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  • 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 ...
    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 solved the Rubik’s Cube, I couldn’t put down The Puzzler.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Year of Living Biblically

    One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

    by A. J. Jacobs ...
    Inspiration for the TV series Living Biblically streaming now!From the New York Times 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 obeying?as literally as possible?the tenets of the Bible.Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • My Life as an Experiment

    by A. J. Jacobs ...
    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 ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Drop Dead Healthy

    One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

    by A. J. Jacobs ...
    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 of tropical pneumonia, goaded by his wife telling him, “I don’t want to be a widow at forty-five,” and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as “a python that swallowed a goat, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Year of Living Constitutionally

    One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning

    by A.J. Jacobs ...
    The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America’s foundational document?“I don’t know how I learned so much while laughing so hard.”—Andy BorowitzA.J. Jacobs learned ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like

    *To Walk on the Moon*To Be Gored by a Bull*To Survive an Avalanche *To Swallow Swords*To Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel*To Be Shot in the Head*To Win the L

    Edited by A.J. Jacobs ...
    Have you ever wondered what it feels like:to be stuck in a tornado?“[It] is exactly the feel of a freight train approaching—that low, ever-louder howl and the shuddering ground.”to participate in an orgy?“And all the while, the thought that keeps going through your mind (and through the cab ride home, and into breakfast the next day): ‘I’m at an orgy! I’m at an orgy!’”to have a severe stutter?<p.. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Thanks A Thousand

    A Gratitude Journey

    by A. J. Jacobs ...
    Series series TED Books
    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, more generous, and more connected.Author A.J. Jacobs discovers that his coffee—and every other item ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Know-It-All

    One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

    by A. J. Jacobs ...
    Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs’s hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z.33,000 PAGES44 MILLION WORDS10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY1 OBSESSED MANTo fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A.J. Jacobs Omnibus

    The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment

    by A. J. Jacobs ...
    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 read—and retain—the entire encyclopedia, and discover what exactly it is he learns along the way.The Year of Living Biblically: Discover what life would be like in the 21st century if you lived ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • It's All Relative

    Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree

    by A. J. Jacobs ...
    #1 New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, poignant quest to understand what constitutes family—where it begins and how far it goes—in It’s All Relative, a “thought-provoking…delightful, easy-to-read, informative book” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: “You don’t know ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Turned On

    A Mind-Blowing Investigation into How Sex Has Shaped Our World

    by Ross Benes ...
    Do you think sex only shapes our lives in the bedroom? Think again.Your breakfast cereal. Your neighborhood's crime rate. Even your Amazon Prime account. Believe it or not, nearly every aspect of modern life has been shaped in some way by sex. In this fascinating journey through the human psyche, journalist Ross Benes digs deep into the hidden relationship between everyday human existence ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Year of Living like Jesus

    My Journey of Discovering What Jesus Would Really Do

    by Edward G. Dobson ...
    “It may appear from the cover that this is a nice book about growing a beard because Jesus did but be warned- you will quickly discover that Ed's adventure takes him, and us, deep into the heart of grace, mercy and the endless discovery of just what the way of Jesus looks like - which, of course, has very little to do with having a beard.”—Rob Bell, Jesus Wants To Save Christians “Inspiring, ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook