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By Catherine Silverman
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The Guinness Multimedia Disc of Records
Ever wondered about the world's largest lasagna or the flaming torch juggling record? Look no further. The Guinness Multimedia Disc of Records includes 15,000 such fascinating record-breaking facts. (Curiosity piqued? The lasagna is 70 by 7 feet and 8,188 pounds, and some daring soul juggled seven flaming torches.) The 1,200 photos and 60 movies cover everything from the longest fingernails to the tallest human. Once you get started, get comfy: If you're like me, one intriguing fact will lead to another. $19.99. Grolier Interactive, 800-285-4534, 203-797-3530.
By Anne Hirs
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Exploring California's Wine Country
Dreaming of touring Northern California's famous wine country? Exploring California's Wine Country, a Multimedia Tour of Napa and Sonoma Counties will whet your palate with its hundreds of beautiful photos and maps. The CD-ROM offers a directory of more than 350 wineries that lets you choose a vintner by location or varietal. The maps and legends section provides listings for lodging, dining and recreational activities. View the sections on viticulture and winemaking, and the video clips of experts like Robert Mondavi and Mike Grgich, and you'll become a wine savant in no time. A bottle of California cabernet will never taste the same.
$35. Pinpoint Publishing, 800-788-5236, 707-523-0478.
By Kimberly Chipman
You don't need a green thumb to plant the perfect garden. All you really need is a plot of land and Garden Encyclopedia 2.0. Tell Garden Encyclopedia you want purple ground covering from late summer to early fall, and up pop full-colored photos and information on all the possibilities that'll fill the bill. You'll find more than 1,500 plants cataloged in the CD-ROM, and you can import your choices into Garden Encyclopedia's companion program, 3D Landscape 2.0. Now if only you could find someone to do the weeding for you.
$29.95. Books That Work, 800-242-4546, 415-326-4280.
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By Tom Ponzo
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Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe
You'll be a true space cadet after perusing the Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Space and the Universe. The CD-ROM takes you on a trip through space and time, and explains complicated scientific phenomena-such as black holes, wormholes and sunspots-in a way that novices can understand. Delve into 3-D structures of man-made vehicles like a Saturn V rocket, the space shuttle or the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch your own rocket from scratch and land the Apollo spacecraft on the moon. This CD is out of this world.
$39.95. DK Multimedia, 800-DKMM-575.
By Ian Etra
Quake. If you're among the millions who have been anticipating
this release from the people who spawned DOOM, little more needs
to be said. Quake is set in a true polygon-based 3-D world, with
grippingly realistic graphics. Your enemies don't merely run around
and shoot at you-now they leap, stagger, fly, swipe, pounce and,
yes, shoot at you. Your character can jump through the air, swim
underwater and reduce your opponents to chutney with an array
of nasty weaponry. Best of all, the shareware version is free
at
http://www.idsoftware.com. Purchasing the full version gives
you access to all four blood-curdling worlds. $45. id Software,
800-id-games.
Compiled by Donna Tapellini
Game of the Month
Shake in Your Boots
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