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The Darwin Awards 4 (Paperback)

by Wendy Northcutt (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; New Ed edition (19 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752881760
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752881768
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 33,873 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #97 in  Books > Humour > Collections & Anthologies

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With over 100 all-new award winners, this hilarious collection of terminal mishaps will amuse and amaze all who read it. Who can forget the tale of the parachute jump instructor who jumped out of a plane - but left his parachute behind? Or the guy who decided to try and steer his motorbike with his feet? Wendy Northcutt's website, www.DarwinAwards.com, has been a huge cult hit around the world, with a devoted following of readers. Now, in this first new collection of highlights in three years, comes a selection of the best and funniest moments that ensure our future gene pool will not be contaminated by any of those whose claim to fame rests on appearing in this book.


About the Author

Wendy Northcutt is the bestselling author of The Darwin Awards. She majored in Molecular Biology at UC Berkeley, and worked in biological research. She manages the Darwin Awards web site in her spare time and now works as an internet consultant.

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4.0 out of 5 stars evolution in action, 14 May 2008
By Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) - See all my reviews
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a bit of a phenomeon since the dawn of the internet, the darwin awards lists stories of those who either kill or sterilise themselves by doing quite staggeringly stupid and dangerous things that anyone in their right minds wouldn't even consider. such as playing russian roulette or hitting an anti tank mine. they're called darwin awards because if the person has no children they have thus removed themselves from the gene pool, proving that it's usually the smarter members of a species who survive to propagate.

This collects the latest batch of awards winners, and contains quite a few stories of such. they all run for either one or two pages, and the book is divided into eight chapters containing stories of incidents involving animals, explosives, weapons, and various other things potentially fatal in the hands of those with no sense.

Some of the stories are illustrated with cartoons, and each chapter has a science essay relating to the overall theme of the chapter [none of which will please creationists].

These books are good guilty pleasures. Probably not for the easily offended, but you're not laughing at people's misfortune, you're laughing at the fact that someone could be so stupid. A good read.
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