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The Big Book Of Big Book of Urban Legends" won the 1995 Eisner Award for Best Anthology. Collected by Brunvand, the two hundred tales in this volume are folklore for our times. Published in 1995 and written by Carl Posey, the "Big Book of Weirdos" illustrates the biographies of sixty-seven of the world's greatest eccentrics. Among those covered are Caligula, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Henrietta Howland Robinson, Harry Houdini, and the Marquis de Sade. The book features an introduction by Gahan Wilson. Published in 1995 and written by Bronwyn Carlton, the "Big Book of Death" begins by providing the inside story on execution methods