About this product

Product Information

A collection of A.J. Jacobs's hilarious adventures as a human guinea pig, including "My Outsourced Life," "The Truth About Nakedness," and a never-before-published essay. One man. Ten extraordinary quests. Bestselling author and human guinea pig A.J. Jacobs puts his life to the test and reports on the surprising and entertaining results. He goes undercover as a woman, lives by George Washington's moral code, and impersonates a movie star. He practices "radical honesty," brushes his teeth with the world's most rational toothpaste, and outsources every part of his life to India--including reading bedtime stories to his kids. And in a new adventure, Jacobs undergoes scientific testing to determine how he can put his wife through these and other life-altering experiments--one of which involves public nudity. Filled with humor and wisdom, My Life as an Experiment will immerse you in eye-opening situations and change the way you think about the big issues of our time--from love and work to national politics and breakfast cereal.

Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-100743598741

ISBN-139780743598743

eBay Product ID (ePID)72655772

Product Key Features

Publication Year2009

TopicGeneral

Book TitleGuinea Pig Diaries : My Life As an Experiment

LanguageEnglish

GenreHumor

AuthorA. J. Jacobs

FormatCompact Disc

Dimensions

Item Height1in.

Item Length5.8in.

Item Weight6.5 Oz

Item Width5.1in.

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"[T]he most enlightening moments are driven by his honesty, his sense of humor, and his willingness to constantly challenge his ingrained assumptions.... Hilarity, and quite a bit of learning, ensue.... In [ My Life as an Experiment] , he once again achieves a rare literary balancean intellectual study of human behavior that will make readers laugh out loud or, in the more daring cases, inspire them to try one of these experiments for themselves." - Providence Journal, "Jacobs' experiments are about understanding oneself, making life more interesting and showing the reader a good time. And I love them for it." - San Francisco Chronicle, "Over the years, [Jacobs' experiments] have grown more complex and deeper in potential meaning. Not to mention funnier and funnier." - The Kansas City Star, "Jacobs' experiments are about understanding oneself, making life more interesting and showing the reader a good time. And I love them for it."—San Francisco Chronicle, "He's not just in it for the yuksthough there are plenty of yuks. (He's very funny.) He has a curious, questioning mind and is always looking for larger meaning.... [ My Live as an Experiment ] is intelligent, insightful shtick." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Number of Volumes6 Vols.

Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition