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You're of course familiar with the True Stella Awards, which debunks the urban legends and runs ...well... TRUE weird lawsuit case reports. Wouldn't it be great if there was a site that took on the stupid urban legend "Darwin Awards" and instead published true case reports? This is that site. Fight the ignorance of urban legends: check out any "Darwin Award" you see here, and get the real reports straight from the official source. From This is True for 1 April 2007 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: WENDY NORTHCUTT List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $9.99 Editorial Review: Evolution takes a giant step forward with the fifth edition of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon.The human race-s most popular humor series returns with a new collection of macabre mishaps and misadventures. Honoring those who improve our gene pool by inadvertently removing themselves from it, The Darwin Awards Next Evolution shows how uncommon common sense still is.  By: Wendy Northcutt List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $9.99 Editorial Review: "The first new Darwin Awards book in three years, The Darwin Awards 4: Intelligent Design is the latest addition to one of the most popular and successful humor franchises on bookshelves today. Named after Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, The Darwin Awards pays homage to those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it. Most of us know instinctively that the phrase ???trust me, light this fuse??? is a recipe for disaster. Darwin Award winners do not. Most of us have basic sound judgment that eliminates the need for NO SMOKING signs at gas stations. Darwin Award winners do not. No warning label could have prevented evolution from creeping up on the homeowner who filled his house with natural gas to kill termites, the easy rider who decided to steer his motorcycle with his feet, or the winner who tried to weld a hand grenade onto a chain. Filled with more than one hundred new tales of evolution in action, and complete with essential science and safety discussions, The Darwin Awards 4: Intelligent Design shows that when it comes to common sense, natural selection still has a long way to go. "  By: Peter Sis List Price: $18.00 Amazon Price: $12.24 Editorial Review: In this brilliant presentation of a revolutionary thinker's life, the picture book becomes an art form As far as I can judge, I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men . . . Charles Darwin was, above all else, an independent thinker who continues even now to influence the way we look at the natural world. His endless curiosity and passion for detail resulted in a wealth of notebooks, diaries, correspondence, and published writings that Peter Sís transforms into a visual treasure trove. A multilayered journey through Darwin?s world, The Tree of Life begins with his childhood and traces the arc of his life through university and career, following him around the globe on the voyage of the Beagle, and home to a quiet but momentous life devoted to science and family. Sís uses his own singular vision to create a gloriously detailed panorama of a genius?s trajectory through investigating and understanding the mysteries of nature. In pictures executed in fine pen and ink and lush watercolors ? cameo portraits, illustrated pages of diary, cutaway views of the Beagle, as well as charts, maps, and a gatefold spread ? Peter Sís has shaped a wondrous introduction to Charles Darwin. Here is a fascinating, detailed look at the life of Charles Darwin: naturalist, geologist, and independent thinker. In his author's note, Caldecott Honor illustrator Peter Sis (Starry Messenger, Tibet: Through the Red Box) writes that Darwin always regretted not learning how to draw. However, he could and did take "dense and vivid" written notes, from which Sis drew his inspiration. Readers will spend hours poring over the gorgeous, intricately crafted pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations depicting layer upon layer of Darwin?s life as he developed his theories about the origins of life and natural selection. Tidbits from Darwin?s extensive and legendary voyage on the Beagle, notes on Galapagos tortoises, bloodsucking benchuca bugs, and Toxodon skeletons, and particulars from his family life intermingle with each other--just as in real life. Crammed with a veritable muddle of diary entries, cameo portraits, diagrams, natural illustrations, maps, timelines, a gatefold spread, and narrative divided into "Public Life," "Private Life," and "Secret Life" blocks of text, The Tree of Life will certainly be overwhelming to some readers; for other, less linear thinkers, it will be sheer, chaotic delight. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter  By: Wendy Northcutt List Price: $4.95 Amazon Price: $4.95 Editorial Review: This miniature volume taken from the best-selling Darwin Awards series relays some of the best accounts of awe-inspiring criminal errors. Boggle at the man who tried to pass counterfeit $16 bills, the crook who hid behind the ATM he had just robbed, and the woman who called police to report that the cocaine she purchased was fake. This collection of cautionary tales proves that crime does pay...a genetic dividend! Including full-color illustrations and new, never-before-published stories, this miniature collection makes a wonderful addition to the Darwin Awards library.  By: Wendy Northcutt List Price: $38.00 Amazon Price: $25.08 Editorial Review: This ultimate Darwin Awards collection includes more than 400 hilariously macabre mishaps and misadventures, showing how uncommon common sense can be. |
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