Against the Grain

 Books

Gallery

Browse the book sculptures and original titles below. To ask about sponsorship, a duplicate for your collection, or a title of your own, contact us.

Against the Grain Books.com (aka The Little-Known Library) is a series of wooden sculptures fabricated into the shapes of books. Each book is printed with an original title and has been placed in various libraries throughout the Southern California region.  If you would like to purchase a book for your collection contact us for details.
 
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SOME LIKE IT HOT! 
THE UPSIDE TO GLOBAL WARMING
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ECO-EXCUSE
50 ROCK-SOLID REASONS WHY YOUR LIFESTYLE IS TOO DAMN IMPORTANT TO CHANGE JUST BECAUSE THE GLOBE FORGOT TO PUT ON SUNSCREEN.
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KINGDOMISM 
THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY AND DIALECTICS OF ANIMAL UNION ORGANIZING AND DEFENSE AGAINST HUMAN ENCROACHMENT.
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CLIMATE CHANGE. 
ACCEPTING THE INEVITABLE AND LEARNING TO EMBRACE IT WITH A POLAR BEAR HUG.
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NEPOTISM'S COUSIN. 
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF BROWN-NOSING AND COME OUT SMELLING ROSES.
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GENERATION U. 
PLACING YOURSELF FIRST IN A SECOND RATE ORGANIZATION.
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ZEN AND THE ART OF BEING A JERK. 
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WEASELING OUT OF RESPONSIBILITIES, LAYING BLAME, AND DISPLACING ANGER WHILE FEELING AT ONE WITH YOURSELF.
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W.A.G. THE SELF! 
APPLYING THE WILD-ASS-GUESS THEORY BEYOND TESTS TO DATING  PARENTING, POLITICS, AND MORE.
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PISSING IN THE WIND AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS IN FUTILITY.Book sculpture
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GOD'S VERSION OF HELL AND OTHER MUSINGS FROM THE SUPREME BEING.
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INSIGNIFICANCE.  WHY THE LITTLE THINGS MATTER AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE BIGGER PICTURE.
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GOD IS REALLY MAD. 
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSE'S COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
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CONFUSIONISM.  THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BEWILDERMENT.
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TRANSCENDENTAL MUTATIONALISM.
NEGOTIATING MIND / BODY CONFLICTS THROUGH THOUGHT MANIPULATION AND HEAD BANGING.
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THE TRUTH BEHIND LYING.
HOW STEALING, LYING, CHEATING, AND OTHER FORMS OF NEFARIOUS BEHAVIOR CAN ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
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"GET OVER IT!."
POP PSYCHOLOGY ONE-LINERS AND SNAPPY COMEBACKS FOR A NATION OF WHINERS.
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"IT COULD BE WORSE."
MORE POP PSYCHOLOGY ONE-LINERS AND SNAPPY COMEBACKS FOR A VICTIM OBSESSED WORLD.
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THE UNDISCERNING TASTE BUD.
HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING TASTE A LITTLE LIKE CHICKEN. RECIPES FOR FINICKY EATERS.
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STUPIDITY AND HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU.
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ATTILA THE HUN.
PORTRAIT OF A MISUNDERSTOOD "SCOURGE OF GOD."
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NAVIGATING ETERNITY.
THE INS AND OUTS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH.
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NOTHINGNESS AND ITS ANTECEDENTS. HOW IT GOT TO WHERE IT IS AND WHERE NOTHING IS GOING.Book sculpture
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HAMSTER WHEELS AND OTHER FORMS OF PET GENERATED POWER.
AN ANIMAL LOVER'S STORY OF HOW SHE LEFT THE GRID WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM HER FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS.
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EATING CROW AND OTHER RECIPES FOR URBAN FOWL.
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FOWL PLAY.
101 SCRUMPTIOUS PIGEON RECIPES FOR THE MODERN CITY DWELLER.
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COSMOLOGICAL COSMETOLOGY.
SPIRITUALITY, HAIR CARE, SKIN BLEMISHES, AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SUPREME MANICURIST.

 
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TETRAGRAMMATON.
HOW TO REINVENT YOURSELF IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD AND MOVE TO THE TOP OF THE TRASH HEAP.
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POLITICAL EXPEDIENCE.
THE ART OF LAYING BLAME, FREEING THE GUILTY, AND PROSECUTING THE INNOCENT.
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VOX POPULI VACCUS.
A CEO'S GUIDE ON HOW TO SILENCE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.  TIPS FOR POLITICIANS, ADMINISTRATORS, MANAGERS, AND OTHER WHO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE SEAT OF POWER.
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RAISING HYDRAS.
HOW TO FEED AND CARE FOR YOUR NINE HEADED BEAST WHILE DEFENDING AGAINST HERCULES.
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TRAITOROUS TRAJECTORY.
HOW THE EARTH PLANS TO THWART THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND MOVE OUT INTO ITS OWN ORBIT.
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THE UNIVERSE ASS-BACKWARDS.
BLUE HOLES, Z-RAYS, JUMBO SHRIMP NEBULAE AND OTHER COSMIC ANOMALIES.
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SWEET AND SOUR.

THE PARADOX OF PARADISE AND WHY IT SEEMS TO WORK.
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EUCHARIST RECIPES.
BREAKING OUT OF THE WAFER/WINE PARADIGM.
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SENATORIAL INFUSORIANS.
THE TOP CILIATES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE EVOLUTIONARY LADDER AND HOW THEY RULE POND SCUM THROUGH NEPOTISM, VIOLENCE, AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION.
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IDIOTIC IDIOPLASM.

THE ORIGIN OF AN INEPT SPECIES AND ITS CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN.
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SOCRATES IS A BORE!

XANTHIPPE SPEAKS OUT.
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Additional titles from the earlier collection

URINATING IN THE WIND AND OTHER EXPERIMENTS IN FUTILITY.

THE TRUTH BEHIND LYING, HOW STEALING, LYING, CHEATING, AND OTHER FORMS OF NEFARIOUS BEHAVIOR CAN ADVANCE YOUR CAREER