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LisaMorr | 13 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 27, 2016 |
LisaMorr | 13 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 27, 2016 | 
This compilation of some of the weirdest titles, topics, etc, makes for a quick read. There are several in here that had me laugh and guffaw, sometimes in disbelief, though not all. Sometimes, the author's editorial comments on the books in the list are the funniest parts of all!
I don't think you could make this stuff up!
I don't think you could make this stuff up!
Pretty funny, but marred by their inclusion of dissertation titles. It's clueless, first of all, to list things published in Ann Arbor as books (dead giveaway: it's where diss. microfilm made/published), it's another thing not to realize that diss. titles tend to the weird, esoteric, and punny. It's almost a generic expectation.
a compilation of bizarre, unusual, or just funny titles and authors of actual books. Some of these books have appeared in other collections (and I think I have one or two) but this is a collection of the authors' choices as the best. I know I'd love to have a couple of these on my shelves just for the whiplash factor!
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The book is organized by chapter and many of the entries are just the name of the book, the author, the publisher and the date published. Sometimes there will be a picture of the cover or some other illustration in the book.
Sometimes there will be a quote, a blurb from the cover or something from the introduction. It's organized by chapter: Double Entendre titles, authors, sport, leisure, food & drink, etc. There is a also a section in the back entitled Remarkable Names of Real Authors.
So, there was a lot of rather juvenile and non-PC stuff in the book - making fun of author's names for example.
There were some things that made me laugh out loud - here are a few examples:
From Language:
Correct Mispronunciations of Some South Carolina Names
From Health & Medicine:
The Romance of Proctology
Memoirs of an Amnesiac
How to Get More Fun Out of Smoking
From Transport & Tourism:
The Little I Saw of Cuba
How To Abandon Ship (NOW with 40 more pages of NEW material)
From Death:
The Beginner's Guide for the Recently Deceased. A comprehensive guide to the only inevitable destination.
Premature burial and how it may be prevented.… (mehr)