weird books

Unemployment rates are high for everyone right now, dumpling chefs included. With no recipes, this complete guide to opportunities is only good for seasoned pierogi professionals.

Its best to be prepared.

In the days before hypochondriacs could be satisfied (or spurred on) by a quick WebMD search for symptoms like stiff elbow or sore ankles, Spinal Publications New Zealand Ltd. and physical therapist Robin McKenzie released a handy paperback guide to selfcare for all neckrelated problems. Reviews of the book range from highly recommend to a warning that some of the exercises might be quite harmful to those with preexisting arthritis. Exercise caution when reading.

This is, unfortunately, not an illustrated coffee table book, but a cleverly titled collection of marketing advice essays. Well done, Philipp Lomboy you sold us.

This concept was apparently so good that two different publishers have used it. The illustrated Whose Bottom Is This? is a hardcover lifttheflap guessing game for children ages 1 to 3. Those same children can then graduate a few years later to Wayne Lynchs photographic series of books, which include the posed posteriors of hippos, rhinos, bighorn sheep, pintailed ducks, and more. It might be good preparation for a childs first field trip to the zoo, so long as someone teaches them what animals look like from the front as well.

Theres no readily available information on this reprinted 1871 collection of British pamphlets, but the titular dorking might either refer to a market town just south of London, or to a breed of fivetoed English domestic fowl. Feel free to leave your speculation as to what The Lull Before Dorking could possibly mean in the comments below.

To clarify Radiation was a brand of automated gas cooker.

Finally, there exists a practical guide for the stylechallenged masses. Who wouldnt want to mix sequins and fringe, stars and argyle, or knee socks and shortshorts like the worlds highestpaid entertainer?

The Associated Press described this 2012 book as a supernaturally tinged barnyard manual. In addition to goblins, the guide also offers practical advice for warding off dwarves, brownies, and flower fairies.

Originally published under the full title, How to Avoid Huge Ships, or I Never Met a Ship I Liked, Captain John W. Trimmers Howto guide delivers readers exactly what it promises. Though it was named worst book ever by Publishers Weekly, its garnered quite a fan base on Amazon. One reviewer wrote I was jogging around the block when all of a sudden I was almost struck by a huge ship Thankfully I had read How to Avoid Huge Ships. I have lived to tell the tale and now I only hope future generations read this lifesaver.