Not a spoof - all the books listed do actually exist, which of course, makes it all the more hilarious.
My favorites:
Around the world
Sodomy and the Pirate tradition: English sea rovers in the seventeenth century Caribbean, 1985
Selected themes and icons from Spanish literature: of beards, shoes, cucumbers and leprosy, 1982
The foul and the fragrant: odor and the French social imagination, 1986
How To / Teach Yourself
How to save a big ship from sinking, even though torpedoed, 1915
What to say when you talk to yourself, 1982
How to write while you sleep, 1985
Grow your own hair, 1947
How to draw a straight line, 1877
How to test your urine at home, 1935
Fresh air and how to use it, 1912
Teach yourself alcoholism, 1975
Come again?
Who’s who in cocker spaniels, 1944
Umbrellas and parts of umbrellas (except handles), 1964
Nasology – or hints towards a classification of noses, 1848
The toothbrush: its use and abuse, 1939
Manhole covers of Los Angeles, 1974
The Madam as entrepreneur: career management in house prostitution, 1979
Illinois roadkill cookbook, 1991
Ice-cream for small plants, 1937
1587. A year of no importance
Telephones
Fish who answer the telephone, 1937
Phone calls from the dead, 1979
Feet
Anthropometric measurements of Brazilian feet, 1993
Pre-historic sandals from northeastern Arizona, 1998
…and my nº1 favorite:
Nuclear War: What’s in it for you? 1982
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