Do not confuse this book with your standard Christian inspirational self-help books. A.J. Jacobs, a self-proclaimed secular Jew, follows up his Herculean reading of all 33 volumes......read more
A.J. Jacobs decided to become smart by the simple expedient of reading the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA from cover to cover. It contained 44 million words, and the project took him a year.......read more
A parody of guides to the Internet offers advice on negotiating the real world, including fonts (handwriting), mail (the Postal Service), virus protection (scarves and mittens), and......read more
Long before the mega-selling "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" invaded bookstores, Americans were getting their giggles from "Fractured Fairy Tales", now available for the first......read more
A. J. Jacobs has carved out a niche for himself in the memoir sub-genre known as "experimental autobiography." (Other examples include Barbara Ehrenrich's NICKEL AND DIMED or, most......read more