Books: The Know-It-All

The Know -It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World is a witty and educational tome about the year Esquire editor A.J. Jacobs spent reading all 32 volumes of the 2002 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, all 44 million words on 33,000 pages. Any you thought the final Harry Potter book was hefty!



While I have yet to read this book, I have previewed it online. What I read there was chock full of quirky, sardonic wit and random, oddball trivia (my favorite) as well as some genuinely enlightening information. I will be purchasing this book for my dear friend Elle, who is uber-intelligent and probably has already learned much of the information in this book, but never the less will enjoy the tidbits of new knowledge and jocularity. Then I will read it and will be able to give an accurate positive affirmation when people I know repeatedly proclaim that I know EVERYTHING, as they are oft to do. And it will finally be mostly true.

The book is available at AMAZON, or preferably, try to pick it up at your nearest locally/ independently owned bookseller.

Books: Secrets of Water

Masaru Emoto is a Japanese author known for his work on the effects of energy/ intent on water. He photographed water via microscope at the exact moment it began to froze. His results began to show that water was affected not only by the levels of environmental contaminates and pollution, but also the energy around it. His work evolved to exposing the water prior to freezing/ photographing to various types of music where songs which were of an uplifting nature either musically or via lyrics produced images that were fully formed and beautiful ice crystals and water exposed to 'Heavy Metal' produced crystals that were misshapen and chaotic in appearance.


"Gratitude"

His books, The Secret of Water and The Hidden Messages of Water, show how his results with water from worldwide sources photographed after being exposed to thoughts/ emotions/ energy directed towards it as well as when various words in a variety of languages were taped to the outside of the container.

His work was discussed in the film, What the Bleep do We Know.

Books: The Tales of Beedle the Bard

The Tales of Beedle the Bard first appeared as a fictional book in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final novel of the Harry Potter series. The book is described as a popular collection of Wizarding children's fairy tales and contains several stories meant to teach young wizards and witches various life lessons.

Even though the basic idea of each story was included as part of Book 7, this small collection was an enjoyable read.



Buy it.