• I want to believe!

    I want to believe!

    Flying Saucers Have Landed Leslie and Adamski 1953 This book is in horrible physical shape.  The binding is falling apart and the cover is in terrible shape.  So if the holding library wanted to preserve this for all time, it really didn’t do that job either.  Anyway it still brings…

  • Train Up Your Child

    Train Up Your Child

    To Train Up a Child Pearl 1994 Submitter: I actually remember my mother having this book at some point (I don’t think she ascribed to it). Two children have died as a result of the author’s child care advice and one other was in critical condition. At some point some…

  • Bom Chicka Bow Wow

    Bom Chicka Bow Wow

    Complete Guide to Meeting Women Diebel 1991 Submitter: The reasons it’s awful? Well….. first there’s THE COVER…. Another co-worker said he heard 70’s porn music immediately upon looking at it. And also it advocates date rape as a way to meet women (see pix of pages). It also has chapters…

  • Advice for Mrs. Robinson

    Advice for Mrs. Robinson

    How to Get a Teenage Boy and What to Do With Him When You Get Him Peck 1969 Submitter: Recently my colleague showed me her copy of [this book] and I immediately thought of your website.  When I looked at the cover I thought it was a cougar training manual. …

  • More Teens in Trouble!

    More Teens in Trouble!

    Teen Alcoholism Nielsen 1990 The Facts About Teen Pregnancy Guernsey, Larsen, and Wynne 1989 Submitter: The Teen Alcoholism book was checked out by a student who thought the picture of the girl with mall hair swigging from the paper enshrouded bottle in a stairwell was hysterical. These books are only…

  • Fabulous Frisbee

    Fabulous Frisbee

    Fabulous Frisbee Childers Schmitz 1978 Submitter: We JUST weeded it this week! Tube socks galore, and a listing of the 1977 Frisbee World Championship winners. Check out the barefoot guy in white jeans demonstrating catching stances. Holly: What the heck is on that guy’s shirt? Was frisbee somehow related to the…