The Pop-Up Book of Phobias [ハードカバー]

高所恐怖症、クモ嫌い、飛ぶことへの恐怖、死への恐怖。誰でも何かに対する恐怖心がある。『The Pop-Up Book of Phobias』は、まさにそんなあなたを窮地へと追いやる絵本だ。たとえば、歯医者の治療イスに座り、ドリルが回転してどんどん迫ってくる瞬間。もしくは超高層ビルの端から何千フィートも下の歩道をのぞき込む瞬間。飛行機の窓際の座席上から酸素マスクが出てきて、飲み物がこぼれ、窓から見える地平線の角度が、なんだかおかしい…。そんな切迫した状況を描いている。

ゾッとするような状況を再現したアートワークや、新しい飛び出す細工によって命を吹き込まれた『The Pop-Up Book of Phobias』は、話題をさらうプレゼントとして最適だ。（Book Description）

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.

Gary Greenberg is a stand-up comic and writer based in Manhattan. His written work has been produced by Comedy Central's The Daily Show and Stand-Up, Stand-Up, and he has written for USA Network's Up All Night. His first book, Self-Helpless, was published in April of 1999.

Balvis Rubess is an illustrator living in Toronto. He has worked with Harper's, the Chicago Tribune, Yahoo!, McDonald's, Coke, Pepsi, Nestle's, and many others.

Matthew Reinhardt is a paper sculptor and model maker who has created three-dimensional work for Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster. He is a partner in Librum Artifex, the company that produced the acclaimed pop-up books Tutankhamen's Gift (a New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year) and The Christmas Alphabet.