Author: Holly
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Tape and Prayer
Christy Marshall LeSourd 1967 Submitter: While assisting a rural library with their weeding, we came across Christy. The solo librarian could not believe that it was still on the shelf. She was horrified. It was last checked out in 1995. This little library has done an excellent job of serving…
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From the Beginning
The Atlas of World History: From the Beginning to Alexander the Great McEvedy 1970 Submitter: Weeding my high school library, where the non fiction books average an age of 1986, I found this in the history section. I flipped through it and it seemed pretty decent for being published in…
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Republican Cooking
How to Eat Like a Republican: Or, Hold the Mayo, Muffy – I’m Feeling Miracle Whipped Tonight Townsend 2014 Submitter: This book was just weeded at my public library. It was weeded for low checkouts and there’s a reason why. It’s trying too hard to be funny and the recipes…
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Computer Programming 1-2-3
Computer Programming 1,2,3 1983 Grosset & Dunlap Submitter: Anyone who has worked with children and school assignments will know this story… A class in the school across the street assigned a project on programming a computer and students flocked in to check out books from the library. There is of…
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McDonaldland
McDonalds McDonaldland Specification Manual McDonalds Corporation 1975 Submitter: There are many wonderful gems in our vertical file collection that really make no sense on why we collected them. This is one of them. It’s a 1975 booklet on the McDonalds characters. I love this quote “Ronald McDonald is a CLOWN.…
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Satan’s Mark Exposed
Satan’s Mark Exposed Kirban 1981 Submitter: This book is one of many from Kirban that outlines the ways in which the world will ‘soon’ come to an end. This particular title is full of outlandish predictions that include cannibal worms, laser identification beams, and of course the word computer (when…
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