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A Is for Armageddon: An Illustrated Catalogue of Disasters
A Is for Armageddon An Illustrated Catalogue of Disasters Author:Richard Horne An extraordinary illustrated guide to the apocalypse, or, the end of the world as we know it. — Doomsday. Judgment Day. Day of Reckoning. As the man with the sandwich board says, “The end of the world is nigh!” — For as long as mankind has walked this earth, we have lived under the shadow of extinction. Whether it be from an Act of God, a natu... more »ral disaster, or as the result of a man-made disaster, never before has the threat of annihilation been more pressing than right now, at the beginning of the 21st century.
A is for Armageddon is a brilliantly funny, thoroughly factual and stunningly illustrated guide to every feasible disaster scenario — from plague, drought and famine, to animal flatulence, obesity and World War III, from economic collapse and terrorism to ozone depletion and chemical sink — accompanied by a critical timeline for when we might expect to die — now, soon, later, or too late. . . it’s already started.
From the author of the bestselling 101 Things to Do Before You Die series, this veritable panoply of impending doom, is a catalogue of disasters that will inform and delight in equal measure. Just don’t read it too close to bedtime!« less