Bizarre Books: A Compendium of Classic Oddities, (Paperback)

from woosang

Bizarre book. No reading persay lots of odd titles and author's names

from jessibud2

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 yo...

from LisaMorr

Probably not a book that you intend to read through in one sitting. And I didn't, but I did read it quicker than I might have planned - I think it's more of a book you dip in and out of. The book is organized by chapter and many of the entries are just the name of the book, the author, the publis...

from karl.steel

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. I...

from seldombites

Some of the titles listed in this book are absolutely hilarious. There are also some really funny author/title combinations that will crack you up, such as Oh! Sex Education! by Mary Breasted or Your Teeth by John Chipping. At the end there is a list of strange author names (seriously, why would ...