This Will Kill You : A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go (Edition 1) (Paperback)

from bnbooklady

This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go is one of those books I love to have simply because it appears so discordant with everything else on my bookshelf. Chock full of things you never knew you wanted to know about the many ways in which we can die, it is by turns gross, funny, fr...

from dberryfan

Very disturbing, in a good way. The horror rating could use some work, as I'm pretty sure getting bitten by a dog is not as horrible as getting eaten by a shark. Also, not sure what order the entries were in, but it didn't make a lot of sense. Still, it is pretty much exactly what it claims to be.

from NielsenGW

Newquist & Maloof try--with a dash of macabre humor--to catalog the more interesting ways that humans stop living. From "alligators" to "working in a coal mine," they try to scientifically breakdown the exact causes of death while also imparting a little caution and wisdom along the way. Not quit...

from mabrown2

This book is exactly as advertised - a compact guide to all the things that can kill you with just the right blend of horror and humor. From alligators to Alzheimer's, this book devotes a couple of pages each to diseases, animal attacks, methods of travel, and day-to-day activities that could res...

from INTPLibrarian

If the title and description of this book intrigue you at all, you'll love this book. Ever watch the tv show 1000 Ways to Die? This is like a book form of that show. Each "way to die" has a description of how that method would kill you, how long it takes to die that way, an example or two of famo...