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I thought The Know-It-All was ok, but I wasn't overwhelmed by it. I'm inclined to agree with the reviewer, with the addition that I think he sounds like a pain in the neck to live with. I own The Year of Living Biblically, too; I'm hoping I like it better than the first one. And another one bites the dust! The Know-It-All is now in the pile of books to donate to the library's book sale. I'm reading The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs. I need something lightweight now.
That book is hysterical! I thought it was going to be boring reading a chapter for almost every letter of the alphabet. However, his ... I'm reading The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs. I need something lightweight now. I'm inching my way through Into the Path of Gods because I owe the author a review. On the side, I'm reading The Know-It-All which I began on a plane ride. It's light weight, but pleasant. Once I get these out of my way, I can begin my Christmas reading. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs - read last year I've read A. J. Jacobs's other two books: The Know-it-all where he spent a year reading the encyclopedia from A to Z, and The Year of Living Biblically where he followed the bible as literally as possible for a year (8 months on the old testament and 4 on the new). Life with him would ... ... "hokey", but I was pleasantly surprised on both counts.
Interesting you were interested in "OED" as I preferred it to The Know-it-All by A. J. Jacobs (which I'd ripped from library CD's).
If I can think of any non-fiction in the near future that I liked, but didn't specifically get ... ... The Guinea Pig Diaries, too (Kittybee mentioned it on her thread), but it would take a lot for Jacobs to top either The Know-It-All or The Year of Living Biblically in my book. I enjoyed The Know-It-All, and am looking forward to The Guinea Pig Diaries. And I have to say I agree with you, being married to that guy would drive me batty! ... time, maybe if I give up sleep I'll have more time for reading :)
I have finally finished another book though, 95. The Know-It-All. I really enjoyed this book and I can reeaaallly relate to his feeling that he had forgotten most of what he learned in school. I just graduated last Decembe ... ... one is that Jacobs must have the most longsuffering wife on the face of the planet!
I enjoyed both that one and his The Know-It-All, so if you have not read it, I recommend it. ... that there are rules and regulations for some things. I give this book 4.5 stars out of 5
71. The Know-It-All by A. J Jacobs
I really enjoy Jacobs' writing style. He is quite humorous and I really enjoyed the way he blended his stories with some of the information he has learned ... ... ten minutes of setting foot in her door, I three books pressed on me: a loan (The Elegance of the Hedgehog, a gift (The Know-it-all) and a return (House of Scorpion). Since I was attempting to travel light, getting them packed was an issue, but we dealt with it. ... being preachy about it all).
Why do I love this type of book so much? Who knows. I think it started the day I read The Know-It-All by Jacobs and has just grown from there. I laughed out loud when he was describing how she got back at him by sitting in every chair in the house! I haven't read The Know-It-All yet but it is on my TBR list. I really enjoyed the columns he wrote in MentalFloss magazine that were inspired by The Know-It-All, so I can't wait to get my ... ... too - I know Jacobs must have the most long-suffering wife in the world to put up with his antics. If you have not read The Know-It-All by him, I recommend it as well. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World - A.J. Jacobs (read 2007) And, finally, #46 (which I just finished yesterday): The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs.
This memoir-in-disguise pretends, in a lot of ways, to be a Cliffs Notes version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, but is more accurately a life-in-facts, a member of that rising club which has recently produced ... I'm poking around in The Know It All, which is amusing but a little bit strange since it's written in little blurbs like from an encyclopedia. Kind of a little bit hard to pay attention to, really.
Also, I just checked out The Global Soul by Pico Iyer, a travel narrative type thing. The ... ... Madman for this category. This was a fun book, very suited for reading in short increments as I did. For those who read The Know-it-All for 031, this is the same schtick, but for the OED rather than the Encyclopedia Brittanica -- the author describes his year spent reading the OED, ... ... by Betsy Byars -- interesting for kids and/or adults
Wishful Drinking -- again with the funny
Bone Black
The Know-it-all: One man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world -- actually true: I laughed out loud on many of the pages
Traveling Mercies -- I am ... ... the carpool" read, so it will take a while to finish) Reading the OED by Ammon Shea. For those of you who have read The Know-It-all, it's the same concept but for the OED rather than the Encyclopedia Brittanica. ... may seem, this is largely a light-hearted romp through the Old Testament by a secular New York Jew, bestselling author of The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World. There are said to be 613 principles of law and ethics contained in the Torah. For an ... ... may seem, this is largely a light-hearted romp through the Old Testament by a secular New York Jew, bestselling author of The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest To Become The Smartest Person In The World. There are said to be 613 principles of law and ethics contained in the Torah. For an ... ... te
005 Perl Cookbook
006 The Emperor's New Mind
016 The Art of Noir
022 The Book on the Bookshelf
031 The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest
039 Codex Seraphinianus
069 Treasures of the British Museum
070 And Say Hi to Joyce
081 The John McPhee Reader ... Finished 031 - The Know-it-All: One Man's humble Quest to become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs. Loved it, but I'm weird that way. Finally, a new one. I just finished A. J. Jacobs The Know-it-All and absolutely loved it. It freed my inner geek. I thought I was the only person who ever tried to read an entire encyclopedia. I failed, but he didn't fortunately. ... Country is a great memoir, but I think I liked it even more when I read it because I kept thinking of that interview.
