchens and made Julia Child a household name. Every recipe is laid out with an exacting, patient hand: ingredients, method, variations, and the underlying technique you'll carry forward. The 40th-anniversary edition reproduces the original text in full.

Cookbooks & Food

SAS Survival Handbook

by John 'Lofty' Wiseman

5/5

Written by an ex-SAS soldier with decades of front-line experience, this is the most authoritative guide to surviving any situation, anywhere on Earth. Covering everything from basic camp craft and navigation to recognizing and avoiding poisonous plants and animals, securing food and water, and signaling for rescue.

Survival & Preparedness

The Food Lab

by J. Kenji López-Alt

5/5

A 958-page brick of a book in which former MIT engineer J. Kenji López-Alt systematically tests, photographs, and explains the science behind everyday cooking. Why does meat brown? What does brining actually do? Why do some scrambled eggs turn out rubbery? Each chapter is a research paper disguised as a delicious weeknight meal.

Cookbooks & Food

Where There Is No Doctor

by David Werner

5/5

Originally written by David Werner for villages in rural Mexico without access to medical care, this is the most widely used health care manual in the world, translated into more than 80 languages. Plain-language guidance for recognizing, treating, and preventing common illnesses and injuries when a doctor isn't available.

Survival & Preparedness Health & Wellness

Diseases of Exotic Animals

by Murray E. Fowler, William J. Boever

4/5

The foundational reference for veterinary care of non-domestic species — birds, reptiles, primates, marsupials, marine mammals, and everything in between. Fowler and Boever assembled the first comprehensive English- language text on the medical and surgical management of exotic animals, drawing on decades of zoo and wildlife practice.

Health & Wellness Technology & Programming