Another useful book in my survival refs collection (now with the fresh link):

4016475-the-golden-book-of-chemistry-experiments-robert-brent.pdf

It's always good to be able to refresh the basics.

This is one of the most awesome chemistry books ever produced!! Anyone who wants to understand basic chemistry should download this book and work through it's experiments (at least the ones that are still legal). I love this book.

-Blast

FYI, I found this PDF down loadable without registration here:

http://chemistry.about.com/b/2008/08/05/banned-book-the-golden-book-of-chemistry-experiments.htm

-john

I know, people are afraid of the "registration required" sites because they have to enter some personal info for that. However one can always use a temporary e-mail address service like one provided on http://mailinator.com - no hassle or consequences at all.