Author: Holly
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Heavenly Bodies
Heavenly Bodies: Remembering Hollywood and Fashion’s Favorite AIDS Benefit Anketell 1999 Wow! That’s some outfit she’s wearing. This book might be ok in fashion libraries, large urban libraries, or maybe in the Hollywood/Los Angeles area. In your average public library, it’s just a spectacle. It does seem to be…
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DIY Hot Tub
Build your Own Hot Tub Miller 1979 Submitter: In actuality a fairly well done how-to book; the cover alone demands submission. You just KNOW that there are no bathing suits in evidence there – and is that Paul Simon third from the left?! Especially when reading the last sentence in…
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Manage that Small Library
Small Libraries: Organization and Operation Sager 1992 Submitter: I dug this relic out of our library science collection. It’s from 1992. I’m sure current librarians and librarians in training could benefit from this book’s advice, including how to type a catalogue card and how to keep your date stamp properly…
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Creepy or Clever?
You Can Be a Ventriloquist Hill 1974 We have actually seen this book before on ALB, but since that link bit the dust in one of our remodels. It’s worth another post, now that we have more pictures. Also, there’s a second ventriloquism book included below, so stay with me…
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Our Granny
Our Granny Wild 1994 Submitter: I found this book while looking for titles to weed that had never been checked out. The cover & title seem harmless enough, but it’s what’s inside that had us rolling with laughter. The grandmas depicted are rotund and partially clothed for most of the…
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Relax!
Sense Relaxation: Blow Your Mind Gunther 1968 Submitter: I work in a small academic library, and I weeded [this] on my first pass through our medical collection. Self-described as “a book of experiments in being alive,” the book invites readers to get in touch with their senses by tapping, and…
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