| This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go Contributor(s): Newquist, Hp (Author), Maloof, Rich (Author), Shinnick, Jim (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0312540620 ISBN-13: 9780312540623 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2009 Annotation: Have you been attacked by a great white shark? Gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Been exposed to anthrax? No, you haven't, or you'd be dead." This Will Kill You" reveals the intriguing facts behind the many ways humans bite the dust in encounters with deadly bugs, hungry predators, natural disasters, and freak occurrences. Thoroughly researched and illustrated, not to mention thoroughly hilarious, this book describes in deathly detail what happens to the body when it's struck by lightning, slimed by a dart frog, or flung from a mountaintop. No other book has ever peaked under the Grim Reaper's robe in such a straightforward and irreverent way. With a foreword by a physician at the Mayo Clinic, an afterword by a funeral director, lists of history's most notable deaths, and a unique death rating system, everything you need to know about the ways in which we go are included in these pages. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Death & Dying |
| Dewey: 614.4 |
| LCCN: 2009006908 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.95 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Have you been attacked by a great white shark? Gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel? Been exposed to anthrax? No, you haven't, or you'd be dead. This Will Kill You reveals the intriguing facts behind the many ways humans bite the dust in encounters with deadly bugs, hungry predators, natural disasters, and freak occurrences. Thoroughly researched and illustrated, not to mention thoroughly hilarious, this book describes in deathly detail what happens to the body when it's struck by lightning, slimed by a dart frog, or flung from a mountaintop. No other book has ever peaked under the Grim Reaper's robe in such a straightforward and irreverent way. With a foreword by a physician at the Mayo Clinic, an afterword by a funeral director, lists of history's most notable deaths, and a unique death rating system, everything you need to know about the ways in which we go are included in these pages. |
Contributor Bio(s): Maloof, Rich: - Rich Maloof contributed to This Will Kill You from St. Martin's Press. |