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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
336 pages cm
Description
"A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: "You don?t know me, but I?m your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database." Jacobs?s journey would take him to all seven continents. He drank beer with a US president, found himself singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and unearthed genetic links to Hollywood actresses and real-life scoundrels. After all, we...
3) In waves
Author
Publisher
No Brow
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
367 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout their time together. With his passion for surfing uniting many narratives, he intertwines his own story with those of some of the great heroes of surf in a rare work of nonfiction that is as moving as it is fascinating."--Amazon.com.
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Series
My weird school daze volume 6
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When the new vice principal is put in charge of Ella Mentry School for a few days, she tries out some very unusual ideas about how students learn.
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Series
My weird school daze volume 2
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Second-grade graduate A.J. and his family rent a beach house, but summer vacation is ruined when annoying Andrea shows up and develops a crush on the lifeguard.
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 1
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"A.J. is graduating! But a crazed PTA president is turning second-grade graduation into a huge affair complete with fireworks and skywriting. By the time this graduation ceremony is over, there won't be any time left for summer vacation!"--Jkt.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (approximately 8 hrs.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All; and The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, heartfelt quest to understand what constitutes family, where it begins, and how far it goes, and attempts to untangle the true meaning of the family of humankind.
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Series
My weird school daze volume 4
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A new football coach arrives at school and, with help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
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Series
My weirder-est school volume 9
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After noticing that A.J. and his friends' geography knowledge could use some work, Mr. Cooper invites to class just the person to help. Globetrotter Mrs. Barr speaks seven languages and has visited nearly two hundred countries! But why does she carry a suitcase everywhere she goes? And why does she open a window whenever she walks into a room? Perhaps Mrs. Barr has something to hide!--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 402 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
"Having sanctified himself in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, A. J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in the world. He didn't want just to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far, far greater: Maximal health from head to toe. The task was massive. He had to tackle a complicated web of diet and exercise advice,...
Author
Series
My weird school daze volume 3
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New third grade teacher Mr. Granite has so many strange ideas about how to make Ella Mentary School environmentally friendly that the students are sure he must be an alien.
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"The award-winning author of The Good Negress shares invaluable insights on the precarious journey toward creativity that is the writer's life, and tells the compelling story of her relationship with Toni Morrison, painting an illuminating portrait of this towering yet enigmatic cultural icon. With the publication of her debut novel The Good Negress in 1995, A. J. Verdelle became an overnight sensation, winning critical acclaim and competing for prestigious...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
"Set in Provence, London, and New York: a daughter's wonderfully evocative and witty memoir of her mother and stepfather--Dee Wells, the glamorous and rebellious American journalist, and A. J. Ayer, the celebrated and worldly Oxford philosopher--and the life they lived at the center of absolutely everything. Gully Wells takes us into the heart of London's liberated intellectual inner circle of the 1960s. Here are Alan Bennett, Isaiah Berlin, Iris...
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