Year: 2013
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Flatter Your Figure
Flatter Your Figure Larkey 1991 The woman on the cover does look nicer in the blue and green outfit than the red, so the advice in the book seems reasonable based on the cover. Too bad she’s dressed like a Golden Girl. I do take issue with the section I’ve put a…
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Scarf Tying
Bobbie Jean Thompson’s Scarf Tying Magic Thompson 1988 Scarves are still very fashionable, so something like this is a great book for a public library. It would be better if it had current pictures…or even good pictures. Some of them are kind of dark, like the little squares on the…
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Serial Killer Training Manual
The Beginner’s Guide to Animal Autopsy Parker 1997 Submitter: This book had been sitting in our reference section for I don’t know how long. A while ago we weeded those books for space and the cover just made me flinch. Poor Teddy, sacrificed in the name of science! As you can see in the…
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Pirate Sex
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English sea rovers in the seventeenth-century Caribbean Burg 1995 Submitter: Since it was just “Talk Like a Pirate” day, I submit to you this title. This book is being weeded because I know we do not have any pirates in our library community. Holly: Just when you…
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President Citizen
President Citizen Goffee 1992 Submitter: We are currently re-cataloguing and re-classifying our Education Library and this little gem popped up on my desk. It’s a wonderful little book about the president… more specifically the American president and how to become the main man. I started reading this book and was…
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David Dies at the End
David Has Aids Sanford 1989 Yes, our friend Doris is back for another instructive lesson on the realities of life. In today’s story, a boy named David has AIDS (not HIV) and is dying. Long time readers will recognize the art and ridiculous non-story. Be sure and click on her…
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