The World's Worst : A Guide to the Most Disgusting, Hideous, Inept, and Dangerous People, Places, and Things on Earth
The World's Worst : A Guide to the Most Disgusting, Hideous, Inept, and Dangerous People, Places, and Things on Earth
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Book Description
Bookstore shelves are lined with tomes dedicated to the finest things that life has to offer. This is all well and good, but the real entertainment is to be found not in the cream of the crop, but at the bottom of the barrel. The World's Worst is a celebration/indictment of nearly 50 infamous and little-known exemplars of the awful. In thoroughly researched, scathingly funny essays, author Mark Frauenfelder avoids the obvious and digs deep to tell the fascinating tales of the worst people, places, and things on Earth for the reader's amusement and edification. Half of the entries are also mischieviously illustrated by the author. Addictively readable, and sure to appeal to fans of the popular Worst-Case Scenario and Darwin Awards series, The World's Worst is hilariously unafraid to wallow in the mire.
Selected Horrible Highlights:
Most Unappealing Fetish
Most Disgusting Coffee Drink
Most Horrific Self-Help Technique
Least Adorable Pet
Saddest Fate for an Island Nation
Worst Molasses Related Disaster
About the Author
Mark Frauenfelder is the author and illustrator of Mad Professor (0-8118-3554-5) and has written for numerous publications, including the New York Times , LA Weekly , Wired , and Playboy . Co-founder of the popular bOING bOING weblog, he lives in Southern California.
The World's Worst : A Guide to the Most Disgusting, Hideous, Inept, and Dangerous People, Places, and Things on Earth,Mark Frauenfelder,Chronicle Books LLC,0811846067,Curiosities & Wonders,Curiosities and wonders,Form - Essays,Humor,Non-Classifiable,Nonfiction - General,Popular Culture,Popular Culture - General,Social Science,Sociology,Wonders And Curiosities,Humor / General
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