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It also lists over sixhundred and ninetynine names of the aforementioned hobofolk. After spending most of his 20s pursuing a career as a literary agent, john hodgman decided to try his own hand at writing. Its in the audiobook section, misfiled under nonfiction. The new york times bestseller by famous minor television personality john hodgmanthe daily shows resident expert and the pc in the iconic apple adspicks up exactly where his first book left off.
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John hodgman is accompanied by the cc master, jonathan coulton in this 50ishminute recording of nothing but soothing music and funny names from said authors audiobook, the areas of my expertise. At the time, hodgman was merely a former literary agent and occasional scribbler of fake trivia. Virtually overnight, john hodgman was whisked from tweedy obscurity to the high ether of minor celebrity. Annotation and arranged in useful order audiobook by john hodgman. In fact, the new volume is in every way a continuation of areas of my expertise, except in the ways its clearly superior. The areas of my expertise is a satirical almanac by john hodgman. An almanac of complete world knowledge compiled with instructive annotation and arranged in useful order audible audiobook abridged john hodgman author, narrator, penguin audio publisher. John hodgman completes his vision with that is all, the last book in a trilogy of complete world knowledge. The areas of my expertise audiobook john hodgman audible. Oct 02, 2012 john hodgman is a writer, comedian, and actor.
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