Books to Buy

On March 29, 2009 12:13 PM | | Add your comment | , ,

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The winner of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year has come out and I can’t wait to lay down $1,139 for it. Yes, it’s “The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-Milligram Containers of Fromage Frais”.

I’m hoping the outlook is good, because I do love fromage frais.

Other titles I will be tracking down:

  • “Waterproofing Your Child”

  • “The Large Sieve and Its Applications”

  • “Strip and Knit With Style”

  • “Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Nude Mice”

  • “How to Avoid Huge Ships”

If you want to experience the full force of the Bookseller/Diagram Prize, you can get the lists, photos included, in this lovely volume. Which I already own. Naturally.

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