Some of these resumes are not that good (listing titles, etc.), and make a good case for the what not to do. But I agree with Lumone. In Europe, employers sometimes require a picture, marital status, etc. There is absolutely nothing funny about it. If anything, this CV book provides a good insight on how to approach the cultural differences between the countries. I would guess that these dudes are somehow achievers in their countries, so maybe that's the way to go where they are from...
On another note, many Europeans also are weirded out by US resumes. In France for example, where people are pretty conservative about their achievements, US resumes often look cocky and arrogant
, as everyone seems to have been a VP/manager out of college, and saved the world from poverty, financial crisis and the return of the pterodactiles...