"More Forbidden Knowledge" By Matt Forbeck

Title: More Forbidden Knowledge
Author: Matt Forbeck
Published Year: 2008
Pages: 255
Genre: Non-fiction, humor

I have not read the previous edition of Forbeck's "Forbidden Knowledge" but I am thinking with an educated guess based on the title of this one that there should be another one that comes before this one. So with that being said, this is the first of his "forbidden knowledge" books that I have read. I picked this selection up out of curiosity, one of those days when I was just wandering through a big box book store wanting to get something but not knowing quite what I wanted to buy to read, and this book sitting on one of the tables caught my eye and made it into my bag of purchases.

It did help that the book was on sale, those buy so many and get some free but the information on the cover of the book also enticed me to take a look at this book. One of the comments made on the cover is that the book contains 101 things that not every person should know how to do. After reading the first few pages and skimming through the book, I have to agree with this particular warning.

Each of the entries are a few pages long at the most and give the reader an idea of how to do certain things that most people would not even dream of doing. Luckily for the author he does have a disclaimer at the beginning of the book stating that the majority of the things told in the book are illegal in most areas and that no one should attempt any of them. There is not a set grouping of what these items are either as the first entry is "How to Kill a Vampire" and there's other entries that have to do with actual technology fraud. Depending on what you are curious about, there are tons of different entries, and just as the author states, most are illegal in some way shape or form. Of course he also includes sections on how to go missing or disappear if you really want to get away. Then there are the fun ones like how to play drinking games and do keg stands.

Personally I read the entire thing and laughed along the way. There is something for every curious person within the pages, it just depends on what information you are seeking. Just remember the book is just for fun, do not try any of the things within it that are illegal.