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Two Times the Fun with Eskimos!
The True Book of Little Eskimos Copeland 1953 The First Book of Eskimos Brewster 1952 Yikes! I don’t really know where to begin. Here we have two ancient books on Eskimos. Both of these titles are older than me! Little Eskimos bugs me as I didn’t think they were necessarily…
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Well I Never!
(No idea what book this is…) Submitter: This came in from Brodart today. A real smack in the face! Holly: Ha ha! So it’s presumably “F” for Fiction and “You” is either the first three letters of the author’s last name, possibly the entire author’s last name, or maybe the…
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Michigan, My Michigan
Discover Michigan McConnell 1981 My Story of Michigan Geography Callahan 1937-1941 Revised 1951 January 26, 2013 is Michigan’s Statehood Day, or as the kids will be calling it, Michigan’s 176th birthday. In preparation for our program, I was pulling materials. Tucked away in the 977s were these ancient books. Usually,…
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Label-Palooza
(No idea what book this is…) Submitter: I think you might enjoy this photo of a book with a serious case of label overload. It appeared in the book drop today. It’s a discard from a public library’s book lease collection. Holly: What I want to know is where you…
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It’s a Wang!
Word Processing on Wang Systems Williford 1984 Submitter: Now stop laughing, Beavis. Wang Computers are a real thing and were moderately successful in the 1980s. However, the company no longer exists, and most offices probably retired their Wangs in the early 1990s. THREE copies of this book were on the…
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Awful Library Books – The Best of 2012
2012 is coming to a close, and of course we are required by the Internet to produce a “best of” list. Since we both have our own favorites, there is usually some debate on what should be considered the best. So after some serious negotiations (a few emails and insults),…
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