Author: Holly
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No Pants Yoga
Illustrated Color Guide to Healthful Yoga Donat 1974 Submitter: In cleaning up a collection, we found this Awful Library gem… Illustrated Color Guide to Healthful Yoga. I think the pictures speak for themselves – who does yoga in their underwear? Found in an academic library. The cover really doesn’t do the book…
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@ss Trombone
True confessions: I played trombone in high school. My dad was a band director, and my sisters and I all played instruments. They chose flute and clarinet, so of course I had to choose the most obnoxious thing I could think of. (I chose drums and was told “absolutely not”…so…
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Autism Ambassadors
The Autism Ambassadors Handbook Kukoff 2013 Submitter: This terribly ableist book is in the library of the university I graduated from. When I discovered it as an autistic student, I was livid. The author, an 18-year-old boy who is being treated as an expert despite his lack of qualifications, describes autistic…
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Boy Today, Man Tomorrow
A Boy Today, a Man Tomorrow Hayes 1959 Submitter: I found this 1959 puberty manual when cleaning out an old closet at a public library in North Carolina I worked at a couple summers ago. It had long been weeded–I brought it home to read aloud to my 12-year-old, who…
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Green Wiccan Herbal
The Green Wiccan Herbal: 52 Magical Herbs, Spells, Witchy Rituals Silja 2009 Submitter: I’m sure there’s a place for this in a public library and my library has a few more books on the Wiccan/Wicca lifestyle. I can honestly say I have no idea how to apply any of the…
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Will I Go to Heaven?
Will I Go to Heaven? Mayle 1976 Submitter: This book comes from a small public library. It has had 4 circulations since 2001. That alone is enough to pull the book. Then there are some questionable illustrations and text that are a bit confusing and likely offensive in today’s social…
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