Encyclopaedia of Anomalous Knowledge Published in Italian, La Enciclopedia delle Scienze Anomale by Paolo Albani and Paolo della Bella, this excellent encylopaedia is replete with knowledge of much greater use than any other currently published encylopaedia.  Entries include the following: Moral surgery - concerning the medical discipline introduced by the British surgeon Anosh-Uthra (a man of Persian descent). Cyptozoology - the study of unusual animals. Bizarre encylopaediae - for instance, the Grand Hungarian Encyclopaedia of Géza Kaska-Kun. Ephemerology - the study of the ephemeral: a discipline where we meet sand-castles, snowmen in the sun, rainbows, ejaculations, youth, soap bubbles, sailors' promises, serious arguments, last minute resolutions, sighs made when looking at sunsets, green traffic lights, and many other important phenomena . . . Homicidology - a science indebted to Thomas de Quincey, for obvious reasons. Pseudobibliophilology - the study of imaginary books, and hence a particularly interesting field for those partial to Borges. Orgasmic value - something to do with opportunity cost, it would seem. Imaginary archaeology - concerning imaginary archaeology. Science of love - with particular reference to La Science de l'Amour by Charles Cros (1874). Faculty of irrelevance - where we may study The History of Antarctic Agriculture, Contemporary Sumerian Literature, The Anatomy of African Tigers, Wheel Technology in Pre-Colombian Empires, The History of the United States in the Hellenic Era, Informal Logic, Avuncocongratulatory Mechanics, and many more besides.