Author: Holly
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Remember Me?
How to Remember Names : The proven, easy, immediate method for remembering names, numbers, lists… and where you put your glasses Crook 1992 Submitter: I found this book while weeding in my public library’s psychology section. It seemed so innocuous at first. I pulled it off my cart and thought the…
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Well I Never!
(No idea what book this is…) Submitter: This came in from Brodart today. A real smack in the face! Holly: Ha ha! So it’s presumably “F” for Fiction and “You” is either the first three letters of the author’s last name, possibly the entire author’s last name, or maybe the…
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Label-Palooza
(No idea what book this is…) Submitter: I think you might enjoy this photo of a book with a serious case of label overload. It appeared in the book drop today. It’s a discard from a public library’s book lease collection. Holly: What I want to know is where you…
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It’s a Wang!
Word Processing on Wang Systems Williford 1984 Submitter: Now stop laughing, Beavis. Wang Computers are a real thing and were moderately successful in the 1980s. However, the company no longer exists, and most offices probably retired their Wangs in the early 1990s. THREE copies of this book were on the…
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Doesn’t this look fun? Computers A to Z
The Computer from A to Z Kalman 1999 Well, these kids sure look like they’re having a good time. Computers must be GREAT! Why on earth would you use this image for the cover of this book? Let’s make computers look as boring and frustrating as possible. Also, what the…
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Humanure
The Humanure Handbook Jenkins 2nd edition (Yep, so good they wrote it twice.) 1999 Submitter: A patron returned this book the other day and I happened to glance at it as I took it to the cart to be reshelved. I could not contain the sound of disgust that escaped…
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