If you liked Why?: Answers to Everyday Scientific Questions, you might also like The How-To Handbook: hortcuts and Solutions for the Problems of Everyday Life by Martin Oliver and Alexandra Johnson.

Whatever you plan on doing with your life—whether you want to own a restaurant or play professional sports or run a corporation or fly a plane—there are certain things that you just have to know how to do. The How-To Handbook packs more than 50 of these essential life skills into one handy reference book and uses dozens of illustrations to show readers the very best way to do just about anything. Inside you’ll learn how to:

• Catch a spider
• Unjam a jar
• Tie a tie
• Treat a bee sting
• Chop an onion
• Fold fitted sheets ... and much, much more!

The How-To Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to coping with a huge variety of everyday challenges. Some of the skills may seem deceptively simple at first (like loading a dishwasher), while others may seem nearly impossible (like folding a fitted sheet—because how on earth are you supposed to fold something that has rounded corners and is designed to crumple up!?). But either way, the easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions offer the answers you need to the problems you can’t avoid. So no matter which skill you’re looking to hone or develop, The How-To Handbook has you covered.

Keep reading to preview a sample of The How-To Handbook: Shortcuts and Solutions for the Problems of Everyday Life by Martin Oliver and Alexandra Johnson...