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American essays 21st century American literature 21st century History and criticism Audiobooks Books and reading Essays 21st century Jacobs, A. J 1968- Learning and scholarship United States History Reading interests United States Intellectual life 20th century United States Intellectual life 21st centuryHornby, Nick
Summary: Culling the best of his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading" in The Believer magazine, the bestselling author presents hilarious observations on a vast array of topics, and provides a wide-ranging reader list that serves as a reminder as to why we read.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 028.9 HORJacobs, A. J.
Summary: NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs chronicles his hilarious and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopedia Brittanica from A-Z.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 031 JACLozada, Carlos
Summary: The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic uses the books of the Trump era to argue that the response to this presidency reflects the same failures of imagination that made it possible.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 LOZJacobs, A. J.
Summary: Chronicles the efforts of an NPR contributor to read the "Encyclopedia Britannica" from A to Z, sharing the humorous mishaps that occurred as a result of the endeavor, from changed family relationships to his efforts to join Mensa.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Misc JacobsSummary: "This volume collects the finest essays from the second half of the Believer's decade-long (and counting) run"--Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Believer Books, a division of McSweeney's 2014