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Calling Dr. Love

Hypnosex: Sexual Joy Through Self-Hypnosis Araoz and Bleck 1982 Submitter: Despite the title, it’s not the cover that does it for me on this one either. It’s the title in conjunction with the top author photo. “Trust me, I’m a doctor.” Doctor Love, apparently. Holly: Oh, yes. Dr. Casanova needs…
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Are you ready for some football?

America’s First Football Game Swinburne 1978 Submitter: I don’t know what possessed anyone to buy this. There is not a single picture in the book that is well done. The jester playing football was my favorite. Oddly, this book has not left the shelf since the early 80s. This is…
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Partying…horses?

Latawnya, the Naughty horse, learns to say “no” to drugs Gibson 1991 Now this is funny! Latawnya learned the hard way. Check out these pictures of smoking and drinking horses! Is this supposed to be a gentler way to teach children to say no to drugs? I would probably laugh…
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Motor City Special

Man and the Motor Car Center for Safety Education 1954 This book has just tickled me no end! I have had a ball looking at this very old driver’s education text. What a hoot! My car loving friends will certainly enjoy this nostalgic book. My secret submitter also took great…
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Best of Awful Library Books 2009

There must be some kind of law on the interwebs that we do a “best of” or “year in review” list. The links listed below are not necessarily the most awful, but they sure either got us laughing or generated a bunch of comments. We are sure that you all have a…
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Spry?

Aunt Jenny’s Favorite Recipes Lever Brothers Co. 1930? Submitter: This came from the Home Economics section of a local library and was then donated with other treasures to the local High School library. 49 pages…many with pictures and captions like the attached….. book is a blatant advertisement for Spry (Lever…