The Resource The guinea pig diaries : my life as an experiment, by A. J. Jacobs
The guinea pig diaries : my life as an experiment, by A. J. Jacobs
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The item The guinea pig diaries : my life as an experiment, by A. J. Jacobs represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- In a collection of his most hilarious and thought provoking experiments yet, A. J. Jacobs fearlessly takes on a series of life-altering challenges that provides readers with equal parts insight and humour. Among the many adventures: He outsources his life to a firm in Bangalore, India (they answer his e-mails and argue with his spouse) and spends a month practicing Radical Honesty in a chapter called "I Think You?re Fat"
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 367 p. (large print)
- Contents
-
- My life as a beautiful woman
- My outsourced life
- I think you're fat
- 240 minutes of fame
- The rationality project
- The truth about nakedness
- What would George Washington do?
- The unitasker
- Whipped
- Isbn
- 9781410420817
- Label
- The guinea pig diaries : my life as an experiment
- Title
- The guinea pig diaries
- Title remainder
- my life as an experiment
- Statement of responsibility
- by A. J. Jacobs
- Title variation
- My life as an experiment
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a collection of his most hilarious and thought provoking experiments yet, A. J. Jacobs fearlessly takes on a series of life-altering challenges that provides readers with equal parts insight and humour. Among the many adventures: He outsources his life to a firm in Bangalore, India (they answer his e-mails and argue with his spouse) and spends a month practicing Radical Honesty in a chapter called "I Think You?re Fat"
- Summary
- 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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- 318612
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jacobs, A. J.
- Dewey number
- 814
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- humor satires etc
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print core
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- Conduct of life
- Self-actualisation (Psychology)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- my life as an experiment
- Label
- The guinea pig diaries : my life as an experiment, by A. J. Jacobs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- My life as a beautiful woman -- My outsourced life -- I think you're fat -- 240 minutes of fame -- The rationality project -- The truth about nakedness -- What would George Washington do? -- The unitasker -- Whipped
- Control code
- 000044554780
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 367 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410420817
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009032438
- System control number
- (OCoLC)429634839
- Label
- The guinea pig diaries : my life as an experiment, by A. J. Jacobs
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Contents
- My life as a beautiful woman -- My outsourced life -- I think you're fat -- 240 minutes of fame -- The rationality project -- The truth about nakedness -- What would George Washington do? -- The unitasker -- Whipped
- Control code
- 000044554780
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print ed.
- Extent
- 367 p. (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410420817
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009032438
- System control number
- (OCoLC)429634839
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