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The Diagram Prize

Started by Slapsie Maxie, Feb 24 2012 01:42 PM

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#1 Slapsie Maxie

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 01:42 PM

Today is one of my favourite days on the publishing calendar, when they announce the shortlist for The Diagram Prize for the most bizarre book titles of the last 12 months.

Particular favourites this year are "Cooking with Poo" and "Estonian Sock Patterns Around the World"

Previous winners can be found HERE and include the ever popular "Oral Sadism and The Vegetarian Personality" (1986) and "Reusing Old Graves" (1995)

I once submitted Gail Sheehey's Book "Understanding Men's Passages" but it seems it had very tough competition in 2001 from "Living With Crazy Buttocks" :rolleyes:

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#2 Anthony Bonner

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 02:05 PM

Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way

I'm not gonna lie - part of me thinks this should be an entire series of self-help books

"XXX the Genghis Khan Way"

Like "For Dummies" with a homicidal twist.

Why not mayo?

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#3 balex

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 03:07 PM

Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way

I'm not gonna lie - part of me thinks this should be an entire series of self-help books

"XXX the Genghis Khan Way"

Like "For Dummies" with a homicidal twist.

Moderating Food Discussion Boards the Genghis Khan Way

there's definitely a market

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#4 GG Mora

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 03:22 PM

I've always been intrigued by a title on my chiropractor's bookshelf: The Bigness of the Fellow Within.

And Bonner: XXX the Genghis Khan Way? Genius.

Quieting Life

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#5 ghostrider

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 03:44 PM

Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way

I'm not gonna lie - part of me thinks this should be an entire series of self-help books

"XXX the Genghis Khan Way"

Like "For Dummies" with a homicidal twist.

If someone had published CBT The Gengis Kahn Way back when I was depressed, I bet my life would have been a lot different. :lol:

It was hard to avoid the feeling that somebody, somewhere, was missing the point. I couldn't even be sure that it wasn't me. - Douglas Adams

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#6 Sneakeater

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 04:16 PM

I've always been intrigued by a title on my chiropractor's bookshelf: The Bigness of the Fellow Within.

That's the exact opposite of my problem.

Bar Loser

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#7 Suzanne F

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Posted 25 February 2012 - 06:49 PM

Next year, a book I just CEd should make the short list, at least:

The MILF Diet

[M]ost of the pastas hover around $25. This ought to be enough to buy bucatini that is cooked on both ends. -- Pete Wells on Caravaggio ( * review)

Tonight, there was a dessert of coconut, rhubarb, and black olive. Obvious in its execution how innovation and experiment, when introduced for their own sake, are annoying. --irnscrabblechf52, May 9, 2013

notorious stickler -- NY Times
deeply annoying and nitpicking -- Molly O'Neill, One Big Table

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#8 balex

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 06:05 PM

Managing a Dental Practice the Genghis Khan Way

I'm not gonna lie - part of me thinks this should be an entire series of self-help books

"XXX the Genghis Khan Way"

Like "For Dummies" with a homicidal twist.
If someone had published CBT The Gengis Kahn Way back when I was depressed, I bet my life would have been a lot different.

Let me channel LML for a moment here and say -- that sounds really painful.

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