Category: Sports, Games, and Exercise
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Getting Your Baby in Shape
The Baby Exercise Book Levy 1973 I really do worry about baby muscle definition and if they look “ripped”. I would hate to have another baby kick sand in my baby’s face. Well worry no more! This is your book. (Humorless person alert: I am being sarcastic) Actually it isn’t…
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Sweatin’ to an oldie!
The Natural Way to Keep in Shape Voak 1973 Exercise books are so much fun! This one cracked me up. I could hardly gather the kind of exercise from the pictures and the fashion just about made me laugh out loud. I don’t know what is funnier, trying to exercise…
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Now Bonnie Does Exercise!
How to Keep Slender and Fit After Thirty Prudden 1969 Pocket Books edition, 1970 Oh my! The leotard is the best feature on this cover! A quick WorldCat search revealed quite a few public libraries are hanging on to this antique exercise book! Lots of the exercises presented are yoga…
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Debbie Does Exercise
Debbie Drake’s Easy Way to a Perfect Figure and Glowing Health Drake 1961 I love these really old books and I was dying to find out all about Debbie Drake. A quick perusal through the interwebs told me she was one of the first female exercise gurus on TV, sort…
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It’s All Relative
It’s All Relative: How to Create Your Own Personal Family History Trivia Game Bonsey and Healey 1988 Submitter: Our library has been weeding regularly, but somehow this gem was overlooked until it was returned recently. This book is hilariously terrible and it’s hard to imagine any family, past or present,…
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When Cavemen Go Bowling
What is Bowling? Ravielli 1975 Submitter: The history of bowling with stereotyped fat, hairy, big-lipped caveman on the front is really an amazing way to get kids interested in a modern sport. I think the Geico caveman should get involved with promoting this one… Holly: There’s some interesting history of the…
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