Category: Health and Safety
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Slim Goodbody
Submitter: I found this as I was weeding the children’s section of our public library. It’s copyright is 1977; it was acquired in 1982; it hasn’t been checked out since 1997. My first thought when I pulled the book off the shelf was, “Is that Bob Saget?” The nicest thing…
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Surviving Hostage Situations
Surviving Hostage Situations Spear & Moak 1989 Submitter: Given the cover photo, I was surprised that it wasn’t older. You can read this book to learn how to attack your kidnapper, escape safely from captivity, deal with a hijacker on board an airplane, build your own safe room (hermetically sealed…
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Home Firearm Safety
Home Firearm Safety National Rifle Association of America 1990 Submitter: Uncanniest book cover… ever? Note the passive man in the recliner staring at a blank TV screen, the stains on the carpet, and that menacing, satisfied look on the gun owner’s face. Holly: This was submitted on our Facebook page,…
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Not your Mama’s Period
Girls Guide to Menstruation Voelckers 1975 Actually this might be your Mom’s period book. First, I am trying to figure out what is with this cover. Is it modern art or looking up in a forest? Is it symbolic? So, what does it all mean? Second, do I really need…
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Sleep Tight
Sleep Postions The Night Language of the Body Dunkell 1977 Just when I think I have seen or heard everything, here comes a book on sleep positions. Yes, you read that right. Your personality can be determined from what position you assume when you sleep. I have a hard time…
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“Modern” Health
Modern Health Otto, Cloyd, and Tether 1955 Submitter: I work in an academic library and, while weeding through the Rs, found this treasure trove of bad information. As a health textbook from 1955, what’s not awful about this book? Shock therapy is the primary treatment for most mental illnesses; those…
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