The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

Jacobs, A. J.

ISBN 10: 0743250605 / ISBN 13: 9780743250603

Edité par Simon and Schuster, New York, 2004

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First printing, full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the second front endpaper: "Dear Harry, / Here's all the things I was supposed to learn at Brown. / Jacobs, A J." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped; two pages are corner-creased. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $25.00); edgewear at spine ends and corners; Brodart protected.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
• Éditeur: Simon and Schuster, New York
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0743250605
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780743250603
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good +
• État de la jaquette: Very Good +
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Book by Jacobs A J

Quatrième de couverture

'A jape of a book...with Jacobs...coming across as a slightly younger and Jewish Bill Bryson. Some of his quips are worthy even of Woody Allen... Hilarious' Guardian

On leaving school or university, you feel pretty pleased with yourself. You've learnt a lot. You're erudite, well-read, and know a whole bunch of facts guaranteed at some stage to appear in the questions on Mastermind or University Challenge. Then you get a job, and ten years later you know more about Britney and Big Brother than Beckett and the Brontes. Sound familiar?

Well, it happened to AJ Jacobs too. As an editor at Esquire, he built up an impressive knowledge of celebrity trivia - and the cure was going to take some time. While others might read a broadsheet at the weekend, Jacobs chose to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica. All 33,000 pages of it...

'For those who enjoy learning about some of the stranger facts about the world in which we live and who appreciate having a guide of some charm, The Know-It-All will be something of a treat. ' Sunday Times

'The Know-It-All is one of the most informative humorous books and one of the funniest collections of information that I have seen in a long time. (Note to publishers: that's the sentence you can put on the back of the next edition if you like).' Daily Express

'Frequently funny and sometimes downright hilarious, but this is also an unexpectedly moving book.' Daily Mail'
'A terrific book. It's a lot shorter than the encyclopedia, and funnier, and you'll remember more of it. Plus, if it falls off the shelf onto your head, you'll live' P.J.O'Rourke