Category: Home and Garden
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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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DIY Hot Tub
Build your Own Hot Tub Miller 1979 Submitter: In actuality a fairly well done how-to book; the cover alone demands submission. You just KNOW that there are no bathing suits in evidence there – and is that Paul Simon third from the left?! Especially when reading the last sentence in…
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Humanure
The Humanure Handbook Jenkins 2nd edition (Yep, so good they wrote it twice.) 1999 Submitter: A patron returned this book the other day and I happened to glance at it as I took it to the cart to be reshelved. I could not contain the sound of disgust that escaped…
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Fabric Decorating
Fabric Decorating for the Home Roda 1976 I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that interior design books from the mid-1970s aren’t as popular in libraries as they once were. The cover of this book is old-school library binding with no picture; super eye-catching for a crafty…
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Decorating with Barbara Taylor Bradford
Easy Steps to Successful Decorating Bradford 1971 Yes this is THE Barbara Taylor Bradford. Before she hit it big with A Woman of Substance and the subsequent Emma Harte books, she was a home decorating/style expert. So do we weed or keep? After all, it is Barbara Taylor Bradford. Before…
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Good Things for Mother’s Day
Good Things for Mother’s Day Casey 1952 Submitter: Yes, 1952 & it’s still on the shelves in 2012. My friend said that a senior librarian told her this hadn’t been weeded long ago because “there’s nothing to replace it.” Thank god there isn’t! From the Betty Crocker-esque checked cover and the…
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