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The Paranoid's Guide Cameron Tuttle Hardcover Whimsical Things to Worry About
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- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “Very Good”
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Modified Item
- No
- Subject
- Humor
- ISBN
- 9780811816656
- Book Title
- Paranoid's Pocket Guide : Hundreds of Things You Never Knew You HAD to Worry about
- Item Length
- 6.8in
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Humor
- Topic
- General, Form / Parodies
- Item Width
- 4.5in
- Item Weight
- 6.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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Product Information
Are you worried sick? If not, maybe you should be. Because a pair of drawstring sweatpants could bring about your most embarrassing moment. And a toothpick in your sandwich can be the deadliest of weapons. Including hundreds of bizarre-but-true things that can get you, this compact volume will induce nervous page flipping and make even the most snug and secure folks bonafide paranoiacs. Chilling black and white photographs document the everyday items that menace your safety. But whether it's archibutyrophobia (the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth) or phobophobia (the fear of fear itself) that eventually gets you, don't be afraid to buy this book. You never know what might happen to you if you don't.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Chronicle Books
ISBN-10
0811816656
ISBN-13
9780811816656
eBay Product ID (ePID)
273067
Product Key Features
Book Title
Paranoid's Pocket Guide : Hundreds of Things You Never Knew You HAD to Worry about
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Form / Parodies
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Humor
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
4.5in
Item Weight
6.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pn6231.P16t88 1997
Grade from
Eighth Grade
Grade to
College Graduate Student
Reviews
Reviews From: The New York Times Magazine Plazm From: The New York Times Magazine Questions for Cameron Tuttle, the author of The Paranoid's Pocket Guide You recommend "niche worrying." What is it? A: Niche worrying is a means of conveniently organizing one's paranoia. It's concentrating at an appropriate time, like focussing on getting Legionnaires' disease from inhaling steam containing Legionella pneumophila bacteria while taking a shower at the gym. Q: What are your sources? A: Television, newspaper and the Centers for Disease Control. And ads -- like those for the Club, possibly the world's most paranoid product. Advertising, after all, preys off our collective paranoia to sell "cures" and "protection." Q: Is paranoia healthy? A: I believe so. Think about what adds up to paranoia: information plus imagination. In my book, I include a factoid on insurance policies offering coverage for destruction by satellite. Only an active and alert mind will draw the conclusion that their property is in actual danger. Paranoia is proof that one is aware. By Jack Harris A gimmick book, "to help you worry more efficiently." If you have a propensity to worry a lot, this collection of factoids might lend some credence to your condition. It is arranged in short paragraphs and lists with comments in the margins. "The IRS has more employees than the FBI or any other law enforcement agency" then "What are they really doing?" as an aside. A good question, one that has occurred to most of us without the benefit of this guide. Along the bottom of each page is a sort of first person worry-wart stream of consciousness rant running a spectrum of concerns from the mundane (did I leave the iron on?) to the exotic (there's a tapeworm inside of me) the truly paranoid (angry adolescent spitting in my fast-food) to the self-fulfilling prophesy (I'll be left at the altar). With this attitude, you will lose sleep (the paranoids are out to get me). Some of the blurbs are eye-opening. "According to the Federal Aviation Administration, 13% of the commercial airline pilots tested positive for alcohol or drugs while on duty," Others are obvious, "Thirty-four percent of hunting deaths and injuries are self-inflicted." Nowhere in this book are the sources documented or footnoted which is what dooms it to the novelty category. It might go well if the person could flip through a few pages for a baffled grin. One with slower bowels could conceivably push through the whole book in a sitting, with the caution: "One in 6,500 Americans will be injured by a toilet seat during their lifetime. Most will be men." -- -, Reviews From: The New York Times Magazine Plazm From: The New York Times Magazine Questions for Cameron Tuttle, the author of The Paranoid's Pocket Guide You recommend "niche worrying." What is it? A: Niche worrying is a means of conveniently organizing one's paranoia. It's concentrating at an appropriate time, like focussing on getting Legionnaires' disease from inhaling steam containing Legionella pneumophila bacteria while taking a shower at the gym. Q: What are your sources? A: Television, newspaper and the Centers for Disease Control. And ads -- like those for the Club, possibly the world's most paranoid product. Advertising, after all, preys off our collective paranoia to sell "cures" and "protection." Q: Is paranoia healthy? A: I believe so. Think about what adds up to paranoia: information plus imagination. In my book, I include a factoid on insurance policies offering coverage for destruction by satellite. Only an active and alert mind will draw the conclusion that their property is in actual danger. Paranoia is proof that one is aware. By Jack Harris A gimmick book, "to help you worry more efficiently." If you have a propensity to worry a lot, this collection of factoids might lend some credence to your condition. It is arranged in short paragraphs and lists with comments in the margins. "The IRS has more employees than the FBI or any other law enforcement agency" then "What are they really doing?" as an aside. A good question, one that has occurred to most of us without the benefit of this guide. Along the bottom of each page is a sort of first person worry-wart stream of consciousness rant running a spectrum of concerns from the mundane (did I leave the iron on?) to the exotic (there's a tapeworm inside of me) the truly paranoid (angry adolescent spitting in my fast-food) to the self-fulfilling prophesy (I'll be left at the altar). With this attitude, you will lose sleep (the paranoids are out to get me). Some of the blurbs are eye-opening. "According to the Federal Aviation Administration, 13% of the commercial airline pilots tested positive for alcohol or drugs while on duty," Others are obvious, "Thirty-four percent of hunting deaths and injuries are self-inflicted." Nowhere in this book are the sources documented or footnoted which is what dooms it to the novelty category. It might go well if the person could flip through a few pages for a baffled grin. One with slower bowels could conceivably push through the whole book in a sitting, with the caution: "One in 6,500 Americans will be injured by a toilet seat during their lifetime. Most will be men."
Copyright Date
1997
Target Audience
Trade
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96-037545
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