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Ozzy Made Me Do It
Rock’s Hidden Persuader: The Truth About Backmasking Peters, Peters, and Merrill 1985 Submitter: I found this blast from the past hanging out in our collection. No one has checked it out for about five years. It’s called Rock’s Hidden Persuaders! It’s all about finding satanic messages on records if you play…
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Big Beautiful Woman
Big Beautiful Woman magazine February 1989 issue Submitter: I work at [University] Libraries. The periodicals collection still has many many volumes of this that have yet to be weeded. Looking at the item records indicates that no volume of this magazine has ever been checked out more than once. Holly:…
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Relationship Advice From a Pro
If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs Big Boom 2007 Big Boom is an ex-pimp, player, and hustler, according to the back of the book. He knows the games men play. He even got an endorsement from Steve Harvey as one who “made the biggest turnaround…
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Sex Ed Marine Style
Sex: If You’re Scared of the Truth Don’t Read This Sommer 2009 Submitter: I’m submitting a book that landed on my desk as an unwanted mailing this afternoon, and was just as quickly tossed in the trash. We are a small private school, and obviously biased materials like this are…
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Who Doesn’t Like Jell-o?
New Joys of Jell-o Brand Gelatin Recipe Book Kraft General Foods 1975 One of our readers found this book on the Woot blog and submitted it. You have to admit, some of these recipes are ridiculous. The people and decor pictured are completely outdated, too. There are plenty of libraries…
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More Awful Cookery
Soyer’s Paper-Bag Cookery Soyer 1911 Submitter: According to Nicholas Soyer, the method of paper-bag cookery “has made a great furor in England,” and, despite initial setbacks (“the paper got burnt, and soon afterwards it exploded”), is perfect for cooking nearly everything, except for “macaroni or kindred Italian pastes.” Various recipes…
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