Reddit mentions of EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

Ha, I love reading that thing simply for nostalgia, because reading it for correct information was an act of futility. According to the guide, Barbarians could be Shadow Knights, Dwarves loved hanging out with Ogres (try go giving Cornflunk a hug in BBM!), many of the spell lists were wrong, etc.

I don't remember how, but it got torn in half at some point with the cover missing, and now I only have the first half. It's still so much more fun to read than the Luclin or LDoN ones though.

Edit: Looks like OP has a revised version, which may explain some of the confusion from a few people. This is probably the reason it was revised.

Edit 2: Lol, just found this review on Amazon for those who want a chuckle.

i began playing during the summer of 2001. my older brother had gotten a copy on the recommendation of some of his friends, but didn't like it. so, i started playing on his account when he wasn't using the computer and completely fell in love. i played everquest almost every available moment until the summer of 2004, a few months before everquest 2 came out. when i wasn't playing, i was reading and re-reading this over and over.

i wasn't allowed to play on the computer for more than an hour at a time, though, so i never really leveled up too far. i think i hit level 52 or so on my one character around the time i stopped playing, so it took me about 3 years to get that far on just one character.

playing p99 has been so cathartic because i've been playing several classes (that i never played on live) and going to places i had never gone to before.

everquest 2 was such a huge disappointment for me, and about a month later i picked up a copy of world of warcraft and started playing that. it never captured me the way that everquest did, though.