Category: Entertainment
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Do the Jitterbug
How to Jitterbug Javna 1984 Submitter: It totally doesn’t belong in the children’s library collection anymore, but it’s more AWESOME Library Book than Awful (actually, one of my coworkers took it home for her own collection as soon as I showed it to her). FREE RECORD TOO! LOOK! IT WAS…
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TV Superstars
TV Superstars Scrapbook Itfinoski and Lackmann 1984 Of course I snagged this title! Four shows all in one book. I am sure that the title/cover alone would have garnered readers back in the 80s. However even for a kid’s book, then the content is a bit “light.” No really solid…
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Like Sands Through the Hourglass…
Days of Our Lives The Complete Family Album Zenka 1995 More soapy goodness for everyone. When I was in college there were two distinct camps of soap watchers. Either you were a Days of Our Lives fan or an All My Children fan. General Hospital also had somewhat of a following but…
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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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Don’t Touch Me, Chrissy!
Touch Me: The Poems of Suzanne Somers Somers 1980 There’s no denying that Suzanne Somers has been prolific. She’s written diet books, exercise books, aging books, a biography…and even a poetry book. It’s awfully sweet and cute and charming; only a little bit nauseating. If you have scads of extra…
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Games People Play
More New Games…and Playful Ideas from the New Games Foundation Fluegelman 1981 Submitter: The book about new games is from the early 1980’s and to me it looks like it was put out by some dirty hippies who wanted to play ‘games’ that taught lessons and allowed for lots of…