Thursday, September 1, 2011

Titles

Some miscellaneous reference books I haven’t seen, and about which I know nothing more than their titles — but what lovely titles they are:
  • Encyclopedia of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  • A Dictionary of the Language of Mota, Sugarloaf Island, Banks’ Islands, with a Short Grammar and Index
  • Encyclopedia of Death 
  • A Dictionary of Sexist Quotations
  • Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal, with a foreword by Ronnie James Dio
  • Atlas of Northwestern Elevators
  • Encyclopedia of Conditioning Rinse Ingredients
  • Arkheologicheskii slovar kamennykh orudii (Archaeological Dictionary of Stone Tools
  • Dung Fungi: An Illustrated Guide to Coprophilous Fungi in New Zealand
  • Encyclopedia of Murder & Violent Crime 
  • Les seins: Encyclopédie historique et bizarre des gorges, mamelles, poitrines, pis et autres tétons: Des origines à nos jours (Breasts: A Strange and Historical Encyclopedia of Boobs, Mammaries, Chests, Breasts, and Nipples: From the Beginnings to Today)
  • Foolish Dictionary: An Exhausting Work of Reference to Un-Certain English Words, Their Origin, Meaning, Legitimate and Illegitimate Use, Confused by a Few Pictures, Executed by Gideon Wurdz
  • Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth! about Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More
  • Talkin’ that talk: Le langage du blues et du jazz 
  • 1001 Wörter Lkw-Werkstatt: Deutsch, English, français, ʻArabi (1001 Words for Truck Workshop)
  • Precancelled Envelopes of the United States
  • The Zombie Dictionary (included in  Zombie Code: Keys to Unlocking Your Undead Destiny)
  • Atlas of Hair and Scalp Diseases
  • 6-sprachiges Süsswarenfachwörterbuch (Six-Language Technical Dictionary of the Confectionery Industry)
Oh, had we but world enough and time!

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