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The Bookseller magazine is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2009 Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year, its yearly list of books with bonkers names! I'm particularly fond of What Kind of Bean Is This Chihuahua? Fabulously silly title. What is your favourite?
Afterthoughts of a Worm Hunter by David Crompton
The Changing World of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Impact of Generation, Gender, and Global Trends by Ellen Scherl and Marla Dubinsky
Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich by James A. Yannes
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina
Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots by Ronald Arkin
What Kind of Bean Is This Chihuahua? by Tara Jansen-Meyer, illustrated by Swapan Debnath
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Teresa
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'Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich' would be my winner - serious enough and quirky enough at the same time !
- Posted Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:53 Mark as unsuitable? Under review
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Carole Morris
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I agree that 'What kind of Bean is This Chihuahua - although 'Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich' is also rather good.
- Posted Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:22 Mark as unsuitable? Under review
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