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A. J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, and The Guinea Pig Diaries. He is the editor at large of Esquire magazine, a contributor to NPR, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Entertainment Weekly. He lives in New York City with his wife and kids. Visit him at AJJacobs.com.

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Drop Dead Healthy
Drop Dead Healthy One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection By: A. J. Jacobs
This edition: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publication date: April 10, 2012
From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world. Hospitalized with a freak case...
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Other Formats: Audio Download, Compact Disk, eBook, Trade Paperback
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A.J. Jacobs Omnibus
A.J. Jacobs Omnibus The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment By: A. J. Jacobs
This edition: Boxed Set eBook
Publication date: November 15, 2011
An eBook boxed set that features the first three of A.J. Jacobs's riotous—and surprisingly informative—ventures into experiential journalism. The Know-It-All: Puzzle along with A.J. as he endeavors to...
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My Life as an Experiment
My Life as an Experiment One Man's Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living as a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests By: A. J. Jacobs
This edition: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
Publication date: July 13, 2010
One man. Ten extraordinary quests. Bestselling author and human guinea pig A. J. Jacobs puts his life to the test and reports on the surprising and entertaining results. He goes undercover as a woman, lives by George...
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The Guinea Pig Diaries
The Guinea Pig Diaries My Life as an Experiment By: A. J. Jacobs
Read by: A. J. Jacobs
This edition: Unabridged Compact Disk, 6 disks
Publication date: September 8, 2009
For his first hit title, Jacobs read the Encyclopedia Britannica. For his second, he followed every single rule in the Bible. Now comes a collection of his most outrageous and thought-provoking experiments yet. In The Guinea...
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The Year of Living Biblically
The Year of Living Biblically One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible By: A. J. Jacobs
This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publication date: September 9, 2008
From the bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J....
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The Know-It-All
The Know-It-All One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World By: A. J. Jacobs
This edition: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publication date: October 10, 2005
33,000 PAGES 44 MILLION WORDS 10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY 1 OBSESSED MAN Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly...
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