Did you see the new items in Torn? There are a lot of books with awesome abilities, see below.
name: Book : Brawn Over Brains
description: Increases strength by 5% (Capped at 10m gain) upon completion
name: Book : Time Is In The Mind
description: Increase speed by 5% (Capped at 10m gain) upon completion
name: Book : Keeping Your Face Handsome
description: Increase defense by 5% (Capped at 10m gain) upon completion
name: Book : A Job For Your Hands
description: Increase dexterity by 5% (Capped at 10m gain) upon completion
name: Book : Working 9 til 5
description: Increases all working stats by 5% (Capped at 2500 gain each) upon completion
name: Book : Making Friends Enemies and Cakes
description: Increases blacklist & friend list capacity by 100 upon completion
name: Book : High School For Adults
description: Provides a free merit reset upon completion
name: Book : Milk Yourself Sober
description: Removes a substantial amount of drug addiction upon completion
name: Book : Fight Like An a*****e
description: Provides a passive 25% bonus to all stats for 31 days
name: Book : Mind Over Matter
description: Provides a passive 100% bonus to Strength for 31 days
name: Book : No Shame No Pain
description: Provides a passive 100% bonus to Defense for 31 days
name: Book : Run Like The Wind
description: Provides a passive 100% bonus to Speed for 31 days
name: Book : Weaseling Out Of Trouble
description: Provides a passive 100% bonus to Dexterity for 31 days
name: Book : Get Hard or Go Home
description: Increases all gym gains by 20% for 31 days
name: Book : Gym Grunting - Shouting To Success
description: Increases Strength gym gains by 30% for 31 days
name: Book : Self Defence In The Workplace
description: Increases Defense gym gains by 30% for 31 days
name: Book : Speed 3 - The Rejected Script
description: Increases Speed gym gains by 30% for 31 days
name: Book : Limbo Lovers 101
description: Increases Dexterity gym gains by 30% for 31 days
name: Book : The Hamburglar's Guide To Crime
description: Increases crime skill & experience gain by 25% for 31 days
name: Book : What Are Old Folk Good For Anyway?
description: Increases all EXP gain by 25% for 31 days
name: Book : Medical Degree Schmedical Degree
description: Decreases all hospital times by 50% for 31 days
name: Book : No More Soap on a Rope
description: Decreases all jail times by 50% for 31 days
name: Book : Mailing Yourself Abroad
description: Decreases all travel times by 25% for 31 days
name: Book : Smuggling For Beginners
description: Increases travel items by 10 for 31 days
name: Book : Stealthy Stealing of Underwear
description: Guaranteed stealth for the next 31 days
name: Book : Shawshank Sure Ain't For Me!
description: Large jail bust & escape boost for the next 31 days
name: Book : Ignorance is Bliss
description: Happiness above maximum does not reset for 31 days
name: Book : Winking to Win
description: Doubles contract credit and money rewards for 31 days
name: Book : Finders Keepers
description: Drastically increases city item spawns for 31 days
name: Book : Hot Turkey
description: Gain no drug addiction 31 days
name: Book : Higher Daddy Higher!
description: Provides +20% energy regeneration for 31 days
name: Book : The Real Dutch Courage
description: Doubles nerve regeneration for 31 days
name: Book : Because I'm Happy - The Pharrell Story
description: Doubles happiness regeneration for 31 days
name: Book : No More Sick Days
description: Doubles life regeneration for 31 days
name: Book : Duke - My Story
description: Duke will personally attack one's enemies for 31 days
name: Book : Self Control is for Losers
description: Decreases all consumable cooldowns by 50% for 31 days
name: Book : Going Back For More
description: Decreases all medical cooldowns by 50% for 31 days
name: Book : Get Drunk and Lose Dignity
description: Doubles alcohol effects for 31 days
name: Book : Fuelling Your Way to Failure
description: Doubles energy drink effects for 31 days
name: Book : Yes Please Diabetes
description: Doubles candy effects for 31 days
name: Book : Ugly Energy
description: Increases maximum energy and energy refills to 250 for 31 days
name: Book : Memories and Mammaries
description: Takes the same effect from the last used book for 31 days
name: Book : Brown-nosing The Boss
description: Maximum personal employee effectiveness for 31 days
name: Book : Running Away From Trouble
description: 100% Run away chance for 31 days
Someone know what these for?
