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001 2010294902
003 DLC
005 20100726162212.0
008 100726s2010 nyua b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2010294902
020 $a9781439104996 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aPN6231.C6142$bJ33 2009
082 00 $a814/.6$222
100 1 $aJacobs, A. J.,$d1968-
240 10 $aGuinea pig diaries
245 10 $aMy life as an experiment :$bone man's humble quest to improve himself by living as a woman, becoming George Washington, telling no lies, add other radical tests /$cA.J. Jacobs.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2010.
300 $axiv, 250 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aPreviously published as The guinea pig diaries--T.p. & cover.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-248).
520 $aA.J. explores the big issues of our time--happiness, dating, morality, marriage--by immersing himself in eye-opening situations. In his role as human guinea pig, Jacobs fearlessly takes on a series of life-altering challenges that provides readers with equal parts insight and humor. (And drives his patient wife, Julie, to the brink of insanity.) Among the many adventures: He outsources his life to a team of people in Bangalore, India. He spends a month practicing Radical Honesty, in which you say what's on your mind. He goes to the Academy Awards disguised as a movie star, to understand the strange and warping effects of fame. He commits himself to ultimate rationality, using cutting-edge science to make the best decisions possible. He attempts to follow George Washington's rules of life. And, for a month, he followed his wife's every whim.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aMy 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.
650 0 $aConduct of life$vHumor.
650 0 $aSelf-actualization (Psychology)$vHumor.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009024129-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009024129-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009024129-s.html