Mad book titles

I try to put myself in the shoes of the publisher who chose these titles and (presumably) thought they might sell. There are the academic tomes, such as
- Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice
- Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium
There are the deep niches of special interest, such as:
- Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers
- Highlights in the History of Concrete
And then there are just the bonkers ones:
- How to Shit in the Woods, an Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
- Living with Crazy Buttocks
- People Who Don't Know They´re Dead: How They Attach Themselves to Unsuspecting Bystanders and What to Do About It.
- How Green Were the Nazis?
-The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: a Guide To Field Identification
- Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoon Boxes of Daghestan: Magic Medicine Symbols in Silk, Stone, Wood and Flesh
Marvellous. I have in mind a new imprint, putting out slim volumes with titles madder than a bag of beetles, just for the joy of it.

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