The Little Book of Horrors: Scary Truths That Will Make You Feel Lucky to Be Alive...

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.