Author: Holly
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Beefcake
Warning! Potentially unsafe for work! Beefcake: The Muscle Magazines of America 1950-1970 Hooven 1995 Holly: I know what you’re thinking. And you’d be right: this is a book about male standards of beauty. The only thing that makes this an ALB is if it is in a library whose audience has different…
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Kissing Cousins
Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin Marriage Ottenheimer 1996 Submitter: As a new librarian at a small community college (in the southern U.S.) there are many gems to be weeded. When the school first opened a library was created from other libraries’ discards. Needless to say, I don’t think…
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Witches
Witches Jong 1981 Submitter: The story behind this find is more scary than the scans I’m sending you. This book was found in our children’s non-fiction section during a recent round of shelf-reading. Needless to say it is NOT a children’s item, despite its picture-book size, unassuming cover and numerous…
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Crips & Bloods
Introducing Issues With (Opposing Viewpoints) Gangs Barbour, ed. 2006 Gangs Issues That Concern You Daniels 2008 Submitter: There was a post on an old weed-worthy gang series title a couple of years ago (https://awfullibrarybooks.wordpress.com/?p=890). Neither of these are old – one is dated 2006, the other 2008, so I’m not weeding…
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Tricky Discs
Tricky Discs: Frisbee Saucer Flying Olney 1979 This is a very cool idea for a book. I can see kids being interested in learning frisbee tricks. In fact, I could get into that! The pictures are soooo 1979, though, that it ruins the rest of the book. The guy in…
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Ozzy Made Me Do It
Rock’s Hidden Persuader: The Truth About Backmasking Peters, Peters, and Merrill 1985 Submitter: I found this blast from the past hanging out in our collection. No one has checked it out for about five years. It’s called Rock’s Hidden Persuaders! It’s all about finding satanic messages on records if you play…
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