false<![CDATA[This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go]]>59584431Have 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.<I> This Will Kill You</I> 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.</P><P>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.61311532652009This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways in Which We Gototal:42|5:8|4:21|3:12|2:1|1:0|4216216424419falsefalseTue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sun May 10 08:20:18 -0700 2009Tue Jun 23 09:18:38 -0700 2009 some hand-picked excerpts:
michael: "tuberculosis is spread, like pneumonia, via infected water droplets that you inhale when an infected person breathes, talks, spits, or otherwise propels those water droplets your...more...]]>
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but may end up leaving you depressed as you read it and definately paranoid. It's good to read with FINAL EXITS
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