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The Making of a New O’Reilly Media Ebook: Cool Tools in the Kitchen

The Making of a New O’Reilly Media Ebook: Cool Tools in the Kitchen

Broadly defined, a Cool Tool can be any book, gadget, software, video, map, hardware, material, or website that has proven utility. The reviews there are not the kind of comparative reviews you’ll find in magazines and other websites, which give pros and cons for each item. Rather, our reviews are outright rave recommendations submitted by readers who swear by the items, telling you why you should use them as well. Think of this book as a very knowledgeable best friend recommending the coolest stuff in no uncertain terms.

How-To: Edible Books

I like reading, I like tiny things, and I definitely like food, so these edible books from Hungry Happenings caught my eye immediately. Between the silliness of snacking on teeny books and the fun of putting them together, I think these treats could definitely help soften the back-to-school blow! Head over to the site for […]

Stacked

From Parker Posey’s Mary, in Party Girl, to Batgirl — aka Barbara Gordon, head of Gotham City Public Library — to real-life Librarian Action Figure/ bibliophile Nancy Pearl, there are a lot of reasons why books are sexy. But you don’t need a librarian, or even the Dewey Decimal System, to fetishize over stacks. Grab […]