{"product_id":"encyclopedia-paranoiaca-9781439199565","title":"Encyclopedia Paranoiaca","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Henry Beard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Form - Parodies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An amusing and cruelly accurate cultural critique\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), this informative and utterly debilitating compendium explores the many surprising ways you might die a horrible death.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDID YOU KNOW THAT CARROTS CAUSE BLINDNESS AND BANANAS ARE RADIOACTIVE? That too many candlelight dinners can cause cancer? And not only is bottled water a veri-table petri dish of biohazards (so is tap water, by the way) but riding a bicycle might destroy your sex life? In \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia Paranoiaca\u003c\/i\u003e, master satirists Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf have assembled an authoritative, disturbingly comprehensive, and utterly debilitating inventory of things poised to harm, maim, or kill you--all of them based on actual research about the perils of everyday life.\u003c\/b\u003e Thoroughly sourced and conveniently alphabetized for easy reference, this book just might save your life. (But it probably won't.)","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45140538556567,"sku":"9781439199565","price":1115.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781439199565.webp?v=1767285586","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/encyclopedia-paranoiaca-9781439199565","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}