{"product_id":"final-exits-the-illustrated-encyclopedia-of-how-we-die-9780060817411","title":"Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo die, kick the bucket, to meet your Maker, dead as a doornail, get whacked, smoked, bite the dust, sleep with the fishes, go six feet under--whatever death is called, it's going to happen. In 1789 Ben Franklin wrote, \"In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.\" Death remains a certainty. But how do we die? It's the enormous variety of how that enlivens final exits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e According to death certificates, in 1700 there were less than 100 causes of death. Today there are 3,000. With each advance of technology, people find new ways to become deceased, often causing trends that peak in the first year. People are now killed by everything, from cell phones, washing machines, lawn mowers and toothpicks, to the boundless catalog of man--made medicines. In \u003cem\u003eFinal Exits\u003c\/em\u003e the causes of death--bizarre or common--are alphabetically arranged and include actual accounts of people, both famous and ordinary, who unfortunately died that way. (Ants, bad words, Bingo, bean bag chairs, flying cows, frozen toilets, hiccups, lipstick, moray eels, road kill, starfish, and toupees are only some of the more unusual causes.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Largo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 5.44w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060817411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Bram Stoker Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2006 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLargo, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Largo is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Big, Bad Book of Beasts\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGod's Lunatics\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGenius and Heroin\u003c\/em\u003e; and the Bram Stoker Award-winning \u003cem\u003eFinal Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as three novels. He and his family live in Florida with their dog, two turtles, a parrot, two canaries, and a tank of fish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099528888435,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dd0ccf3d-d330-438e-bd94-45dc5867af0c.jpg?v=1748703207","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/final-exits-the-illustrated-encyclopedia-of-how-we-die-9780060817411","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}