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

Author:   A J Jacobs ,  A J Jacobs
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
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9781439104996


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 July 2010
Format:   Paperback
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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


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"A collection of A.J. Jacobs's hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including ""My Outsourced Life,"" ""The Truth About Nakedness,"" and a never-before-published essay. 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 Washington's moral code, and impersonates a movie star. He practices ""radical honesty,"" brushes his teeth with the world's most rational toothpaste, and outsources every part of his life to India--including reading bedtime stories to his kids. And in a new adventure, Jacobs undergoes scientific testing to determine how he can put his wife through these and other life-altering experiments--one of which involves public nudity. Filled with humor and wisdom, My Life as an Experiment will immerse you in eye-opening situations and change the way you think about the big issues of our time--from love and work to national politics and breakfast cereal."

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Author:   A J Jacobs ,  A J Jacobs
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Simon & Schuster
Dimensions:   Width: 16.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.240kg
ISBN:  

9781439104996


ISBN 10:   1439104999
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 July 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Off-the-wall and uproarious. <p> -- Publishers Weekly


Jacobs continues his unique brand of immersion journalism... [and] his style is crisp and often laugh-out-loud funny.... [An] endearing and nimble look at how pursuing absurd extremes can illuminate the more mundane aspects of contemporary existence. <b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b>


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A.J. Jacobs is the author of Thanks a Thousand, It's All Relative, Drop Dead Healthy, and the New York Times bestsellers The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, and My Life as an Experiment. He is 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 and follow him on Twitter @ajjacobs.

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