With Christmas approaching, here are some unusual book gift ideas to make the recipient wonder (all are listed on amazon.com or abebooks.com)…
Stop-Motion Puppet Sculpting by Tom Brierton
Glorified Fasting by Franklin Hall
Curses and Blessings for All Occasions by Bradley Trevor Greive
Dating For Under a Dollar: 301 Ideas by Blair Tolman
Horse Yoga
How to Land a Top-Paying Pierogi Makers Job by Ashley McFadden
Versailles: The View From Sweden by Elaine Guy
Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow by Donald I. Rogers
How To Cook For A Ghost by Hope McIntyre
The New Radiation Recipe Book
Anybody Can Be Cool– But Awesome Takes Practice by Lorraine Peterson
The Importance of Being Fuzzy by Artulo Sangalli
A Practical Guide to Racism by C.H. Dalton
Still Stripping after 25 years by Eleanor Burns
Extreme Ironing by Phil Shaw
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America by Julian Montague
Managing a Dental Practice The Genghis Khan Way by Michael Young
How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack: Defend Yourself When the Lawn Warriors Strike (And They Will) by Chuck Sambuchino
Dancing with Jesus: Featuring a Host of Miraculous Moves by Sam Stall
The Manly Art of Knitting by David Fougner
Self Help for the Bleak by Rich Hall
Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants by Dennis Okholm
How To Survive a Robot Uprising by Daniel H. Wilson
Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan by Robert Chenciner
How to Be Pope by Piers Marchant
How to Date a White Woman: A Practical Guide for Asian Men by Adam Quan
The Manga Guide to Calculus by Shin Togami; Hiroyuki Kojima
Do It Yourself Coffins for Pets and People by Dale Power
Pretending You Care: The Retail Employee Handbook by Norman Feuti
The Social History of the Machine Gun by John Ellis
Do-It-Yourself Brain Surgery by Joel Rickett
You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day by Scott Dikkers
Reusing Old Graves by Douglas Davies
Bombproof Your Horse by Rick Pelicano
Nuclear War: What’s In It For You? by Ground Zero Fund
Castration: The Advantages and the Disadvantages by Victor T. Cheney
How to Make Money in Your Spare Time by JMR Rice
How to Sharpen Pencils: A Practical & Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening for Writers, Artists, Contractors, Flange Turners, Anglesmiths, & Civil Servants by David Rees
How to Avoid Huge Ships by John W. Trimmer
How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found by Doug Richmond
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel
How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe By Charles Yu
How to Talk to Your Cat About Gun Safety: And Abstinence, Drugs, Satanism, and Other Dangers That Threaten Their Nine Lives by Zachary Auburn
Crafting with Cat Hair: Cute Handicrafts to Make with Your Cat by Kaori Tsutaya
Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic Planes by Daina Taimina
F in Exams: The Very Best Totally Wrong Test Answers by Richard Benson (there are also sequels to this book)
