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A. J. Jacobs

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A. J. Jacobs

A.J. Jacobs is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, and The Guinea Pig Diaries. He is the editor at large of Esquire magazine, a contributor to NPR, and has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Entertainment Weekly. He lives in New York City with his wife and kids. Visit him at AJJacobs.com.

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Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Drop Dead Healthy
Mar 31, 2013
Drop Dead Healthy will be released on November 13, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Nov 13, 2012
Drop Dead Healthy is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 13, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The Know-It-All
Aug 21, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Apr 12, 2012
Drop Dead Healthy will be released on April 10, 2012 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
Apr 10, 2012
Drop Dead Healthy is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eAudio, eBook
Apr 10, 2012
Drop Dead Healthy will be released on April 10, 2012 in Hardcover, Compact Disk
Apr 10, 2012
Drop Dead Healthy is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk
Apr 10, 2012
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Drop Dead Healthy
Mar 28, 2012
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New York Times, January 18, 2013
...example, in No Cheating, No Dying Elizabeth Weil documents her marriage improvement project, and in Drop Dead Healthy, A. J. Jacobs describes his program to become maximally healthy. The readers self-interest is implied rather than spelled out. But all...
Computer News Middle East, January 10, 2013
...YouTube each minute, astonishing figures. However, my favourite essay in the book was written by a journalist named A. J. Jacobs. He describes his relationship with technology which helps humans to self-track their fitness and health in everyday life....
ChurchTimes, November 23, 2012
...Year of Living Biblically: One man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible by A. J. Jacobs (Arrow, £8.99 (£8.10); 978-0-09-950979-0). My favourite book has got to be this book by A. J. Jacobs, a non-practising Jew, who decided to...
New York Times, August 12, 2012
...To the Editor: A. J. Jacobs wittily and self-deprecatingly nails the tribulations of the constant blurber ( July 29). In his effort to wean himself from acceding to further requests for blurbs, he might take...
EveningSun.com, July 30, 2012
...Memorial - Chris Leonard) "This I Believe: Life Lessons" (Memorial - Elene Little) "Drop Dead Healthy," by A. J. Jacobs. (Perpetual Honor - Dr. James M. O'Connor) "Reclaiming Our Food: How the Grassroots Food Movement is Changing the Way We Eat,"...
New York Times, July 27, 2012
...Dwight Garner tweeted, Half the crap galleys Ive seen in the past year were blurbed by one human: A. J. Jacobs. His hashtag: #timeforanintervention. Within an hour, both my agent and my editor did intervene. In a state of great concern, they told me I...
New York Times, July 27, 2012
...Dwight Garner tweeted, Half the crap galleys Ive seen in the past year were blurbed by one human: A. J. Jacobs. His hashtag: #timeforanintervention. Within an hour, both my agent and my editor did intervene. In a state of great concern, they told me I...
New York Times, January 18, 2013
...example, in No Cheating, No Dying Elizabeth Weil documents her marriage improvement project, and in Drop Dead Healthy, A. J. Jacobs describes his program to become maximally healthy. The readers self-interest is implied rather than spelled out. But all...
New York Times, January 18, 2013
...example, in No Cheating, No Dying Elizabeth Weil documents her marriage improvement project, and in Drop Dead Healthy, A. J. Jacobs describes his program to become maximally healthy. The readers self-interest is implied rather than spelled out. But all...
New York Times, January 16, 2013
...my earmuffs, but here are what some of my favorite cooks, writers and bloggers keep in their kitchens: A. J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs), author of “The Year of Living Biblically,” “The Know-It-All” and “Drop Dead Healthy”: There’s a study that...
New York Times, January 15, 2013
...my earmuffs, but here are what some of my favorite cooks, writers and bloggers keep in their kitchens: A. J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs), author of “The Year of Living Biblically,” “The Know-It-All” and “Drop Dead Healthy”: There’s a study that...
New York Times, January 15, 2013
...my earmuffs, but here are what some of my favorite cooks, writers and bloggers keep in their kitchens: A. J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs), author of “The Year of Living Biblically,” “The Know-It-All” and “Drop Dead Healthy”: There’s a study that...
Computer News Middle East, January 10, 2013
...YouTube each minute, astonishing figures. However, my favourite essay in the book was written by a journalist named A. J. Jacobs. He describes his relationship with technology which helps humans to self-track their fitness and health in everyday life....
SuperSite for Windows, January 7, 2013
...s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A. J. Jacobs (and narrated by A. J. Jacobs) The Wind Through the Keyhole: The Dark Tower by Stephen King And narrated by Stephen King. The...