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Keep track of your favorite canned or bottled beer concoctions with the 33 Bottles of Beer Journal ($12/3-pack). This beer must-have offers a way to document features of the best, or worst, beer you slugged. Each page comes complete with spaces for the beer’s name, brewer, rating, serving type, flavor and more.

A traveler’s must-have, Tumi’s Travel Guide Box Set ($125) comes with eight special editions of “A Hedonists Guide to…”, packed in their signature ballistic nylon case. This travel assistant offers extensive advice for customs, currency, hot spots and more, for international cities, including Paris, London, New York, Milan, Dubai, Buenos Aires, Berlin and Tokyo.

Written by renowned beer sommeliers, Hallie Beaune and Christin Persozzi, The Naked Pint ($14) is the ultimate beer lover’s guide to craft beer. This no-nonsense guide contains 321 pages of jammed packed information about beer, including beer basics, the science behind beer, food and beer pairing, home brewing and much, much more.

Improve your geek skills with alpha-geek Sundem’s The Geeks’ Guide to World Domination ($10). This how-to book is packed with guides on both useful and fun stuff like grasping the theory of relativity, building a laser beam, pimping your cubicle, kicking ass with sweet martial arts moves and more.

Take a virtual tour of Sansweet’s Rancho Obi-Wan with the Star Wars: 1,000 Collectibles ($23). This coffee table book showcases 1,000 hand-picked items from the world’s largest Star Wars collection, such as toys, costumes, life-size statues made of LEGO bricks, candy, clothing and much, much more.

If you still don’t know the difference between Porterhouse and Chateaubriand, pick up a copy of the Meat Bible ($26) before your next trip to a steakhouse. The Lobel family of master butchers share their knowledge of the differing tastes, textures, flavors, fat content, and even the best uses for each cut of meat, veal, [...]

Ever wonder what stuff every man should know? Well, wonder no more. Since brains and charm can only go so far, Brett Cohen provides a how-to manual on skills that a guy needs to know. The Stuff Every Man Should Know ($10) contains illustrated step-by-step instruction on real stuff including: how to tie a necktie, [...]

Don’t be the jerk who ruins a Beer Pong session. Brush up on the rules and etiquette of the game with the Official Guide to the Sport of Champions. The Book of Beer Pong ($11) contains invaluable information, including expert techniques, tactics for smack talk, cutting-edge ball grips and flight paths, and even tips for [...]

William Gurstelle teaches you how to add a little danger and flavor to your life with a DIY book. The Absinthe & Flamethrowers Book ($12) provides risky, but well-engineered guides that includes building your own flamethrower, black powder and absinthe, as well as thrill eating, such as eating fugu or blowfish, and more.

Who wouldn’t want to be in on the inside tip? With Thomas Eaton’s Book of Secrets ($6), you’ll uncover the truth to hundreds of government classified information, religious secrets, mysteries, cover-ups and even practical secrets to navigate through life. In our opinion, just knowing Colonel Sander’s secret recipe is already worth the purchase.