The Subtitle That Changed The World
Consider these titles:
- Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
- The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
- Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey -- The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World
- 1968: The Year That Rocked the World.
- Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World
- The Pill: A Biography of the Drug That Changed the World
Spot anything in common?
- Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
- The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Transformed the World
- Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey -- The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World
- 1968: The Year That Rocked the World.
- Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the World
- The Pill: A Biography of the Drug That Changed the World
Spot anything in common?
posted by PrufrockTwo at
26.7.05
3 Comments:
They all follow the cliched "title: subtitle" format that plagues so many non-fiction books?? :))
Krishna
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km, at 1:43 AM
"World"?
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Rahul Bhatia, at 5:13 AM
Yes, well, the article one linked to explained how subtitles that "changed the world" were all in vogue nowadays...
By
PrufrockTwo, at 8:36 AM
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