• Backgammon for Blood

    Backgammon for Blood

    Backgammon for Blood Becker 1975 I had no idea that backgammon was a blood sport. I have never played backgammon, so I can’t speak to the quality of this book.The title is kind of cool, so points for that. I did take a look at the beginning chapters and still…

  • We Came to North America

    We Came to North America

    We Came to North America: The Jews Horton 2000 Submitter: Perhaps the most surprising thing of all about this book is that, despite being published in the year 2000, the author and editors decided that it was okay to name the book “The Jews”. My birthday is Pearl Harbor Day,…

  • English Wedding Etiquette

    English Wedding Etiquette

    Wedding Etiquette Properly Explained Heaton 1986 Planning a wedding? This small book has all the answers for 1986. This particular book is focused on the rules for marriage in the Church of England. However, there is plenty of additional advice on gifts, engagement, and the duties of the wedding party.…

  • Babies by Bums

    Babies by Bums

    Having Babies By Bums: Every Woman’s Guide to Choosing a Great Father for Her Child Webb 2014 The author, a self-proclaimed “bastard” whose father was a “bum,” tells women how to avoid relationships with men who aren’t father material. He also helps women recognize what it is that makes bums…

  • Tumbling and Trampolining

    Tumbling and Trampolining

    Tumbling and Trampolining Loken 1977 Submitter: I weeded this book from my high school library immediately upon seeing it–way back in 1990. For some reason, however, I can’t seem to throw it away. It’s just too awful and each photo is better/worse than the previous one. Uncharacteristically for high schoolers,…

  • God Loves Mimes

    God Loves Mimes

    Mime Ministry: An illustrated, easy-to-follow guidebook for organizing, programming and training a troupe of Christian mimes Toomey 1986 Submitter: Weeded for condition from a public library, where it was still circulating. I think I’m finding it funny because of the “Troupe of Christian Mimes” in the title – one trained…