How Much Can You Really Read in 15 Minutes?

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Most Americans don't read as much as they'd like to, but think they could solve that problem in just 15 minutes. We have partnered with hundreds of the world's leading authors to create 15 minute text and audio summaries of their books. You can listen to it while you're doing the dishes, weeding the garden. There's no better way to get smart fast, down load the next big idea ap to day. Now do you know what the next big puzzle craze is going to be?

For the last 25 years, writer A.J. Jacobs has attempted to live his life as a human guinea pig.

“I’ve engaged in a series of experiments on my mind and body,” he says, “some of which have been fruitful, some humiliating failures. I’ve tried to understand the world by immersing myself in extraordinary circumstances.”

His book “The Know-It-All” chronicled his experience reading the encyclopedia from cover to cover. To write “The Year of Living Biblically,” he followed every commandment in the Old Testament, including the edicts stone adulterers and avoid shaving the corners of your beard. Now A.J. is back with a new immersive memoir, “The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life.”

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