I Beg to Differ

I Beg to Differ

Okay, I know there's an element of sales and hucksterism goin' on here, but, as reference librarian - and even just a reasonably well-informed member of our society - I have to regard these:

Podcasting Tome Makes Amazon.com’s ‘Top 10 Reference Books’ List

as among the biggest loads of horse manure I've ever seen in my life.

Here are some of than many other reference books published in '06 that I think most people would regard as more important:

Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre

Icons of Horror and the Supernatural [Two Volumes]: An Encyclopedia of OurWorst Nightmares

American Medical Association Concise Medical Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of American Race Riots

Encyclopedia of Children's Sewing Collectibles

Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film

Concise Encyclopedia of Investing

Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition: Greenwood Milestones in AfricanAmerican History

The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Encyclopedia of Pain

Encyclopedia of American Folklore

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion Set

Encyclopedia Judaica

Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns

Encyclopedia of Children, Adolescents, and the Media

First Dinosaur Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Singapore

Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Encyclopedia of the Solar System

Encyclopedia of Juvenile Violence

Encyclopedia of Religious Revivals in America

Encyclopedia of North Carolina
The Encyclopedia of Sauces, Pickles and Preserves

There are a whole lot of people around who need to remove their heads from their rigs and butts and tiny little circles and discover the realities of the bigger world real people are living in.

-M!