The Know-it-All by A.J. Jacobs is another one I first saw on the show, and possibly the funniest book I've ever read. Although I keep loaning it to other people and no one ... ... :-)
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Ich hab noch ein wenig in meiner Erinnerung gekramt und bin noch auf folgende drei Bücher gekommen:
A. J. Jacobs: Britannica & ich
William Kotzwinkle: Ein Bär will nach oben
Flann O´Brian: In Schwimmen - Zwei - Vögel
Letzteres hab ich besonders gern ... ... himself'-and let's face it--to make money by trading on the fact that he was already "published'. (He is the author of The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the world where he reads the entire encyclopedia.)
His smart alecky obsession with his beard ... ... the Printed Word to Stir the World by Nicholas A. Basbanes
The Superior Person's Book of Words by Peter Bowler
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs
The Quest of the Missing Map by Carolyn Keene I know what it says...What does it Mean?
I don't Know What I Want, But I know it's Not This
The Know-it-All: One man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
You Shall Know Our Velocity
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
... Suetonius
2. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
3. Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper
4. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
5. The Deadliest Monster by J.F. Baldwin
6. The Puzzle of Anc ... AMQS, The know it all was a good, funny read. Welcome, dara85.
From callmejacx, a bit of Canadian humor. I picked Vinyl Cafe Stories. From Sandydog1's library... it's very hard to choose, but I think I'll go with The Know-It All: One Man's Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs. I read The Know-It-All last year and I'm hoping this is in the same vein - I'm looking forward to a fun read! ... (256)
166. Children of the Self-Absorbed - Nina W. Brown (250)
167. Some of Your Blood - Theodore Sturgeon (192)
168. The Know-It-All - A.J. Jacobs (386)
169. Never Be Late Again - Diana Delonzor (177)
170. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton (473)
171. The Uncommon Reader - Alan B ... ... The title reminds me of the book A.J. Jacobs put out about his quest to read through the Encyclopedia Brittanica, The Know-It-All. ... of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible. I just bought his other book The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World and I can't wait to start it! AE: The Know-It-All The Know-It-All : One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs ... just starting They Were Single Too, by David M Hoffeditz. Refreshingly, not the usual 'woe is me' approach...
Also, The Know-It-All; One Man's Humble Quest..., by A.J. Jacobs. I just started this today. This week's reads:
299. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs - nonfiction; I read Jacobs' book about trying to keep all the rules in the Bible (frankly, an impossible task!) at the very end of last year and enjoyed his sardonic sense of humor and gave this one a try, too. I enjoyed it.
300. ... ... Stephen King, Great Feuds in Science by Hal Hellman, and from my TBR mountain The Tomb by F. Paul Wilson, The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs, and The Lost Men by Kelly Tyler Lewis.
15. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs (Finished 7/19/08) - Rating: 8/10 ... and several volumes of FullMetal Alchemist at the ol' library today...
#80 -- I really enjoyed "YofLB" but think his Know It All was even funnier/better... ... Roberto Bolano. I'm taking it slow and even trying to pronounce all the names correctly and enjoying the slow ride.
The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs. There is no reason in the world this book needs read straight through. Unless, that's what one desires to do.
Gravity's Rainbow by ... 14. The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
15. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
16. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs
17. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (loved the book, but not impressed with the movie) 25. The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs - very entertaining and funny. This copy was full of editing errors though which I found extremely annoying but I guess that is just me.
I just finished The Know-It-All which I really enjoyed but my copy was full of editing errors which I found extremely annoying. I just started Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian which I am enjoying so far although it is definitely a difficult read so far because of the subject ... I started The Know-It-All on Friday night and am thoroughly enjoying. I am only up to E but I haven't had much time to read in the past few days. I should probably get through it very quickly which is good considering that I currently have about 12 books from the library that I need to get ... ... I am glad that I decided to read the whole book and not just the title story.
