I recommend "Knife Skills for Beginners" by Inigo Montoya.
I'm not very good with a knife, but I do demand that it be sharp and I'll give it a few licks with a ceramic rod before addressing an onion. Fortunately it does not matter how long it takes me to dice an onion. If I had a 50 pound sack to do, it would.
"A Farewell to Arms" just hit public domain and is on Project Gutenberg.
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