The Don't Look For Trouble Diet
I am no longer bored of the web.
We had this when we were kids and the binding eventually fell apart, but this one should last long enough for Dex to get some use out of it before it too gets destroyed.
Note that what you’re looking at is the unabridged hardcover version, ©1965, which has been out of print for a long, long time. The linked paperback is in print but is only 200 pages, vs. the hardcover’s 264.
I believe this book is a fairly comprehensive survey of the field as it existed before the math nerds got hold of it.