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    <updated_at>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:17:01 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:03:46 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:43:13 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
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    <updated_at>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:42:07 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[A secular New Yorker from a Jewish family, A.J. Jacobs attempts a fascinating feat - spend a year living according to the rules of the Bible.  Sounds simple.  Don't steal, don't kill, don't commit adultry and you're set, right?  A.J. also embraces some lesser-known laws like avoiding clothes made of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71862677">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[When I was in the sixth grade, this was my favorite book.  It was a little weird and kooky, and it never talked down to its younger reading audience (it's absolutely meant to be a middle school level book).  When looking for something else entirely at Borders, I saw this on the shelf and was compell...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71862421">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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