After I finish this up, I will either read The Know-It-All, Stiff, When We Were Orphans or In Defense of Food. They are all from the library and due around the same time. I think I will probably start with ... June Reads
46. Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
47. The Know-It-All by A. J. Jacobs
48. Deux fois par semaine by Christine Orban
49. Delphine et son auteur by Jean-Alain Laban
50. Remembrance Day by Henry Porter I am still working on Know-It-All , have about 150 pages to go . I've been laughing my butt off ! Next up will be Garden Spells , which I've been wanting to read for the last few months . ... but I haven't been in the mood for dystopian literature lately. (Term papers are disheartening enough. ;)
I read The Know-It-All in May of last year as well. I thought it was just okay, but it was a good, light-hearted read for the end of the school year. > 33 I really enjoyed The Know It All, too, and am looking forward to his The Year of Living Biblically. Not that I have it yet...
> me - I'm still struggling with Duff Cooper which turns out to be a mix of affairs of state and affairs of the heart; I don't like the man and the endless Euro ... ... Food by Nina Planck . Her tone is a little arrogant , but its still an interesting read . After this I'll be starting The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs . Lindsayg,
I LOVE The Know It All. I will pick it up from time to time and just open to a random chapter. It just seems so much like something I would do... I laughed out loud quite a bit reading The Know It All by A.J. Jacobs. It's about his experience of reading the entire encyclopedia. He's a very witty writer. 44. The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World - A. J. Jacobs Up to 15 books. Completed The Know-It-All by A. J. Jacobs. Enjoyed his writing style. I'd give it 3 1/2 stars. Not sure I would read it cover to cover again, but might dip into it. ... Dummies
011 – Book Lust
015 – What to Read
027 – At Home with Books
028 – A Reader’s Delight
031 - The Know-it-All: One Man's Humble Quest to become the Smartest Person in the World
070 – Nellie Bly: Daredevil, Reporter, Feminist
080 – The Great Thoughts
082 †... btw, have you read Jacobs' Year of Living Biblically? I loved his Know-It-All, so its on my list... 35. The Know It All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become The Smartest Person in the World, by A. J. Jacobs
Wow, I loved this book. Seriously. As in I have a total author crush on this guy, and have considered not only sending fan mail but also hanging out in his neighborhood here in NYC, ... ... Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A.J. Jacobs. So far it's entertaining, just like his last book The Know-it-all: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World. ... to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
Gleaming tesserae:
wheels of light below the dome;
tickets to the race.
24. The Know-It-All by A. J. Jacobs
The child swallowed whole
the cosmos in a capsule,
fish hook of a book. ... (having finished Contact), and enjoying it greatly. A friend gave it to me for Christmas, because she knew that I liked The Know-it-all, which she gave me for Christmas 2006. AJ Jacobs makes it so easy to say "Just one more page!" that other books get slightly neglected. ... o
plan to read Lamb, I Like You, The Time Traveller's Wife
Another Book by the same Author
8 to go
plan to read The Know it All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Man in the World
Book Lust Recommendations
8 to go
Based on a Movie (or TV)
1 Down, 7 to go ... sets for himself, and then writing books about the experience. He also wrote a book about reading the whole encyclopedia (The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World) and works as an editor of some kind at Esquire. So, the wacky premise of this book, ... It's enough to make you want to lie down in front of that train.
The Know it All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs ... in the White City
4. Into Thin Air
5. Seabiscuit
6. The Sociopath Next Door
7. Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy
8. The Know it All
... World
Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
The Flame Trees of Thika: Memoiries of an African Childhood
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The River of Doubt
Stiff: The curious lives of human cadavers
Unbowed
Wizard ... ... and Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century. I also received 6 Lyn Hamilton books in her archaeological mystery series. Plus The Know-It-All, A Reader's Guide Book, and Habits of the Mind. Whew!! Should keep me busy for a long while. ... for too long, and one ratted the other out ultimately... but nevertheless it was pretty grisly.
Next, I'm listening to The know-it-all in the car with my wife on our way up to Philly. AJ Jacobs read the Encyclopedia Britannica and was trying to one-up a relative of his and so started to ... ... and organic (at Polyface farm) farming/meals -- perhaps because it was less relevant to my own life.
About 3/4 done with The know-it-all -- The first two hours I found really amusing... then the more I read and thought about it - the more I thought the man was acting a bit prickish -- but I ... ... programs, data: Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
031 - General encyclopedic works -- American: The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
153 - Mental Processes and Intelligence: How We Know What Isn't So
291 - Comparative ... Just finished The omnivore's dilemma, am still about halfway through listening to The know-it-all, and am working my way through Unbowed. Just received The third chimpanzee and The Great Upheaval and am deciding which of those to tackle first. ... Dilemma in paperback, I just finished listening to The Map that Changed the world and have started listening to The know-it-all, which is amusing in parts and at other parts I find him to going out of his way to be irritating... That being said, I was excited to recognize the ... The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs ... Me Alone, I'm Reading or Bilbliotopia - a book of facts about books.
