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    The Darwin Awards, Vol. 5: Next Evolution: Chlorinating the Gene Pool
    The Darwin Awards, Vol. 5: Next Evolution: Chlorinating the Gene Pool
    The Darwin Awards, Vol. 5: Next Evolution: Chlorinating the Gene Pool
    Audiobook (abridged)3 hours

    The Darwin Awards, Vol. 5: Next Evolution: Chlorinating the Gene Pool

    Written by Wendy Northcutt

    Narrated by Julie Schaller and Patrick Lawlor

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    About this audiobook

    The Darwin Awards: Next Evolution commemorates those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it, showing us just how uncommon common sense can be!

    Meet the absentminded terrorist who opens a mail bomb returned to him for insufficient postage. Marvel at the thief who steals electrical wires before shutting off the current. Gape at the would-be pilot who flies his lawn chair suspended from helium balloons into air-traffic lanes.

    These tales of trial and awe-inspiring error illustrate the ongoing saga of survival of the fittest in all its selective glory!

    Check out the rest of our Darwin Awards titles!

    ©2008 Wendy Northcutt; (P)2008 Wendy Northcutt

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherListen & Live Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2008
    ISBN9781593163976
    The Darwin Awards, Vol. 5: Next Evolution: Chlorinating the Gene Pool
    Author

    Wendy Northcutt

    A graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in molecular biology, Wendy Northcutt began collecting the stories that make up the Darwin Awards in 1993. Her award-winning Web site www.DarwinAwards.com is one of the most popular humor pages on the Web. The Darwin Awards have been profiled in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and on NPR’s All Things Considered. Wendy is the author of the international bestsellers The Darwin Awards: Evolution in Action, The Darwin Awards 2: Unnatural Selection, and The Darwin Awards 3: Survival of the Fittest.

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    • 3/5
      Would have been better without all the in text references!
    • 3/5
      A lite easy read. I would recommend this book as a space filler. It was interesting to read how stupid people can be, but overall it did not keep me glued to the pages.