Category: Fine and Not So Fine Arts
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Donner Party Poetry
The Donner Party Keithley 1972 Submitter: Because I’m in California, information about the Donners counts as local history, but I don’t think poetry about the Donners actually fits in this category. There are better poetry books and better books about the Donners. It’s time for this book to hit the dusty…
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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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Make Your Own Record
How to make and sell your own record: the complete guide to independent recording Rapaport 1984 Submitter: This book needs to go! Aside from the horrible physical condition this particular copy is in (back cover fell off as I was handling it!), the content is terribly outdated. According to WorldCat, there…
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Creepy or Clever?
You Can Be a Ventriloquist Hill 1974 We have actually seen this book before on ALB, but since that link bit the dust in one of our remodels. It’s worth another post, now that we have more pictures. Also, there’s a second ventriloquism book included below, so stay with me…
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Gettin’ Jiggy
Complete Guide to Disco Dancing Lustgarten “The Disco Lady” 1978 Submitter: A young woman came to the reference desk and asked for books about dancing. I showed her to the appropriate section, then stood there discussing with her what exactly she was looking for while she browsed. I was horrified when…
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All the World’s a Stage
Make-Up, Costumes, and Masks for the Stage Bruun-Rasmussen and Petersen 1976 Not only is this book old, but it’s downright offensive too! We have different standards of political correctness these days (thank goodness…), and some of the old books you find in libraries do not reflect that. One more reason…
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