Cover of The Pop-Up Book of Phobias

The Pop-Up Book of Phobias

Fear of heights, fear of spiders, fear of flying, fear of death—everyone is afraid of something. And these pop-ups place you in the hot seat—whether it's the dentist's chair as the drill comes spinning toward you; looking over the edge of a skyscraper whose sheer face plummets thousands of feet to the sidewalk far below; or the window seat of a plane as the oxygen mask deploys, your drink spills, and the horizon line shifts to an angle that is suddenly, terribly wrong . . .Brought to life by outrageously macabre artwork and startlingly innovative pop-ups, "The Pop-up Book of Phobias" is an engineering marvel and cult classic in the making—an offbeat holiday treasure sure to become this season's most talked-about gift book.

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