A. J. Jacobs

Venue: Jewish Community Center

A. J. Jacobs discusses Drop Dead Healthy. For tickets to the Jewish Book Festival or this event, or for more information, call 314.442.3299 or visit stljewishbookfestival.org.

Location: Street: Jewish Community Center, Staenberg Family Complex Additional: 2 Millstone Campus Drive City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63146 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Thursday, June 21, 7:30 PM Steamboat: A Literary Humor Series hosted by Bob Powers Featuring David Rees, author of How to Sharpen Pencils A.J. Jacobs, author of Drop Dead Healthy and other funny people TBA

On the third Thursday of every month, join comedian Bob Powers (author of Happy Cruelty Day), as he hosts the city's best humor writers for a night of wine-addled, text-based hilarity. This month two literary satirists grace the Steamboat stage. A. J. Jacobs, the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-it-All, presents Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection, the true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world. David Rees (author of Get Your War On) presents How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening, in which he reveals the secrets of the pencil sharpener's craft.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

From the best selling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the true and truly hilarious story of one person's quest to become the healthiest man in the world. A.J.'s transformation is not only brilliantly entertaining, but it just may be the healthiest book ever written. It will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your bloodstream. It will alter the contours of your brain, imprinting you with better habits of hygiene and diet. It will move you emotionally and get you moving physically in surprising ways. And it will give you occasion to reflect on the body's many mysteries and the ultimate pursuit of health: a well-lived life.

This discussion is free and open to the public. Those wishing to get books signed will be required to purchase at least one copy of Drop Dead Healthy from Vroman's for every 3 books they bring from home. Save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line.

Location: Street: 695 E. Colorado Blvd City: Pasadena, Province: California Postal Code: 91101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

A. J. Jacobs promotes Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection.

A. J. Jacobs, the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All, will discuss and sign his new book Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection ($26.00 Simon & Schuster), a true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world. “I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book, and once again, the brilliant A.J. Jacobs had me laughing out loud—and also deciding to change the way I live. Drop Dead Healthy is a rare mixture of the hilarious, the absurd, and the scientifically sound. Who knew it could be so entertaining to read about broccoli puree and shoeless jogging?” —Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project (jpmoore)… (more)

Hospitalized with a freak case of tropical pneumonia, goaded by his wife, and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as “a python that swallowed a goat,” A.J. Jacobs felt compelled to change his ways and get healthy. And he didn’t want only to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far greater: maximal health from head to toe. The story of his transformation is not only brilliantly entertaining, but it just may be the healthiest book ever written. Drop Dead Healthy (Simon & Schuster, $26) will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your bloodstream. It will alter the contours of your brain, imprinting you with better habits of hygiene and diet. It will move you emotionally and get you moving physically in surprising ways. And it will give you occasion to reflect on the body’s many mysteries and the ultimate pursuit of health: a well-lived life.

Location: Street: 265 Aragon Ave City: Coral Gables, Province: Florida Postal Code: 33134-5008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

A. J. Jacobs , The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment.

Since we had to cancel his reading last year due to Hurricane Ike, we have anxiously been awaiting A.J. Jacobs's next appearance in Houston. Brazos and the Jewish Community Center are thrilled to host him for a reading of The Guinea Pig Diaries (released Sept. 8, 2009), a book of essays on all of A.J.'s hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including "My Outsourced Life" and "My Life as a Hot Woman."
A.J. Jacobs is the editor of What It Feels Like and the author of The Two Kings: Jesus and Elvis, The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-It-All, and America Off-Line. He is the senior editor of Esquire and has written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, New York magazine, New York Observer, and other publications.
Please help us welcome him to Houston at JCC's 37th Annual Jewish Book & Arts Fair. (booksense)… (more)

A. J. Jacobs

Author: A.J. Jacobs s the Editor of What It Feels Like and the Author of The Two Kings: Jesus and Elvis and America Off-Line. He is the Senior Editor of Esquire and has written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, New York Magazine, New York Observer and other publications. Title: The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment, $25.00 Hardcover, ISBN 9781416599067, On Sale Date: September 08, 2009
A book of essays on all of A.J.'s hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including My Outsourced Life and My Life as a Hot Woman. The Guinea Pig Diaries is a mix of popular articles that A.J. has written for Esquire, as well as new experiments he's conducted for the book. And with each experiment, A.J. Jacobs learns surprisingly profound lessons about love, business, history, fame, and marriage. An irresistible page-turner, The Guinea Pig Diaries proves once again that A.J. Jacobs is unmatched in his ability to combine side-splitting entertainment with profound life lessons. What: A.J. Jacobs will talk about his New Book, his life, his work, answer audience questions and he will autograph copies of his New Book purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket. When: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 6:30 PM Where: A Rainy Day Books and Kansas City Public Library Author Event at Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Reservation Phone: 816-701-3407, Reception at 6:00 PM, Discussion at 6:30 PM, and Booksigning at 7:30 PM
Admission: Complimentary and Open to the General Public. Please Call the Kansas City Public Library at 816-701-3407 for Reservations. Rainy Day Books will have A.J. Jacobs Books for Sale at this Author Event. (booksense)… (more)

A. J. Jacobs , The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment.

Since we had to cancel his reading last year due to Hurricane Ike, we have anxiously been awaiting A.J. Jacobs's next appearance in Houston. We are thrilled to host him for a reading of The Guinea Pig Diaries (released Sept. 8, 2009), a book of essays on all of A.J.'s hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including "My Outsourced Life" and "My Life as a Hot Woman."
A.J. Jacobs is the editor of What It Feels Like and the author of The Two Kings: Jesus and Elvis, The Year of Living Biblically, The Know-It-All, and America Off-Line. He is the senior editor of Esquire and has written for The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, New York magazine, New York Observer, and other publications.
Please help us welcome him to Houston for the second time, and for his first reading at Brazos. (booksense)… (more)

A. J. Jacobs , The Year of Living Biblically.

Brazos is proud to host A.J. Jacobs for what should be an interesting reading and signing, as Jacobs discusses his book The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible.Jacobs, a New York Jewish agnostic, decides to follow the laws and rules of the Bible, beginning with the Old Testament, for one year. (He actually adds some bonus days and makes it a 381-day year.) He starts by growing a beard and we are with him through every itchy moment. Jacobs is borderline OCD, at least as he describes himself; obsessing over possible dangers to his son, germs, literal interpretation of Bible verses, etc. He enlists the aid of counselors along the way; Jewish rabbis, Christians of every stripe, friends and neighbors. (booksense)… (more)