Northshire Bookstore ReviewReviewed By... Cheryl Cornwell33,000 pages, 44 million words, one man just crazy and driven enough to read them all. From "a-ak" defined as, "see gagaku" to "zywiec", A.J.Jacobs chronicles his quest to read every volume in the encycolpedia Britannica. Driven by a need to be accepted by Mensa and a desire to become the smartest man in the world, Jacobs relentlessly chronicles his journey through the lives, loves, and secrets of people throughout the history of time. All matter of obstacles befall our hero as he battles the perils invlolved in reading the encyclopedia (size and weight for starters). At one point he is prevented from ...
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