AbeBooks' Weird Book Room: 101 Weird and Wonderful Books.


My Gag Award of the Year goes to:

1. Is Your Dog Gay?,

2. The Haunted Vagina

and

3. The Bible Cure for the Irritable Bowel Syndrome.


...

The Who's Who of British Beheadings by Geoffrey Abbott

My Visit to Venus by T. Lobsang Rampa

Summer With the Leprechauns: A True Story by Tanis Helliwell

James Bond: His World of Values by Lycurgus M. Starkey, Jr.

Roaring Dorset!: Encounters with Big Cats by Merrily Harpur

Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power by Donald L. Wilson

Soldier Bear by Geoffrey Morgan and W.A. Lasocki

The English: Are They Human? by G.J. Renier

What's Wrong With My Snake? by John Rossi, Roxanne Rossi

Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch

What Moles Tell You About Yourself by Pietro Santini

The History of Torture by Daniel P. Mannix

Death in the Pot: The Impact of Food Poisoning on History by Morton Satin

Spaghetti Art Ware: Poodles and Other Collectible Ceramics by Wanda Gessner

Impeccable Birdfeeding: How to Discourage Scuffling, Hull-Dropping, Seed-Throwing, Unmentionable Nuisances and Vulgar Chatter at Your Birdfeeder by Bill Adler Jr.

What Not to Wear on a Horse by Ginny Oakley, Stephanie Soskin

Ductigami: The Art of the Tape by Joe Wilson

Le Petomane : A Tribute to the Unique Stage Act That Shook and Shattered the Moulin Rouge and the World by Jean Nohain, Francois Caradec

American Hair Metal by Steven Blush

50 Ways to Use Feminine Hygiene Products in a Manly Manner by B. Koz

How to Preserve Animal and other Specimens in Clear Plastic by Cleo E. Harden

The Beverly Hillbillies Bible Study by Stephen Skelton

The Deer-smellers of Haunted Mountain by John Joseph Meyer

Gangsta Rap Coloring Book by Anthony "Aye Jaye" Morano

Fart Proudly: Writings of Benjamin Franklin You Never Read in School by Benjamin Franklin

Kneel to the Prettiest by Berta Ruck

The Big Book of Near Death Experiences by P.M.H. Atwater

Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim

The How and Why Wonder Book of Guns by Irving Robbin

Was Karl Marx a Satanist? by Richard Wurmbrand

Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words

Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television by Michael Klossner

Male Delivery: Reproduction, Effeminacy, and Pregnant Men in Early Modern Spain

Erotic Dots: Join the Dots to Create 60 Sexy and Exciting Pictures

How You Can Bowl Better Using Self-Hypnosis

300 Ways to Serve Eggs by Ruth Berolsheimer

Jewish Chess Masters on Stamps by Felix Berkovich

Teleportation: A How To Guide

Commander X with Tim Swartz

Why Do I Vomit? by Angela Royston

Semen for Sale. All About Artificial Insemination by D.O. Cauldwell

The Romance of Proctology by Charles Elton Blanchard

Knit the Christmas Story by Jan Messent

Taming a Liger: Unexpected Spiritual Lessons from Napoleon Dynamite by Andrew Kirk, Jane Moseley

Toilet Paper Origami by Linda Wright

What to Do When the Russians Come: A Survivor's Guide by Robert Conquest and Jon Ewbank Manchip White

Barbie: Voyage to Rados by Joanne Barkan

50 Sad Chairs by Bill Keaggy

Dead Pet: Send Your Best Little Buddy Off in Style by Andrew Kirk, Jane Moseley

Bass Fitness : An Exercise Handbook by Josquin des Pres

Oedipus in Disneyland by Hercules Molloy

A History of Orgies by Burgo Partridge

Washer Mouth: The Man Who Was a Washing Machine by Kevin L. Donihe

Help! A Bear is Eating Me by Mykle Hansen

The Joys of Jello

What Bird Did That? A Driver's Guide to Some Common Birds of North America by Peter Hansard, Burton Silver

A Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown by Robert Baker

The Pop-Up Book of Phobias by Gary Greenberg

The Social History of the Machine Gun by John Ellis

An Incomplete History of the Art of the Funerary Violins

How Green Were the Nazis? by Dana Miller

Doga: Yoga for Dogs by Jennifer Brilliant, William Berloni

Is Your Dog Gay? by Charles Kreloff, Patty Brown, Victoria Roberts

The Cat Whisperer by Claire Bessant

Pills for Cats by Charles Kreloff, Patty Brown, Victoria Roberts

Know How to Clip a Poodle by Dana Miller

Poop-eaters: Dung Beetles in the Food Chain by Deirdre A. Prischmann

The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories by Alisa Surkis, Monica Nolan

Bombproof Your Horse by Rick Pelicano, Lauren Tjaden

Living With Llamas: Tales from Juniper Ridge by Rosana Hart

The Pet Psychic: What the Animals Tell Me by Sonya Fitzpatrick

Knight Life: Jousting in the United States by Robert L. Loeffelbein

The Amateur Taxidermist by Jean Labrie

The Great Pantyhose Crafts Book by Edward A. Baldwin, Stevie Baldwin

Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them by Roger Welsch

The Lost Art of Towel Origami by Ivy Press, Alison Jenkins

Critter Cuisine by Mary Ann Clayton

Twinkie, Deconstructed by Steve Ettlinger

Simply Seaweed: A Book of Tempting Recipes for Samphire, Seaweed and Sea Vegetables by Lesley Ellis

The Thermodynamics of Pizza by Harold J. Morowitz

All About Sausage by Ellen Edwards & Oscar Mayer

Dead Clients Don't Pay: The Bodyguard's Manual by Leroy Thompson

People Who Don't Know They're Dead by Gary Leon Hill

Do-It-Yourself Coffins: For Pets and People by Dale Power

Nuclear War: What's in It for You? by Ground Zero

The Art and Science of Embalming by Carl Lewis Barnes

How to Be Pope: What to Do and Where to Go Once You're in the Vatican by Piers Marchant

How to Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction by Ann Druffel

How to Survive on Land and Sea by Frank C. Craighead, John J. Craighead

How to Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel H. Wilson

How to Good-Bye Depression by Hiroyuki Nishigaki

The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America by Julian Montague

Monk Habits for Everyday People by Dennis Okholm

Paint It Black: A Guide To Gothic Homemaking by Voltaire

History of Shit by Dominique Laporte

The Waterless Toilet - Is it Right for You? by Ron Poitras

The Haunted Vagina by Carlton Mellick III

The Sex Life of the Foot and Shoe by William A. Rossi

The Bible Cure for Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Don Colbert

Face Lifting By Exercise by Senta Maria Runge

Rebellious Wives and Slacker Husbands by John R. Rice



Cheers,
L.