h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

My bookshelf has 12 more books which together occupy less than a single sheet of paper does:

- A Summary of the Speach Held by [insert name of politician here] Before the Honorable [insert committee name here]
- How to Get a Bank Credit Without Revealing All Your Secrets
- Successful Satellite Launches from India
- How to Keep Your Schedule on German Autobahns
- Famous Meat Recipes From the Sahel Zone
- How to Cure Woman from Chronic Sick Headaches
- All the Facts Known About the Matter of Illegal Fund Raising for the CDU Political Party of Germany, Vol II, 1982-2000
- Railway Travelling Without Getting Annoyed by Other People's Mobile Phones
- The Complete List of Effective UN Sanctions Imposed On [insert country name here]
- All the German Politicians Who Actually Were Held Responsible For Anything
- The Comprehensive World History Book On Tax Reductions
- Forecast For Next Year On New Findings About Fund Raising of the CDU.

I can well imagine that.

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Ooops, somewhat late, I know...

Funnily enough I came across this entry as I was reading "Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco. At one point the characters are creating subjects for a fictious college called 'The School of Comparative Irrelevance'. Some of these subjects would make great topic for shortest books in the world. Here's a selection:

Urban planning for Gypsies
Antartic agriculture
History of Easter Island painting
Contemporary Sumarian Literature
Crowd psychology in the Sahara
Technology of the wheel in Pre-Columbian empires


Enjoy