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Subject:RE: Jobs that _I_ can't find on monster.com From:"Jane Carnall" <jane -dot- carnall -at- digitalbridges -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:04:37 -0000
Books no one's ever asked me to edit...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,609674,00.html
The annual Diagram prize for the oddest book title of the year has been
awarded to Gerard Forlin's Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service, a
hefty law tome providing guidance and analysis on corporate liability for
deaths in the workplace.
The book, not published until January, was up against five other shortlisted
titles:
Fancy Coffins to Make Yourself;
The Flat-Footed Flies of Europe;
Lightweight Sandwich Construction;
Tea Bag Folding;
The Art and Craft of Pounding Flowers: No Paint, No Ink, Just a Hammer!
The shortlist was thrown open to readers of the literary trade magazine The
Bookseller, who chose the winner by voting on http://www.thebookseller.com/.
Butterworths Corporate Manslaughter Service, a snip at ?375, emerged as the
overall victor with 35% of the vote.
Other winning titles since 1978:
Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice
American Bottom Archaeology
High-Performance Stiffened Structures
How can I tell this is Friday?
Jane Carnall
Apologies for the long additional sig: it is added automatically and outwith
my control.
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