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- 1 2 Ranking History’s Atrocities by Counting the Corpses, New York Times, Nov 8, 2011.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia of evil: a catalog of history's 100 worst atrocities". Christian Science Monitor. 2012-02-24. ISSN 0882-7729 . Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ↑ "The Great Big Book of Horrible Things". Kirkus Reviews . 7 November 2011.
- ↑ The Great Big Book of Horrible Things: The Definitive Chronicle of History's 100 Worst Atrocities
- ↑ Italian translation
- ↑ Portuguese translation
- ↑ Romanian translation
