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Pessimist's Guide to History: An Irrestistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophies, Barbarities, Massacres and Mayhem
Pessimist's Guide to History An Irrestistible Guide to Compendium of Catastrophies Barbarities Massacres and Mayhem
Author: Stuart Flexner, Doris Flexner
A text for cynics, skeptics, and misanthropes chronicles the disastrous events -- from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, to the death of Socrates, to the Exxon Valdez oil spill -- that have shaped the history of the world.
ISBN-13: 9780380762361
ISBN-10: 0380762366
Publication Date: 6/1992
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Quill
Book Type: Paperback
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A fun book to read in small doses.
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