Оглавление
Rob DenBleyker. The Pocket Book of Death
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
History of Death
No Escaping the Black Death
How to Tell You Were Probably a Goner …
The Bloodiest Battles
A Very Eerie Coincidence?
‘Jefferson still survives.’
The Curse of Tecumseh
Thirteen Reasons NEVER to Become a Roman Emperor
Don’t Forget to Pack!
Greek Karma Works Its Magic
A Tough Break
The Morbid Facts
How Will You Die? Chances Are …
Accidents Happen
Don’t Be Blue … Chew!
A Startling Look at Suicide
Suicide – San Francisco Style
So, what exactly happens?
Death With Dignity
Who Lives the Longest?
Did You Know..
Fry ’Em!
Deadly Words
Deadly Words
How Many Different Ways Can You Say ‘You’re Dead’?
Unsettling Death
The Messy Truth about Hara-Kiri
An Unfortunate Swelling
Necklacing
Suttee
Elements of Embalming
What to Do with All Those Extra People?
The Jivaro Tribal Recipe for Head-Shrinking
The Science of Death
So You’re Dead … Now What?
Alternatives to Exposure
How Deadly Is It?
Crime Scene Investigation – How Do They Know? First Check the Blood Stains
Next Check the Eyes
Playing the Organs. The Stomach
The Lungs
Where Poisons Hide in Your Body
Unexpected Death Rituals
Feng Shui?
Funeral Fashion
Uncomfortable Burials
Celebrating Death
Cremation’s Hot History
All Aboard!
Ashes to Ashes?
A Diamond in the Rough
The Ash Dive
‘Beam Me Up, Scotty’
An Explosive Ending
Lasting Lead
Inky Immortality
Sleeping with the Fishes
Touchdown!
Tied Up Like Tut!
The Chilly Truth about Cryonics
So How Much Is It?
Plastigami?
Long Live Lenin!
Random Death
A Drunken Mess
Check, Please! The Last Meals of Death Row Inmates
Timothy McVeigh
Gerald Mitchell
Thomas Grasso
Walter LaGrand
Farley Charles Matchett
Miguel ‘Silky’ Richardson
Ted Bundy
Aileen Wuornos
Saddam Hussein
Um, Oops … Execution Snafus
Making Dough off the Dead
Jobs in the Death Biz
The Schmooze Factor
The Ick Factor
The Greed Factor
The Harvard Factor
Funeral Director
Embalmer
Crime Scene Clean-up
Forensic Pathologist
Crematorium Technician
Obituary Writer
This Job Is Killing Me!
Construction
Truck Drivers
Salesmen
Coal Mining
Fishing
Refuse and Recyclable Collectors
Loggers
Farmers and Ranchers
Something Fishy Going On: Celebrity Deaths
Fish Icon System
Marilyn Monroe
The Facts
Suicide?
Or Murder?
Elvis Presley
The Facts
Heart Attack?
Or Is He Still Alive?
Kurt Cobain
Tupac Shakur
The Facts
The Controversy
Is He Still Alive?
Killer Animals with a Napoleonic Complex
Killer Bees
KILLER FACTS
Irukandji Jellyfish
KILLER FACTS
Puffer Fish
KILLER FACTS
Poison Dart Frog
KILLER FACTS
Brain-Eating Amoeba
KILLER FACTS
Other Weird Animal Stuff
Urban Myths about Death
Walt Disney – Fire or Ice?
The Weight of the Soul … 21 Grams?
Blazing Saddles – the Death of Catherine the Great
Wanted – Macabre Manicurist
Pop Rocks and Soda
Mentos® and Diet coke®
They All Fall Down …
Cutting Edge Death
Think Outside the Box
The ‘Burping’ casket
Paranoid Much?
Green Is the New Black
Why Go Green?
Virtual Sympathy
Last Words to Laugh by & Amusing Epitaphs
Last Words to Laugh By
Amusing Epitaphs
Bizarre Browsing
Selected Bibliography
Recommended Websites
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
About the Illustrators
About the Publisher
