ENCYCLOPEDIA PARANOICA

A hilarious compendium of surprising ways you might die a horrible death at any moment.

This indispensable book serves up hundreds of things you absolutely must not eat, drink, wear, grow, make, buy, use, or do, including an awful lot of toxic, lethal stuff that you thought was safe, good, or healthy. It also warns against all sorts of really bad people who are out to get you and a whole host of hidden threats and looming dooms that make global warming, giant meteors, and planetary plagues look like a walk in the park.

Henry Beard is the founder of the National Lampoon with Douglas Kenney and served as its editor during the magazine's heyday in the 1970's. He is the author or co-author of five New York Times bestsellers including LATIN FOR ALL OCCASIONS and BILL GATES' SUPER SECRET LAPTOP. Christopher Cerf is the co-editor of THE OFFICIAL POLITICALLY CORRECT DICTIONARY AND HANDBOOK and THE IRAQ WAR READER.