Category: Bleeding Edge
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Retro STEM
The How and Why Wonder Book Of Beginning Science Notkin 1960 Okay all you budding science nerds! Filled with simple experiments and some retro illustrations, you can see these Stepford kids growing up to be kick ass scientists or possibly robots. Aside from the illustrations, my favorite page is on…
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Breaker, Breaker
The World of CB Radio Long, Crystal, Keating 1987 When I was in high school, CB radios were considered a cool accessory for your car. It sat right next to the 8 track tape. Youngsters, this was like twitter and cell phones combined. My knowledge of CB radios extends to…
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Know the Score
Know the Score: Video Games in Your High-Tech World Skurzynski 1994 Submitter: When I found this book, I happened to glance over at the kids gaming on our computers–our slim, stream-lined computers and thought WOW! This should have been pulled years ago! I guess if someone wanted a laugh, they…
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Fly Me To the Moon
Rocket to the Moon Bonestell 1961 Submitter: This system had a children’s museum annex (hence the stamp on the record sleeve), there was no sign of a checkout card sleeve in the book. My guess is that it spent nearly all of it’s life there. The slides and 45RPM record were still…
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Geography for the kids
Earthsearch : A Kids’ Geography Museum in a Book Cassidy 1994 Submitter: This book is a fun hands on exploration of the earth’s geography. The book has been well used and loved based on its current state. There are several things that make this an awful library book. The first…
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Is this deductible?
Kiplinger’s Sure Ways to Cut Your Taxes McCormally 1990 We take a break from our National Library Week to remind everyone that it is April 15. For those outside of the USA, it is tax day. Don’t forget to file. As of this writing, this book was still on file…
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