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6 Books Top Odd Title List

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 21, 2009 6:01 PM CST

(Newser) – Every year since 1978, Britain's Bookseller magazine has awarded the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, the Telegraph reports. The mag's six-title shortlist just came out:

  • Baboon Metaphysics
  • Curbside Consultation of the Colon

  • The Large Sieve and its Applications
  • Strip and Knit with Style
  • Techniques for Corrosion Monitoring
  • The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais
Unfortunately, Monumental Beginnings: Archaeology of the N4 Sligo Inner Relief Road and Sketches of Hull Authors, published before 2008, just missed the cut-off date.

The winner for 2006, The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification, by Julian Montague and published by Harry N. Abrams.
The winner for 2006, "The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification," by Julian Montague and published by Harry N. Abrams.   (AP Photo)
Victoria Beckham's book of fashion style tips, That Extra Half an Inch, has not won the award, but...
Victoria Beckham's book of fashion style tips, "That Extra Half an Inch," has not won the award, but...   (AP Photo)
Baboon Metaphysics by Dorothy Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth .
"Baboon Metaphysics" by Dorothy Dorothy L Cheney and Robert M Seyfarth .   (University of Chicago Press)
Curbside Consultation of the Colon by Brooks D Cash.
"Curbside Consultation of the Colon" by Brooks D Cash.   (SLACK Incorporated)
The Large Sieve and its Applications by Emmanuel Kowalski.
"The Large Sieve and its Applications" by Emmanuel Kowalski.   (Cambridge University Press)
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At a time when the economic climate is forbidding and cost-cutting companies are ten-a-penny, I'm proud to report that the British publishing industry has remained as stubborn in the face of change as ever. - Horace Bent, The Bookseller magazine

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