x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
A book of essays on all of A.J.'s hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including "My Outsourced Life" and "The Truth About Nakedness."
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Julie: The author's wife, who puts up with many of his experiments.
- A. J. Jacobs: The author. Jacobs is a journalist and editor for Esquire Magazine.
First Sentence edit
I have been a beautiful woman for fifty days, and no one has compared me to a summer's day.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
Chapter 1: My Life as a Beautiful Woman
Chapter 2: My Outsourced Life
Chapter 3: I think You're fat
Chapter 4: 240 Minutes of Fame
Chapter 5: The Rationality Project
Chapter 6: The Truth About Nakedness
Chapter 7: What Would George Washington Do?
Chapter 8: The Unitasker
Chapter 9: Whipped
Authors Note
Appendix A
Appendix B
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Authors & Contributors edit
- A. J. Jacobs (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1416599061
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1416599061
Page Count: 256
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 814.6
Subjects edit
- Books › Entertainment › Humor › Self-Help & Psychology
- Books › Entertainment › Humor › Essays
Popular Tags
See all 50 tags
More Books Like This edit
Books with Additional Background Information edit
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
You were just viewing this book on Graeme Billinghurst’s shelf.
