Subtitles: One day we’ll run out of colons, and then where will we be?

July 9th, 2009

Sometimes a book’s subtitle just tries too hard:

Recently published [...]:

Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent

We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals

Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man’s Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionised Ocean Science

The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me about Life, Death and Pretty Much Everything Else

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