031 General Encyclopedic Works - American - The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs - Ok, actually read this one! And it's wonderful. Highly recommended.
03 ... ... curious lives of human cadavers. It's been waiting for me to get to it for a few weeks now... And I also want to get to The know-it-all this month as well. ... I get for posting a month late. Anyway, this list now accurately reflects the still mostly disappointing third quarter and The Know-It All will return to it's rightful honor in the final quarter. Zoe - I loved Jacobs' The Know-It All (which incidentally counts for one of the encyclopedia classifications) and am really looking forward to The Year of Living Biblically. However, I'm stubborn and almost never buy books in hardcover so it will be a while before I get around to it.
Anyway, ... 031 General Encyclopedic Works in English - The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
070 News Media, Journalism, Publishing - Reporting Back: Notes on Journalism by Lillian Ross
071 News Media, Journalism, Publishing in North America - ... uath: that looks like a good one. I just picked up his other, The know it all which I haven't started yet, but am looking forward to. I just started The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible by A. J. Jacobs. ... credits were available again, so I've got Under the Banner of Heaven, Stiff: the curious lives of human cadavers and The Know-It-All.
While listening in the lab, I realized that one of the Team of Rivals discs was too messed up to listen to, so I temporarily switched to whatever ... I'm reading Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, The Know-It-All by A.J. Jacobs, A Degree of Mastery by Annie Tremmel Wilcox, and I just checked out In the Stacks by Michael Cart. Wow, a lot of these books sound really interesting. The know-it-all is such a great title. That might be worth it! My wife read Galileo's Daughter for a class and really enjoyed that one as well. I may get around to reading that.
Recently, I finished 1491, which was, I felt, phenomenal. I ... Galileo's Daughter and The Know-it-all were both good books. I enjoyed both of them very much. The Know It All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother
Constancia and other Stories for Virgins
Simple Gifts: The Shaker Song
The Restraint of Beasts The Know-It-All
by A. J. Jacobs
The Ex-Girlfriend by Alexandra Campbell
Air Supply: Lost in Love / The One that You Love by Air Supply
Rude Giants by Audrey Wood
Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain by Trevor Romain and Elizabeth Verdick
Unfit to Practice
Old Filth
The Clown
Beasts
Poor Cow
Ragged Dick
Wicked
The Possessed
The Know-it-All
Son of a Witch
I may be on a roll....
Man's Search for Meaning
The Meaning of Everything
Everything You Know
The Know-It-All
All in Good Time
Time in Between ... of college kids that win millions in Las Vagas
Lost and Found about a Great-Race-type game show
Ordinary Heroes
The Know-it-All about a man who decides to read the entire Encyclopedia Brittanica and competes on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. ... going, one fiction, the other non-fiction. If I am reading a book with an epigrammatic flavor to it like A. J. Jacobs' Know-It-All or Kathleen Norris' The Cloister Walk, then I will also have a second non-fiction book going. I ride the bus to and from work (35-40 minutes on the bus ... ... Doria Russell
The Arabian Nights
Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki
Giants in the Earth by O. E. Rolvaag
The Know-it-All by A.J. Jacobs
Currently reading: Shogun by James Clavell and I'm certain it is destined to be on my all-time favorites list. ... of us who like historical fiction that takes place in the Victorian era. I have to check out his earlier stuff now.
The Know-it-All by A.J. Jacobs - Really entertaining, and good for trivia buffs.
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir - I bought this at the Tower of London, so ... Oh Bob, I loved The Know-It-All! Wait until you get to the part where he tries to join mensa! :o)
Clare ... I don't remember, but everyone has access regardless of where they live.
Books I have checked out right now include The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs, Wetware: a novel by Craig Nova, and Tree of Souls: the Mytholo ... ... one)
The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
How to Read a Novel : A user's guide by John Sutherland
The Know-It-All : One man's humble quest to become the smartest person in the world by A. J. Jacobs
(Incorrect author Touchstone)
These next 2 were written over 1 ... Bevard & Pecuchet the last novel by Gustave Flaubert, a companion book to my earlier summer reading of The Know-It-All by A.J.Jacobs.
B&P are a pair of overly ambitious simpletons, overwhelmed by applied knowledge, without experience, yielding venture failure. ... vacation. Now reading Bourvard and Pecuchet by Gustave Flaubert, a companion book to this summer's earlier reading of The Know-It-All by A. J. Jacobs. With all due respect, JPB, it's my impression that Jacobs' The Know-It-All, The Professor and the Madman, and Guns, Germs and Steel are all ostensibly non-fiction the last time I checked, and pretty good ones too.
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