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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World 由 A.J. Jacobs
Just for the heck of it, one 日 A.J. Jacobs decided to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica, all thirty-two volumes. Surprisingly his details about his adventure is quite amusing and he does share some very interesting tidbits from the EB. 或者 as Jon Stewart says: "The Know-It-All is a hilarious book and quite impressive achievement. I've always said, why doesn't someone put out a less complete version of the encyclopedia? Well done, A.J."

Reading Lolita in Tehran 由 Azar Nafisi...

Apoc·a·lypse

Pronunciation:
ə-ˈpä-kə-ˌlips

1: one of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 B.C. to 150 A.D. marked 由 pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom

2: something viewed as a prophetic revelation

3: a great disaster

Whether it's been a subconscious attempt to remind myself that despite the economic recession, current wars and general devastation, life could be worse, the theme of my 阅读 recently has been "apocalypse". Bring...