I imagine that you've been collecting the Firefox series?
Very good books describing how to do things that aren't done anymore and that have been replaced by the shopping center. The Survivalist Blog has lists of what each volume contains so that you only need to get the ones you want but even the ones that don't apply to your current interests are very interesting.
The entire set was handed down to me when no one else wanted it in the family. I was delighted and consider the set a treasure.