Author: Holly
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Southern Plantation Cooking
Southern Plantation Cooking Gunderson 2000 Submitter: I recently came across Southern Plantation Cooking in my high school library’s cookbook section. It’s part of a series that includes titles called Civil War Cooking: The Confederacy, Civil War Cooking: The Union, and Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [Read on for more] Holly: This was published…
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Mind and Vision
Mind and Vision: A Handbook for the Cure of Imperfect Sight Without Glasses Agarwal (7th Ed.) 1978 Submitter: We are a small public library. I found this in the health section. It was added in 2007 and, apparently, not donated but in fact purchased with real money from Amazon for $9.95. There…
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Killer Karate
The 100 Deadliest Karate Moves Gambordella 1982 Submitter: While cleaning up the sports and athletic section I found this book tucked behind the other books in the section. It looks like it escaped weeding by cowering behind all the other books. Rest assured this was kicked to the recycling bin.…
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Contingency Cannibalism
Contingency Cannibalism: Superhardcore Survivalism’s Dirty Little Secret Takada 1999 Submitter: This was found in the survival and wilderness section of our little library. At first I was surprised by the title, then I was even more surprised when I realized it was misclassified. This probably would have done better in…
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Planet X will destroy us…in 2003
Blindsided: Planet X passes in 2033: Earthchanges! Hazlewood (2nd Ed.) 2001 Submitter: This amazing conspiracy rant explains how the media, all the governments (except Putin’s Russia) and society in general suppress the truth that Planet X is coming to destroy civilization in 2003. (Oh wait…). Cited sources include news articles…
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God’s Handiwork
If I’m God’s Handiwork, Would Someone Please Explain These Thighs!: Discovering Your Unique Destiny Lechner 2002 Submitter: I work at a public library in a small city in NC. We found this book from 2002 during a recent sweep. I think it’s a good example for your blog because of…
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