Titre: The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
�diteur: Simon & Schuster
Date de parution: 2004
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0743250605
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780743250603
Reliure: Couverture rigide
�dition: Edition originale
�tat de l'article: Good

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Book by Jacobs A J

Quatri�me 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

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