As an editor at "Esquire", AJ Jacobs had built up knowledge of celebrity trivia - and the cure was going to take a long time. While others read a broadsheet at the weekend, or become casual newsnight enthusiasts, Jacobs elected to read the "Encyclopaedia Britannica". Part assemblage of trivia, part [...]

The author puts himself to a series of bizarre and ridiculous tests, from total obedience to his long-suffering wife and 'Radical Honesty', to living as a beautiful woman and outsourcing his personal life to India (whether sending an email, having a weekly chat with his parents or arguing with his w[...]

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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" fro[...]

Nancy J. Jacobs assembles varied and nontraditional primary source accounts of both public and private life in Africa under European imperialism.[...]

From the bestselling author of "The Year of Living Biblically "and "The Know-It-All "comes the truly hilarious story of one person's quest to become the healthiest man in the world.
Hospitalized with a freak case of tropical pneumonia and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as "a py[...]

Älä tapa. Älä varasta. Älä valehtele. Älä aja partaasi. Muista kivittää avionrikkojaa... Mitä tapahtuu, kun tavallinen mies noudattaa Raamatun ohjeita vuoden ajan kirjaimellisesti? A. J. Jacobsin kauhuksi Raamatusta löytyy 700 erilaista käskyä, joista monen noudattaminen johtaisi nykym[...]

"Operations and Supply Management", as the title indicates, provides increased emphasis on supply chain management in the 13th Edition. The 13th Edition continues its market leading up-to-date coverage of service operations as well. The text includes solved examples and problems, enough cases for MB[...]

A concise introduction to the Western tradition in art. Janson's Basic History of Art provides readers with a beautifully illustrated and masterfully concise introduction to the Western tradition of art history. The text centers discussions around the object, its manufacture, and its visual characte[...]

April 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most important scientific tools ever employed by humanity, the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble is the most celebrated celestial observer since Galileo assembled his first optical instruments. Theoretical physicist and astronomer Lyman Spitzer realiz[...]

GROUP COUNSELING: STRATEGIES AND SKILLS, Eighth Edition, provides an in-depth look at group counseling with an emphasis on practical knowledge and techniques for effective group leadership. The authors discuss the many facets of group counseling and provide examples of how each skill can be applied [...]

Focuses with a few articles addressing the business and practice of patient safety. This book includes topics such as: Developing performance standards and expectations for safety; The role of CPOE in patient safety; The role of smart infusion pumps on patient safety; and Abstracted detection of adv[...]