If We have any luck they will sell the console at a loss to catch people and when it fails, maybe We can get cheap hacked and rooted consoles. ;-)
Yes, go to main page https://usborne.com/ choose English and USA and it will let you access to the books. I hate them too, those designers or whoever think that should be useful should be punished.
Spanish Windows 1.03 5 1/4 floppy discs 
For the stock, when you roast something, chicken or whatever, if you have space in the oven add another pan and roast the bones or vegetables, careful not burn them, you keep for stock before boiling them, you get deeper flavour and a nice colour.
To add a bit more of info an interesting podcast about old computing https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-36-the-rise-of-cpm
Adding to what others have said If you are looking for or interested in game engine clones https://osgameclones.com/