Bragg, G. (2011). How they Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous. New York: Walker & Company. How they Croaked is an irreverent fun book that tells about the demise of the famous. Interesting facts with a bit of gore and gross, Bragg explains in detail about each off these famous character in history. Included are Cleopatra, Caesar, Elizabeth I, Maria Antoinette not all are questionable presidents Washington and Garfield and Einstein are also a part of the macabre collection. She gives the epitaph on each subject with jobs, where and when they were born and died and the age at the time of death. Bragg tells a brief history of the person and what was happening around the time of their death. She examines in depth the gorey details of what happen to their body in the aftermath of the injury that causes the death. She also give background and interesting facts related to the subject's job or connection with others. It is a fascinating read and has many eww moments that after the initial gross out understanding will be shared with others as a fun fact maybe even over the dinner table. Bragg provides for a book rich in unknown facts with a impressive amount of research to each death and history of each subject. Georgia Bragg has also written How they Choked, a book about how the famous have failed and ideas flopped. Bragg and O'Malley partner in How they Choked, O'Malley has authored many books of his own. Georgia Bragg has an interesting website with her work, fan videos and obscure facts and opinions.