Anorexia Nervosa in Bulgarian Bees

For 30 years now, The Bookseller, a British magazine, has been awarding books with the oddest book titles with the Diagram Prize. This year, for their 30th anniversary, they awarded 1978 winner Greek Rural Postment and Their Cancellation Numbers (edited by Derek Willan, 1995) with the "Diagram of Diagrams" Prize.

The other night, Christabelle, Debbie and I went through a list of odd book titles and we came up with a unanimous favorite: Anorexia Nervosa in Bulgarian Bees, n.d.

As for me, I have the following other favorites:

• Woodcarving with a Chainsaw; n.d.
• Knitting With Dog Hair: Better a Sweater from a Dog You Know and Love Than from a Sheep You'll Never Meet, by Kendall Crolius; 2005 (St Martin's Griffin)
• Gymnastics for Horses; n.d.
• Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice (various authors); 1978 (University of Tokyo Press) *Diagram Prize Winner!
• Life and Laughter 'midst the Cannibals; 1926
• Tea Bag Folding; 2001 (Search Press)
• Who's Who in Barbed Wire; 1970
• Proceedings of the 18th International Seaweed Symposium; 2006
• My Invisible Friend Explains the Bible; 1971
• Thirty-six Reasons for Believing in Everlasting Punishment; 1887
• The Baby Jesus Touch and Feel Book, by Linda Parry, Alan Parry (Illustrator); 1995
• 1587. A Year of No Importance; n.d.
• Highlights in the History of Concrete, by Slough; 1998 (Cement & Concret Assoc.); *Diagram Prize Winner!
• The Coming Disaster Worse Than the H-bomb, Astronomically, Geologically and Scientifically Proven. The Coal Beds, Ice Ages, Tides, and Coming Soon, a Great Wave and Flood Caused by a Shift of the Axis of the Earth From the Gyroscopic Action of Our Solar System; 1954. Washington, DC
• On Sledge and Horseback to Outcast Siberian Lepers, by Kate Marsden, Eric Newby; 2001
• Do-it-Yourself Coffins: For Pets and People, by Dale Power, Jeffrey B. Snyder; 1997
• People Who Don't Know They're Dead: How They Attach Themselves To Unsuspecting Bystanders and What To Do About It, by Gary Leon Hill; 2005 (Weiser Books); *Diagram Prize Winner!
• How to Pick Pockets. A Treatise on the Fundamental Principle, Theory and Practice of Picking Pockets; n.d.
• The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution, by Barbara Sherman Heyl; 1979; *Diagram Prize Winner!
• A Toddler's Guide to the Rubber Industry, by D. Lowe; n.d.
• The Benefits of Farting Explained; 1727
• Old Age: Its Cause and Prevention; 1912
• Scurvy Past and Present, by Alfred Hess; 1982
• Nasal Maintenance: Nursing Your Nose Through Troubled Times, by William Alan Stuart; 1983
• The Do-It-Yourself Lobotomy: Open Your Mind to Greater Creative Thinking, by Tom Mopnahan; 2002 (Wiley)
• Psoriasis at Your Fingertips; n.d.
• Natural Bust Enlargement with Total Power: How to Increase the Other 90% of Your Mind to Increase the Size of Your Breasts, by Donald L. Wilson; 1984; *Diagram Prize Winner!
• How To Become a Schizophrenic, by John Modrow; 1992
• What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter; 1982 (Grindle Press)
• How To Avoid Huge Ships, by John W. Trimmer; 1992; *Diagram Prize Winner!
• How To Write a How To Write Book; 2007
• Recollections of Squatting in Victoria; 1833
• I Was Hitler's Maid; 1953
• Wrestling for Gay Guys; 1994
• Lesbian Nuns, Breaking the Silence, by Rosemary Curb, Nancy Manahan; 1985
• Lesbian Sadomasochism Safety Manual, by Pat Califia; 1989; *Diagram Prize Winner!
• The Sexual Male: Problems and Solutions; n.d.
• Jilling Off: Women's Masturbation Stories, by Rachel Bussel; 2001
• Hand Grenade Throwing as a College Sport; 1918
• Why Bring That Up? - A Guide to Seasickness, by JF Montague; 1936
• Games You Can Play With Your Pussy - Ira Alterman, Watertown, Mass.: Ivory Tower Pub. Co 1885
• The Theory of Lengthwise Rolling, by A.I.T. Sielikov, G. S. Nikitin & S. E. Rokotyan; 1982; *Diagram Prize Winner!
• The Romance of Leprosy; 1949
• The Romance of Proctology; 1938
• Better Never to Have Been: the Harm of Coming Into Existence, by David Benatar
• The Bright Side of Prison Life; 1897
• Not Worth Reading; 1914
• Reusing Old Graves, by Douglas Davies & Alistair Shaw; 1994; *Diagram Prize Winner!

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