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April/May 2004

Vol VIII Issue IV
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Judging A Book By Its Cover

By Jenine Lillian, MLIS Day
Spring is in the air and it’s time to pursue all of those extracurricular activities! Whether you’re a budding film maker, a mathematician, a geneticist or a top-notch chef, this book list will help you get started. If you’re looking for leisure reading, I hope you find inspiration from these REAL books. (Trust me, I couldn’t make this stuff up.)

Non-Fiction

All I Need To Know About FILMMAKING I Learned From The Toxic Avenger: The Shocking True Story of Troma Studios--Chopper Chicks! Surf Nazis! Tromeo and Juliet! Toxic Violence! Guerilla Filmmaking! Poor Hygiene!

A Good Hard KICK In the Ass: Basic Training for Entrepreneurs

What It Means to Be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People and Their Genes

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements

Kill Duck Before Serving: Red Faces At The New York Times: A collection of the newspaper's most interesting, embarrassing and off-beat corrections

Fiction

Honorary title (for subject matter):
In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians

The 500 Best Urban Legends Ever!

Dreams of Dead Women's Handbags (collected stories)

The Hipster Handbook

Thoughts For A Bad Hair Day

 

Jenine Lillian's monthly column Judging A Book By Its Cover includes weird and wacky titles of real books found on library shelves. If you find weird books in your travels, send them to je9@u.washington.edu and they just might make it on the top 10.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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