BIZARRO BOOKS

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497212.post-72176847972625657332007-11-11T13:09:00.000-08:002007-11-12T09:37:07.970-08:00BIZARRO BOOKS<div align="left"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd5JRbQyVI/AAAAAAAAAs0/aZmUUegIyQs/s1600-h/look-eleven-years-younger.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131703500615502162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd5JRbQyVI/AAAAAAAAAs0/aZmUUegIyQs/s320/look-eleven-years-younger.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd5BBbQyUI/AAAAAAAAAss/XZcqHOHpWpE/s1600-h/girlsinterests-744628.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131703358881581378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd5BBbQyUI/AAAAAAAAAss/XZcqHOHpWpE/s320/girlsinterests-744628.jpg" border="0" /></a>About twenty years ago booksellers in England were encouraged to display their worst sellers in an exhibit called Dud Books. The idea was a popular and financial success, and ever since there has been public interest in bizarre book titles. Here's a few examples that I've encountered in the blogosphere.</div> <div align="left"><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd47RbQyTI/AAAAAAAAAsk/uOEZfVxt_ow/s1600-h/Devo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131703260097333554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd47RbQyTI/AAAAAAAAAsk/uOEZfVxt_ow/s320/Devo.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzdwshbQyLI/AAAAAAAAArk/mLQv4l5L6f0/s1600-h/Scouts.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131694210601240754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzdwshbQyLI/AAAAAAAAArk/mLQv4l5L6f0/s320/Scouts.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzdy9BbQyOI/AAAAAAAAAr8/OgWAQtDTE7w/s1600-h/a-short-history-of-lesbian-hair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131696693092337890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzdy9BbQyOI/AAAAAAAAAr8/OgWAQtDTE7w/s320/a-short-history-of-lesbian-hair.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzdzdRbQyPI/AAAAAAAAAsE/sERAYM3-b5s/s1600-h/who-cut-the-cheese.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131697247143119090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzdzdRbQyPI/AAAAAAAAAsE/sERAYM3-b5s/s320/who-cut-the-cheese.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd0DBbQyQI/AAAAAAAAAsM/I0NxbtPE1oo/s1600-h/oven-mitts-to-die-for.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131697895683180802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzd0DBbQyQI/AAAAAAAAAsM/I0NxbtPE1oo/s320/oven-mitts-to-die-for.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzdw0BbQyMI/AAAAAAAAArs/MCCf-72mJQU/s1600-h/ship.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131694339450259650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzdw0BbQyMI/AAAAAAAAArs/MCCf-72mJQU/s320/ship.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzfj5xbQybI/AAAAAAAAAtk/OGnP8QUVvn0/s1600-h/theearthmybuttandotherbigroundthings.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131820882071701938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px" height="267" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzfj5xbQybI/AAAAAAAAAtk/OGnP8QUVvn0/s320/theearthmybuttandotherbigroundthings.jpg" width="226" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzffPBbQyWI/AAAAAAAAAs8/bBvP-XYRNMc/s1600-h/uranus.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131815749585783138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzffPBbQyWI/AAAAAAAAAs8/bBvP-XYRNMc/s320/uranus.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfmwxbQycI/AAAAAAAAAts/EH6-W5qpvGg/s1600-h/bananas.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131824025987762626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="223" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfmwxbQycI/AAAAAAAAAts/EH6-W5qpvGg/s320/bananas.jpg" width="213" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfhkRbQyZI/AAAAAAAAAtU/kXzcQ3_iw6Q/s1600-h/knitting_dog_hair.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131818313681258898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px" height="242" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfhkRbQyZI/AAAAAAAAAtU/kXzcQ3_iw6Q/s320/knitting_dog_hair.jpg" width="193" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfpmxbQyeI/AAAAAAAAAt8/qQ7tBy6bCew/s1600-h/woody.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131827152723954146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px" height="190" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfpmxbQyeI/AAAAAAAAAt8/qQ7tBy6bCew/s320/woody.jpg" width="150" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzh1ThbQyfI/AAAAAAAAAuE/flC9LkZ0xzs/s1600-h/nurse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131980753639361010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="272" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzh1ThbQyfI/AAAAAAAAAuE/flC9LkZ0xzs/s320/nurse.jpg" width="176" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfngxbQydI/AAAAAAAAAt0/xIPMyNQ7MfE/s1600-h/war.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131824850621483474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px" height="172" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/RzfngxbQydI/AAAAAAAAAt0/xIPMyNQ7MfE/s320/war.jpg" width="171" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzh3yRbQygI/AAAAAAAAAuM/8KAYVQiHS58/s1600-h/Bizarre+Books.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131983480943593986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_nvjvKkd-RB4/Rzh3yRbQygI/AAAAAAAAAuM/8KAYVQiHS58/s320/Bizarre+Books.jpg" border="0" /></a> 11/12/07 UPDATE. How bizarre is this? Looks like the NY Times blogged this same post a few days ago on <a href="http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/painfully-funny/?hp">Paper Cuts</a>. Here's a link to a book on the subject from Harper's Collins, Bizarre Books: A Compendium of Classic Oddities.Bar Storiesnoreply@blogger.com