Author: Holly
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Talking to the Help
Home Maid Spanish Storm and Ginnett 1976 Submitter: Here’s a little something I found lurking in our stacks, it caught my eye as I was passing. Yes, I did a double take! Though it is rather stereotypical, borderline racist, it actually contains valid and useful information and thus we…
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Going Sane
Going Sane: An Introduction to Feeling Therapy Hart, Corriere, Binder 1975 Oooh, most excellent suits, hair, and glasses on the cover! The Center for Feeling Therapy was seen as a cult in the early 1970’s. Check out the Wikipedia article (and, of course, the references listed there) about them. Feeling…
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Train Up Your Child
To Train Up a Child Pearl 1994 Submitter: I actually remember my mother having this book at some point (I don’t think she ascribed to it). Two children have died as a result of the author’s child care advice and one other was in critical condition. At some point some…
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Bom Chicka Bow Wow
Complete Guide to Meeting Women Diebel 1991 Submitter: The reasons it’s awful? Well….. first there’s THE COVER…. Another co-worker said he heard 70’s porn music immediately upon looking at it. And also it advocates date rape as a way to meet women (see pix of pages). It also has chapters…
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Advice for Mrs. Robinson
How to Get a Teenage Boy and What to Do With Him When You Get Him Peck 1969 Submitter: Recently my colleague showed me her copy of [this book] and I immediately thought of your website. When I looked at the cover I thought it was a cougar training manual. …
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More Teens in Trouble!
Teen Alcoholism Nielsen 1990 The Facts About Teen Pregnancy Guernsey, Larsen, and Wynne 1989 Submitter: The Teen Alcoholism book was checked out by a student who thought the picture of the girl with mall hair swigging from the paper enshrouded bottle in a stairwell was hysterical. These books are only…
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