- Baboon Metaphysics ~ Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth ($12)
- Curbside Consultation of the Colon ~ Brooks D Cash ($72) FYI - apparently this is a series (including liver, glaucoma and spinal) for those in need of medical consultation who aren't big fans of using actual Doctors
- The Large Sieve and its Applications ~ E Kowalski ($97)
- Strip and Knit with Style ~ Mark Hordyszynski ($20)
- Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring ~ L Yang ($285)
- The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais - Icon Group ($795) Also a series, be sure to collect the whole set...
I know, you're thinking - how did I not know about this particular award earlier? I'm sure you'll be shocked to learn that the British literary magazine 'The Bookseller' has been running this competition to select oddly titled books for 31 years now.
The prestigious prize was first conceived by The Diagram Group's Bruce Robertson as a way to avoid boredom at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Run by Horace Bent, the first ever winner was...Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice...There are rules. You can't nominate your own title (author or publisher) and books that appear to be deliberately named to be funny are usually excluded. Until 2000, the winner was selected by a panel of judges but now voting is open to the public via the internet. Past winners have included:
~ The Bookseller
1980 ~ The Joy of Chickens
1996 ~ Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers
2004 ~ Bombproof Your Horse
Don't despair, although you may not have had the opportunity to nominate a book title for this year's award, you can still vote on the nominated titles. The winner will be announced March 27th so vote now!
btw, the prices noted are from Amazon. Someone needs to tell me how a book on the world outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais (that's cheese, people) could possibly cost $795.
4 comments:
thanks for the laugh! i was wondering about the $800 book, too. I'm hope it's for the whole set and comes with a cheese of month subscription.
Laura, your BLOG gets better every day. I use many of your topics in my daily travels and that blows their minds.
I really have a hard time believing that someone writes a book regarding some of these topics. OOO
Sally -
The cheese subscription might make sense, but it would have to be a cheese of the week program for that price!
To Anonymous...Thanks Dad!
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