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3) The year of living biblically: one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible
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Now a TV series Living Biblically streaming on CBS All Access!
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. A.J. Jacobs chronicles his hilarious and thoughtful year spent obeying―as literally as possible―the tenets of the Bible.
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith...
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. A.J. Jacobs chronicles his hilarious and thoughtful year spent obeying―as literally as possible―the tenets of the Bible.
Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith...
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When a Pew Research Center study revealed that most U.S. Jews locate their Jewishness in their ancestry and culture, not in religion, Pogrebin realized how little she knew about the foundational purpose and current relevance of the Jewish holidays. She embarked on an entire year of intensive research, observation, and writing about the milestones on the Jewish calendar. The result is a new appreciation of the arc of Jewish observance through the eyes...
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"The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically chronicles his hilarious adventures in attempting to follow the original meaning of the Constitution, as he searches for answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America's foundational document?"--
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A.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...
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If I were the president of one of the broadcast networks, I'd take another look at signing up A.J. Jacobs to make a sitcom based on his life. And yes, I know it's been tried before, as described by A.J. himself in Esquire magazine last fall, but this idea is worth a second look.
All the basic elements are there: A.J. is a neurotic, Jewish writer living in Manhattan with his grounded wife and naturally funny three boys, two of whom are twins. His...