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- Book Title
- Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
- Publication Name
- The Know-It-All
- Title
- The Know-It-All
- Subtitle
- One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780743250627
- ISBN
- 9780743250627
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Education, Référence, History, Humor
- Topic
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal Memoirs, Encyclopedias, General, United States / General, Form / Essays
- Release Year
- 2005
- Release Date
- 10/10/2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 12.9 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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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 Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. 33,000 PAGES 44 MILLION WORDS 10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY 1 OBSESSED MAN To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His wife, Julie, tells him it's a waste of time, his friends believe he is losing his mind, and his father, a brilliant attorney who had once attempted the same feat and quit somewhere around Borneo, is encouraging but unconvinced. With self-deprecating wit and a disarming frankness, The Know-It-All recounts the unexpected and comically disruptive effects Operation Encyclopedia has on every part of Jacobs's life -- from his newly minted marriage to his complicated relationship with his father and the rest of his charmingly eccentric New York family to his day job as an editor at Esquire. Jacobs's project tests the outer limits of his stamina and forces him to explore the real meaning of intelligence as he endeavors to join Mensa, win a spot on Jeopardy , and absorb 33,000 pages of learning. On his journey he stumbles upon some of the strangest, funniest, and most profound facts about every topic under the sun, all while battling fatigue, ridicule, and the paralyzing fear that attends his first real-life responsibility -- the impending birth of his first child. The Know-It-All is an ingenious, mightily entertaining memoir of one man's intellect, neuroses, and obsessions, and a struggle between the all-consuming quest for factual knowledge and the undeniable gift of hard-won wisdom.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
0743250621
ISBN-13
9780743250627
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46583058
Product Key Features
Book Title
Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Personal Memoirs, Encyclopedias, General, United States / General, Form / Essays
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Education, Référence, History, Humor
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
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"The Know-It-All is a hilarious book and quite an impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well done, A.J." e"Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, " The Know-It-All is funny, original, and strangely heroic. I found myself rooting on Jacobs's quixotic, totally endearing quest." --Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated, "Tender....Entertaining....This book really does seek a working definition of what it means to be smart." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times, "A.J. Jacobs turns the act of reading the entire Britannica into a hilarious memoir....It's the stunt of the book itself that allows the funny, touching memoir to be so stuffed with nutritious bits of trivia that you feel smart for reading it."-- Joel Stein,Time, "The Know-It-All is a hilarious book and quite an impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well done, A.J." --Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, "A.J. Jacobs turns the act of reading the entire Britannica into a hilarious memoir....It's the stunt of the book itself that allows the funny, touching memoir to be so stuffed with nutritious bits of trivia that you feel smart for reading it."-- Joel Stein, Time, "Tender....Entertaining....This book really does seek a working definition of what it means to be smart." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times, "A.J. Jacobs turns the act of reading the entire Britannica into a hilarious memoir....It's the stunt of the book itself that allows the funny, touching memoir to be so stuffed with nutritious bits of trivia that you feel smart for reading it." e"Joel Stein, Time, "The Know-It-All is a hilarious book and quite an impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well done, A.J." -Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, "Tender....Entertaining....This book really does seek a working definition of what it means to be smart."-- Janet Maslin, The New York Times, " The Know-It-All is funny, original, and strangely heroic. I found myself rooting on Jacobs's quixotic, totally endearing quest." -Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated, "A.J. Jacobs turns the act of reading the entire Britannica into a hilarious memoir....It's the stunt of the book itself that allows the funny, touching memoir to be so stuffed with nutritious bits of trivia that you feel smart for reading it." -Joel Stein, Time , "Tender....Entertaining....This book really does seek a working definition of what it means to be smart."-- Janet Maslin,The New York Times, "A.J. Jacobs turns the act of reading the entire Britannica into a hilarious memoir....It's the stunt of the book itself that allows the funny, touching memoir to be so stuffed with nutritious bits of trivia that you feel smart for reading it." --Joel Stein, Time, Jonathan Safran Foer author of Everything Is Illuminated The Know-It-All is funny, original, and strangely heroic. I found myself rooting on Jacobs's quixotic, totally endearing quest., P.J. O'Rourke author of Peace Kills The Know-It-All is a terrific book. It's a lot shorter than the encyclopedia, and funnier, and you'll remember more of it. Plus, if it falls off the shelf onto your head, you'll live., "The Know-It-Allis a hilarious book and quite an impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well done, A.J."-- Jon Stewart, host ofThe Daily Show, "Tender....Entertaining....This book really does seek a working definition of what it means to be smart." e"Janet Maslin, The New York Times, Publishers Weekly Jacobs' ability to juxtapose his quirky, sardonic wit with oddball trivia makes this one of the season's most unusual books., Mary Roach author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers I fell in love with this book on page one and I have laughed out loud on every page since. With his hilarious Britannica -fed insights on life, A.J. Jacobs uncovers the profound by way of the trivial. The Know-It-All is endlessly entertaining. Genius, pure., Jon Stewart Host of The Daily Show The Know-It-All is a hilarious book and quite an impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well done, A.J., "A.J. Jacobs turns the act of reading the entire Britannica into a hilarious memoir....It's the stunt of the book itself that allows the funny, touching memoir to be so stuffed with nutritious bits of trivia that you feel smart for reading it." --Joel Stein, Time , " The Know-It-All is funny, original, and strangely heroic. I found myself rooting on Jacobs's quixotic, totally endearing quest." e"Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated
Copyright Date
2005
Dewey Decimal
374.00207
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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