Category: Biography
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The “James Dean of the 80s”
The Matt Dillon Quiz Book LoBuglio 1982 Are you Matt Dillon’s kind of girl? Well if you want to be, you better brush up on all your Matt Dillon knowledge. This wonderful book is over a hundred pages of awesomeness about Matt. Here are few sample “need to know” facts:…
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A “Supreme” Weeder
Diana Ross Eldred 1975 Submitter: What is up with the picture of her on a trashcan? There was no context for that!! [See 2nd picture below] Holly: I know I said it before, but Diana Ross is important here in Detroit. We simply must have a good biography. Not necessarily…
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“Tie a yellow ribbon…”
Tony Orlando Morse 1978 Submitter: Nothing brings the youth to the library like Tony Orlando. My colleague and I are in our 30’s. Together, we had to google his name just to see if we knew any of his songs. This is sitting in the children’s section at a large city…
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Touched
Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story Sandusky with Richeal 2000 Submitter: Hello, I’m a librarian in [NY] and a huge college football fan. Shortly after the sex abuse scandal at Penn State I decided to look on amazon and in our library catalog to see if we had anything by or…
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That’s Hot!
Paris Hilton Torres 2006 This one is almost a joke without me having to make a comment. I actually read this cover to cover and I felt sorry for the author. I got the feeling she was really having to reach for material and make it age appropriate- a nearly…
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And they called it “Puppy Love”…
The Osmonds Delaney 1976 I figured if Holly got to have her teen crush featured, then equal time should be allowed for mine. I Couldn’t find any Bobby Sherman (does anyone else of my age group remember him?) or David Cassidy biographies for kids in my local catalog, but David…
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