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The Little Book of Horrors

Scary Truths That Will Make You Feel Lucky to Be Alive

Steven Marr

$36.99

Hardback

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English
Castle Point Books
14 January 2025
A charmingly twisted reminder that everything could be so much worse

Face your fears and discover new ones with The Little Book of Horrors! From chilling true-crime tales to unnerving everyday events, this satisfying feast for the morbidly curious is teeming with hundreds of terrifying facts. These cautionary tales might fuel your nightmares for years to come, but they could also save your life.

- Discover how eating licorice, chewing gum, indulging inpastry, and even drinking water can kill. - Explore your odds of dying by train, plane, automobile, parachute, rocket, and kayak. (Yes, kayak!) - Learn about the world's sneakiest predators, from adorable slow-moving primates to men pretending to be werewolves. - Put that bad day at the office into perspective with work-related woes involving radiation, explosions, chocolatey suffocation, and killer robots.

This thrilling compendium of the many things that can kill, maim, and shock will make you grateful for every breath you manage to take and better equipped to dodge any disaster that comes your way.
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Imprint:   Castle Point Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 145mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   408g
ISBN:   9781250367648
ISBN 10:   1250367646
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

STEVEN MARR is a freelance writer and journalist who moonlights as a trivia enthusiast and eager consumer of the kind of book that is in your hand. When not scouring dusty stacks of used reference books, he can be found at the nearest Kubrick retrospective.

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