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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100452295637
ISBN-139780452295636
eBay Product ID (ePID)72077750
Product Key Features
Book TitleDarwin Awards Next Evolution : Chlorinating the Gene Pool
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Culture, General, Trivia, Form / Essays
Publication Year2009
GenreReference, Social Science, Humor
AuthorWendy Northcutt
Book SeriesDarwin Awards Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.4 Oz
Item Length7.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"The Darwin Awards is a riot to read. Deeply entertaining."-- San Francisco Weekly "Delightfully funny, The Darwin Awards , taken together, constitute a delicious sermon in support of common sense."-- The Baltimore Sun, "The Darwin Awards is a riot to read. Deeply entertaining."-- San Francisco Weekly "Delightfully funny, The Darwin Awards , taken together, constitute a delicious sermon in support of common sense."-- The Baltimore Sun
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
SynopsisThe hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift New York Times bestselling author Wendy Northcutt is back, asking, Have we evolved at all? The answer: Not all of us. What crazy cocktail of DNA leads Homo sapiens to do pull-ups off the edge of a seventh-floor balcony or wrap their lips around a paintball gun and pull the trigger? How about offering a beer to a bear or self-testing a Taser? Why not go joyriding in a shopping cart strapped to an SUV or jump a drawbridge on a bicycle? Fully illustrated with over a hundred new jaw-dropping and side-splitting feats of stupidity--and including science essays by guest writers and answers to FAQs about evolution in action-- The Darwin Awards Next Evolution continues the tradition of honoring the victims of appallingly poor survival instinct who selflessly improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it., The hilarious New York Times bestselling phenomenon and the perfect funny gift! New York Times bestselling author Wendy Northcutt is back, asking, Have we evolved at all? The answer: Not all of us. What crazy cocktail of DNA leads Homo sapiens to do pull-ups off the edge of a seventh-floor balcony or wrap their lips around a paintball gun and pull the trigger? How about offering a beer to a bear or self-testing a Taser? Why not go joyriding in a shopping cart strapped to an SUV or jump a drawbridge on a bicycle? Fully illustrated with over a hundred new jaw-dropping and side-splitting feats of stupidity--and including science essays by guest writers and answers to FAQs about evolution in action-- The Darwin Awards Next Evolution continues the tradition of honoring the victims of appallingly poor survival instinct who selflessly improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.