The 505 Weirdest Online Stores
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (752 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1402203772 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Following up his hit 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages, Dan Crowley again takes on the Web's weirdest and wildest in 505 Weirdest Online Stores.This is the ultimate guide to the Internet's strangest stores, where you can spend your time and money in pursuit of dehydrated water, duct tape fashion and a corporate hairball. For all those who love eBay but are tired of products that have actual uses, check out these sites:- The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation (goat-trauma)- Political Talking Action Figures (prankplace/politicsm)- Lunar Land Owner (lunarlandowner)- Air Sickness Bags (airsicknessbags)- Michael Jackson Artwork (helenakadlcikova/michael_jacksonm)
A. KING said My website made it to the book!. Unlike the professional book reviewers, I actually found this book when I was doing a Google search for myself. My website is 'reviewed' so I figured I would buy the book and read the review.Hence, my review of this book will not be a re-write of the dust jacket.The write-up of my website (store) is pretty much what I would expect from a teenager reviewing websites: sarcasm. Reminds me of being young. . "How do did this man get a book deal?" according to JOS BKLYN. I was given this book as a joke gift. I doubt I would ever buy such a title to begin with, it is basically a bathroom reader. None of the websites featured are shocking, interesting or even unusual. The very nature of the internet is that nearly every fringe interest group or product is represented. So assembling a list of 505 "weird online stores" is easy enough yet the author fails to impress.Some of. Robert I. Hedges said The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation, And Much More!. This is a wonderful book for those who like laughing at the excesses of the Internet. Many of the sites in this book are designed to be laughed at ("Naked Dancing Llama"), but, disturbingly, many are not ("Villisca Axe Murderers"). The scope of the book is quite comprehensive and everyone I have shared the book with has been simultaneously mortified and amused. Some of my favorite sites from the book a
Dan lives in Wisconsin with his mom and dad, two sisters, and a cute little puppy names Marnie. Since childhood, Dan has frequently written fictional stories for fun. . Dan Crowley is an eighteen-year-old, honor-roll high school student who loves video games, reading, writing, and, of course, Internet surfing. Dan is the author of the smash hit 505 Unbelievably Stupid Web Pages
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