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Cat Cooking?

The Secret of Cooking for Cats Gardner 1965 When I first looked at this title I thought that it was about cooking the actual cat. No folks, treat your little fluffy friend right and cook him his very own dinner. No cheap Frisky’s or IAMS for our feline friends. Time…
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Break out the borscht!

What to do when the Russians come A survivor’s guide Conquest 1985 Completing our trifecta of red scare material, here is a great book describing how you too can survive the occupation of the Soviets. This particular book needs to be in an archive since it really does capture the…
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A Philatelist’s Dream

Jewish Chess Masters on Stamps Berkovich and Divinsky 2000 If your library or your community has a very (VERY) active stamp collecting society, this might be an acceptable choice for your library. Even then, it is very obscure! There’s nothing wrong with it and I’m not suggesting weeding it. It’s just…
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Your brain injured child

What to do About your Brain-Injured Child Doman 1974 What you should do is get a newer book. This was submitted to ALB from 3 different people and I found a copy locally. This is such a serious subject and I cannot believe that it is still on the shelves…
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Waxing poetic

Wax in our World Russell 1966 Wax as a topic for a medium public library juvenile nonfiction section has got to be one of the oddest ideas ever. Just so you all know, I have no bias against the subject of wax. Hey, wax as a part of a craft…
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Cool and Cordless!!!

Get the Message Skurzynski 1993 Thanks to the anonymous submitter for this catchy title from her juvenile nonfiction section. I wonder what the message is? How about “this library is SO irrelevant!”