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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."

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  • 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.
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Jacobs and his wife live in New York City. He reveals in one chapter that this book was written during Obama's candidacy, placing it in 2008.

First Sentence edit see section history

I have been a beautiful woman for fifty days, and no one has compared me to a summer's day.

Table of Contents edit see section history

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 see section history

  1. A. J. Jacobs (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 1416599061
Page Count: 256

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