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Mystical Fish and Chips for Everyone!

Frying Tonight: The Saga of Fish & Chips Priestland 1972 Submitter: In this book Gerald covers every aspect of the great British invention – Fish & Chips. He takes us on a journey from the 1880’s, the days of the ‘Fish Dinners for the Poor’ campaign, then on past the ‘Great…
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It’s Congealed!

Knox On-Camera Recipes A completely new guide to Gel-Cookery 1960 For those of you wondering what Knox is, it is the unflavored gelatin. When I was a young teen it was touted as something to make your fingernails healthy and long if you drank it before it cooled. My nails…
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Muffin is Dead

It Must Hurt A Lot A child’s book about death Sanford 1986 And we are back with another helpful book from our long time favorite author Doris Sanford. This time Doris takes up the cause of explaining death. Joshua had a puppy named Muffin and the neighbors backed over the…
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You can “fix” your gay kids

Gay Children, Straight Parents A plan for family healing Cohen 2007 I am sure all of you remember our post Gayness Explained. You know, so the kids will understand that gayness is caused by parents fighting and sexual abuse. Well, this book is for the adults. Cohen has provided a…
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New Math Trauma

Numbers & Such A Lively Guide to the NEW MATH for Parents & Other Perplexed Adults Feldzamen 1968 Any other Baby Boomers out there remember the trauma of “New Math“? (If the wiki article is too much, try this article from Straight Dope.) My childhood was filled with about 3…
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Tobias Goes Seal Hunting

Tobias Goes Seal Hunting Hertz 1984 Submitter: So we’ve had this book in my library for a while now, and I just haven’t been able to decide whether it’s a weeder or not. Circulation is pretty high, including in recent years. I’m just stuck, like, part of me thinks of dead…