Author: Holly
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On Borrowed Time
88 Reasons Why the Rapture Could Be in 1988 Whisenant 1988 Submitter: This may be the very definition of a book with outdated information. While doing some weeding I recently came across this gem that has somehow managed to remain in the stacks until 2022. We are an academic theological…
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What’s in a Name?
The New Baby Name Survey Lansky 2007 Picture it: there I was, moving out the oldest baby name books from the non-fiction 900s, fairly impressed that they are mostly from the last five years and circulating at a reasonable rate. Suddenly, I came upon this one, much older than the…
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Brain Balance
Autism: The Scientific Truth About Preventing, Diagnosing, and Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders – and What Parents Can Do Now Melillo 2012 Submitter: People with autism have a hard enough time in life without being abused, threatened or discriminated against, and are invisible in mainstream society, so books, websites, etc. that…
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Women Do Business
Workbook for a Woman’s Guide to Business and Social Success: A Personal Analysis Record 1983 Submitter: We found this workbook still sitting on the shelf, long after the actual textbook was weeded, 15 years ago! The work book is filled with the classic tropes of the era. Ladies need to…
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Just No Gelatine!
The Knox Gelatine Cookbook Rutledge Books, Inc, Knox Gelatine, Inc 1977 Submitter: Just in time for those summer gelatine/Jello salads – who wouldn’t want calico corn relish, creamy cranberry relish, or a zesty seafood appetizer in gelatine? The pictures just make my…mouth water would not be the right phrase. This…
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Miami Vice Scrapbook
Miami Vice Scrapbook Friedman 1986 Submitter: In the 1980s, my mom worked for Tiger Beat and Right On! magazines and parlayed into a gig writing books about music and TV stars for Sharon Starbook, which included this illustrious tome. Holly: It’s alive and well. (Not “well,” exactly, but it’s still…
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