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Fractured Fairy Tales by A. J. Jacobs
Category: Picture Books
Long before "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories" invaded bookstores, Americans were getting their giggles from Fractured Fairy Tales, those delightfully twisted parables brought to us between the cliffhanger adventures of our favorite cartoon heroes, Rocky & Bullwinkle. This collection, illustrated ...Show more
It's All Relative : Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree by A. J. Jacobs
Category: Self-Help
My Experimental Life by A.J. Jacobs
Category: Biography
For his first book, AJ Jacobs read the entire "Encyclopedia Britannica". For his second, he followed every single rule in the Bible. Now comes a collection of his most outrageous, hilarious and thought-provoking experiments yet. In "My Experimental Life" Jacobs puts himself to a series of bizarre and ri ...Show more
My Jewish Year : 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew by A. J. (FRW) Abigail; Jacobs Pogrebin
Category: Judaica
Thanks a Thousand - A Gratitude Journey by A. J. Jacobs
Category: Personal Development | Series: Ted 2 Ser.
The idea was deceptively simple: New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs decided to thank every single person involved in producing his morning cup of coffee. The resulting journey takes him across the globe, transforms his life, and reveals secrets about how gratitude can make us all happier, mor ...Show more
The Know-it-All :One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the world by A.J. Jacobs
Category: Biography Memoir
On leaving school or university, you feel pretty pleased with yourself. You've learnt a lot, your'e well-read and you know a whole bunch of obscure facts guaranteed at some point to appear in the questions on Mastermind or University Challenge. Then you get a job, and ten years later youre more eloquent ...Show more
The Know-it-All : One man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world by A. J. Jacobs
Category: Humour
Alarmed and more than a little chagrined at the massive gaps in his personal knowledge base, Jacobs sets for himself a suitably daunting, and some might say insane, task: to fill the holes in his education by reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica. With endearing and disarming frankness, The Know-It-All r ...Show more
The Puzzler - One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A. J. Jacobs; Greg Pliska (Contribution by)
Category: Activity Books
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles: why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world.What makes puzzles--jigsaws, mazes, riddles, sudokus--so satisfying? Be it the ...Show more
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life by A.J. Jacobs
Category: Games & Puzzles
The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically goes on a rollicking journey to understand the enduring power of puzzles- why we love them, what they do to our brains, and how they can improve our world."Even though I've never attempted the New York Times crossword puzzle or solve ...Show more
The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs
Category: Biography
The avoiding shellfish was easy. The stoning of adulterers proved a little more difficult - and potentially controversial. Was it enough to walk up to an adulterer and gently touch them with a stone? With female adulterers in Manhattan, even that could be grounds for accusations of assault. So what's a ...Show more
The Year of Living Biblically - One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A J Jacobs
Category: Humour
From the bestselling author of "The Know-It-All" comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. A.J. Jacobs chronicles his hilarious and thoughtful year spent obeyingâas literally as possibleâthe tenets of the Bible. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in th ...Show more