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How Smart is Your Cat?

The Cat I.Q. Test: Measure your cat’s brainpower and social skills and discover your strengths as an owner Miller 1996 When I saw this title in a library catalog I was searching, I thought it must be a book of humorous essays about cats. I like a cat story as…
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Prepare for the End

Will Jesus Come… This Year Positive Proof that the End is Near Grant ~1950 I have to say I am kind of loving our good friend Rev. Grant and his somewhat hysterical doom and gloom pamphlets. Not too long ago we featured his special title, Work with Less Energy. This…
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Retro Buffets

Best Buffets Cook Book Better Homes and Gardens 1974 If the Brady Bunch were hosting a party, they would use this book. Feast your eyes on some of these delightful treats, such as Potato Chicken Bake featuring slices of American cheese and tater tots. I can just see Alice pushing…
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The Romance of Nickel

The Romance of Nickel International Nickel Company of Canada 1957 Submitter: My submission is a short paean to nickel, called The Romance of Nickel. The cover does little to convince me, however, as it shows the desolate wasteland created by nickel mining. This slim volume (a mere 80 pages) was created…
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Friday Fiction – License to Drive

License to Drive: a novelization Singer 1988 Submitter: I thought this was an awful book because first, I hate movie adaptation books as a genre; second, it’s SO old and dated—from my high school years—and I was embarrassed to see this movie when it came out (I didn’t, but my friends…
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Newlywed Problems in the Bedroom

Grounds for Divorce Woodford 1948 (original publication 1937) Love and intrigue are what this book is all about. For me, it was the phrase at the top: “He was weak and she was wanton.” Who can say no to that tagline? In short, society gal Lolita marries upstanding man Bailey.…