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I still have a dozen or so Whole Earth Catalogs (WEC) from the last century. I visit author Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools site almost every day to see and read about the latest cool tools, and I could just afford this book, so I ordered it before it was published, and it has been open on my coffee table in my living room, ever since it arrived.
I page through it often and spend a lot of time reading about specific topics of interest to me - and I always learn new things - and even give attention to areas I'll probably never use.
It's a wish book and a daydream book and a down-and-dirty reality book. Nothing since the WEC has been as continually fascinating and educational. It reminds me of a New Age Sears Catalog of everything available - especially tools, which have always fascinated me.
I like that the book is easier to navigate than the site, which is still great for browsing, and though many of the tools reviewed are too esoteric for my direct use, it is still vastly interesting.
The type is a tad small. I keep wanting to command + it up to decent reading size for my elderly eyes, but I keep a bright lamp nearby for reading.
It's over-sized and heavy, and it's not comfortable reading closer to my eyes like most books. So I hunker down over it - maybe I should buy a podium desk, since they're listed along with everything else in the book. Or I might have given in five stars.
- Paperback: 472 pages
- Publisher: Cool Tools Lab; First Edition edition (December 17, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1940689007
- ISBN-13: 978-1940689005
- Product Dimensions: 11 x 0.6 x 14 inches
- Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Average Customer Review: 362 customer reviews
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#368,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #58 in Power Tools (Books)
- #33 in Hand Tools (Books)
- #73 in Science Bibliographies & Indexes
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