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Computational Galerkin Methods.
Erotic Art of the Kathmandu Valley.
Was Marx a Satanist?
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security.
How to read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney comic.
Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research.
I just spent the last few minutes searching for an article from the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. When I finally found it, I burst out laughing at the title: “Minimally invasive management of bile leaks after blunt liver trauma in children.” I don’t wish pain or suffering on most children. Really, I don’t. It’s just that for some reason that title really tickled me. In an Edward Gorey kind of way, I guess.
Indian Coconut Journal. seriously? An entire journal about coconuts…? Published monthly by the Coconut Development Board of India since 1977… Seriously. Even more serious: there’s actually a subject heading in the catalog for Coconut Periodicals. In addition to the Indian Coconut Journal there is the supplemental Coconut Bulletin issued by the Directorate of Coconut Development in India. wow.
The medieval leper and his northern heirs, by Peter Richards.
Apparently meant to be taken seriously as a medical history book, but come on! That sounds like some kind of graphic novel chronicling the many generations of lepers and knights and warlocks.
Ever heard of the Who’s Who books? They are a series of reference books published every year and they can focus on particular countries, industries, religions, etc. Well, today we had a request from a gentleman in Wisconsin requesting photocopies from every volume of Who’s Who in the Butter, Cheese and Milk Industries since the 1930’s.
Family research? Who knows… I’m just glad that these volumes actually serve a purpose from time to time.
Royal sugar sculpture : 600 years of splendour.
and
Mice in the freezer, owls on the porch : the lives of naturalists Frederick & Frances Hamerstrom.
with a search for:
Polskie archiwum medycyny wewne,trznej
Zhongguo gu xing tu, or “Star charts in ancient China”
Tongnip sinmun
All apes great and small
and,
Chasing the dragon.
The Asian mystique; dragon ladies, geisha girls, & our fantasies of the exotic Orient.
gross… Don’t legitimize sexual obsessions. Anime is for pervs.
The extreme searcher’s Internet handbook: a guide for the serious searcher. By Randolph Hock, foreward by Greg R. Notess. In its SECOND edition… for those searchers who just can’t get extreme enough.
