Author: Holly
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Talking the Talk
50 Useful English Dialogues For You and Your Friends Kuznetsova 2007 Submitter: While weeding in the children’s world languages section of our public library, this book caught my attention because of the mild condition issues and the chicken on the cover who likes to dance. There are many things rather…
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Eski-mo-no-you-didn’t
Conversational Eskimo Peacock 1977 The submitter points out that this book is not politically correct – and they’re right, but that’s only one of its many flaws. First of all, this is described as a “booklet.” Any booklet that has lasted 36 years and is still in what looks like…
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Weed the Weed Book
Pot: What it is, What it does Tobias 1979 Get it? Weed the weed books? Ha! I’m hilarious. Anyway. Pot is a hot topic right now. To be blunt, budding librarians may not get that even drug books have a shelf life. It’s a chronic problem to have books like this taking…
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Home Firearm Safety
Home Firearm Safety National Rifle Association of America 1990 Submitter: Uncanniest book cover… ever? Note the passive man in the recliner staring at a blank TV screen, the stains on the carpet, and that menacing, satisfied look on the gun owner’s face. Holly: This was submitted on our Facebook page,…
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Saucepans and the Single Girl
Saucepans and the Single Girl Kragen and Perry 1965 Submitter: Recently weeded from my high school library collection. We have nicknamed this book the “How to Snag a Man” Cookbook. Holly: Oooh, a high school library! I bet this was flying off the shelves there. I mean, a college library…
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Bug-a-Licious
The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook Gordon 1998 Submitter: This cookbook found on the shelves at my local library is not a joke… Although with recipes names like Larvae Latkes, Cockroach ala King, Pest-O, Sweet & Sour Silkworms & Party Pupae, I have to wonder whether the author loves puns just as much…
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