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Book : Its All Relative Adventures Up And Down The Worlds...

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Fabricante o sello Simon & Schuster
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-Titulo Original : Its All Relative Adventures Up And Down The Worlds Family Tree

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Simon & Schuster

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#1 New York Times bestselling author A.J. Jacobs undergoes a hilarious, poignant quest to understand what constitutes family-where it begins and how far it goes-in It’s All Relative, a “thought-provoking…delightful, easy-to-read, informative book” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).A.J. Jacobs has received some strange emails over the years, but this note was perhaps the strangest: “You don’t know me, but I’m your eighth cousin. And we have over 80,000 relatives of yours in our database.” That’s enough family members to fill Madison Square Garden four times over. Who are these people, A.J. wondered, and how do I find them? So began Jacobs’s three-year adventure to help build the biggest family tree in history. In It’s All Relative, he “muses on the nature of family and the interconnectedness of humanity in this entertaining introduction to the world of genealogy” (Publishers Weekly). Jacobs’s journey would take him to all seven continents. He drank beer with a US president, sung with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and unearthed genetic links to Hollywood actresses and real-life scoundrels. After all, we can choose our friends, but not our family. “Whether he’s posing as a celebrity, outsourcing his chores, or adhering strictly to the Bible, we love reading about the wacky lifestyle experiments of author A.J. Jacobs” (Entertainment Weekly). Now Jacobs upends, in ways both meaningful and hilarious, our understanding of genetics and genealogy, tradition and tribalism, identity and connection. “Whimsical but also full of solid journalism and eye-opening revelations about the history of humanity, It’s All Relative is a real treat” (Booklist, starred review). Review A.J. Jacobs latest book embraces an entertaining and heartwarming search to discover Family. His adventure is the natural curiosity in all of us to know where we are from. This book takes you along for the ride as A.J. discovers his family, and works to connect with all of us. His efforts culminate at the worlds largest Global family reunion. The reader if not already a family historian, will become one after reading this fascinating and amazing tale.--David Allen Lambert, Chief Genealogist, New England Historic Genealogical SocietyEsquire contributing editor Jacobs (The Year of Living Biblically) muses on the nature of family and the interconnectedness of humanity in this entertaining introduction to the world of genealogy...With short, lively chapters and an easygoing voice, Jacobs keeps the story flowing.--Publishers Weekly A terrific read and A.J. is a terrific writer...funny and super-interesting.--Michael Ian BlackA hilarious read from beginning to end.--Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option Bwith Sheryl Sandberg. The Sower, the Simon & Schuster logo, is perfect opening icon for this story about human seed sown by our common ancestors out of Africa and how you and I are related to the Jacobs clan. Like AJs previous hilarious books, this one involves way-over-the-top performance art -- this time the mother of all family reunions, at which I sang We are family (and the rest of you 7.5 billion were expected to sing along). Genealogy is now, deservedly, tied for the top hobby, along with other ancient biotechnologies, gardening and sex. You could have no better guide than ace jovialist and awesome jester, AJ. Now, more than ever, we celebrate our connections, we read, we smile.--George Church, author of RegenesisA.J. Jacobs has done it again! Having once lived the Ten Commandments for a year (even going so far as to stone an adulterer with pebbles), his new book, Its All Relative, Adventures Up and Down the Worlds Family Tree, takes us on another unique adventure that pits idealism vs. practicality: Bringing about world peace and harmony by finding cousin connections among people throughout the globe and then hosting a Global Family Reunion. Jacobs again opens up to
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