The Best Questions & Answers Reference Books 2025

1. Software Engineering Economics

Software Engineering Economics is an invaluable guide to determining software costs, applying the fundamental concepts of microeconomics to software engineering, and utilizing economic analysis in software engineering decision making.

Software Engineering Economics is an invaluable guide to determining software costs, applying the fundamental concepts of microeconomics to software engineering, and utilizing economic analysis in software engineering decision making.

2. Big Secrets, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

Pre-Owned - The Book That Gives the Inside Story on Hundreds of Secrets of American Life --Big Secrets. Are there really secret backward messages in rock music, or is somebody nuts? We tested suspect tunes at a recording studio to find out. What goes on at Freemason initiations? Here's the whole story, including -- yes -- the electric carpet. Colonel Sanders boasted that Kentucky Fried Chicken's eleven secret herbs and spices stand on everybody's shelf. We got a sample of the seasoning mix and sent it to a food chemist for analysis. Feverish rumor has it that Walt Disney's body was frozen and now lies in a secret cryonic vault somewhere beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit at Disneyland. Read the certified stranger-than-fiction truth. Don't bother trying to figure out how Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Harry Blackstone, Jr., perform their illusions. Big Secrets has complete explanations and diagrams, nothing left to the imagination.

Big Secrets, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

3. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, Pre-Owned (Paperback)

4. Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!: Advice, Wisdom, and Uncommon Good Sense, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!: Advice, Wisdom, and Uncommon Good Sense, Pre-Owned (Hardcover)

5. Kids' Answers to Life's Big Questions [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. The authors of 365 TV-Free Activities You Can Do with Your Child interviewed hundreds of young children to find out, among other things, the best way to make friends, the reason men go bald, if the President of the U.S. should always tell the truth, and other heartwarming, innocent perpsectives on life. Color illustrations.

Kids' Answers to Life's Big Questions, Used [Paperback]

6. The Chicken From Minsk: And 99 Other Infuriating Challenging Brain Teasers From The Great T [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. A collection of puzzles and brainteasers ranging from tricky but solvable, to excruciatingly difficult. Every problem comes with a clue or two; most are illustrated, all have answers and many include background as to how and where they originated.

The Chicken from Minsk : And 99 Other Infuriatingly Challenging Brain Teasers from the Great Russian Tradition of Math and Science, Used [Paperback]

7. An Incomplete Education: 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned But Probably Didn't [Hardcover - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. When it was originally published in 1987, An Incomplete Education became a surprise bestseller. Now this instant classic has been completely updated, outfitted with a whole new arsenal of indispensable knowledge on global affairs, popular culture, economic trends, scientific principles, and modern arts. Here's your chance to brush up on all those subjects you slept through in school, reacquaint yourself with all the facts you once knew (then promptly forgot), catch up on major developments in the world today, and become the Renaissance man or woman you always knew you could be How do you tell the Balkans from the Caucasus? What's the difference between fission and fusion? Whigs and Tories? Shiites and Sunnis? Deduction and induction? Why aren't all Shakespearean comedies necessarily thigh-slappers? What are transcendental numbers and what are they good for? What really happened in Plato's cave? Is postmodernism dead or just having a bad hair day? And for extra credit, when should you use the adjective continual and when should you use continuous? An Incomplete Education answers these and thousands of other questions with incomparable wit, style, and clarity. American Studies, Art History, Economics, Film, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Science, and World History: Here's the bottom line on each of these major disciplines, distilled to its essence and served up with consummate flair. In this revised edition you'll find a vitally expanded treatment of international issues, reflecting the seismic geopolitical upheavals of the past decade, from economic free-fall in South America to Central Africa's world war, and from violent radicalization in the Muslim world to the crucial trade agreements that are defining globalization for the twenty-first century. And don't forget to read the section A Nervous American's Guide to Living and Loving on Five Continents before you answer a personal ad in the International Herald Tribune . As delightful as it is illuminating, An Incomplete Education packs ten thousand years of culture into a single superbly readable volume. This is a book to celebrate, to share, to give and receive, to pore over and browse through, and to return to again and again.

An Incomplete Education : 3,684 Things You Should Have Learned but Probably Didn't, Used [Hardcover]

8. Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?: Over 150 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers [Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. MORE THAN 200 FUN FACTS--FROM BAFFLING AND BIZARRE TO ENTERTAINING AND ENLIGHTENING This curious, captivating collection of trivia will surprise and intrigue readers with amazing answers to questions like: -Is Jurassic Park possible? -What causes "the shakes" after drinking a lot of alcohol? -Why do dogs walk in circles before lying down? -What makes popcorn pop? The follow-up to the bestselling What Did We Use Before Toilet Paper? , Can Holding in a Fart Kill You? has even more fun and fascinating trivia. Perfect for the ever-curious trivia lover, this book is the ultimate in truly extraordinary information. From silly to serious to outright bizarre, this expansive collection offers surprising answers and unexpected facts on everything from history and science to pop culture and nature. From the everyday to the fantastical--it's all here.

Can Holding in a Fart Kill You?: Over 150 Curious Questions and Intriguing Answers, Used [Paperback]

9. What You Need to Know About Ritalin [Mass Market Paperback - Used]

CONDITION - USED - Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. For all your questions about Ritalin--here are straightforward, medically sound answers. Ritalin is the drug doctors prescribe most often for the millions of Americans who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).??If you or your child has been diagnosed with ADHD--or if you suspect ADHD is present--you will want to understand ADHD and Ritalin.??This comprehensive, authoritative guide explains all you need to know. Filled with real-life stories and the latest medical findings, this invaluable reference explains how Ritalin works, what to expect if you or your child takes it, and what can increase its effectiveness at school, work, and home. What You Need to Know About Ritalinincludes: How ADHD is diagnosed--and where to find a professional for assessment What Ritalin can--and can't--do to control ADHD Medical advice about dosage, side effects, and other drug therapies How to make Ritalin part of a total treatment program with psychotherapy, parent training, and support groups Best solutions to common problems with prescription refills, doses during the school day, working with teachers and school systems--and more Plus comprehensive reference and resource sections

What You Need to Know about Ritalin : Get the Facts about the Most Prescribed Pill for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Used [Mass Market Paperback]

10. The True Cognoscente's Culture Test: Your Know Your I.Q.--Now Learn Your C.Q. (Culture Quotient), Used [Paperback]

The True Cognoscente's Culture Test: Your Know Your I.Q.--Now Learn Your C.Q. (Culture Quotient) by Marvin Grosswirth; Abbie Salny

The True Cognoscente's Culture Test: Your Know Your I.Q.--Now Learn Your C.Q. (Culture Quotient), Used [Paperback]