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Republican Cooking
How to Eat Like a Republican: Or, Hold the Mayo, Muffy – I’m Feeling Miracle Whipped Tonight Townsend 2014 Submitter: This book was just weeded at my public library. It was weeded for low checkouts and there’s a reason why. It’s trying too hard to be funny and the recipes…
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Solve Your Decorating Problems
How to solve your decorating problems Bradford 1976 Barbara Taylor Bradford has shown up on our site for her nonfiction decorating books. (I am so glad she turned to fiction.) For the time, these were pretty decent books, although I just about die a thousand deaths with this example. Depending…
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Computer Programming 1-2-3
Computer Programming 1,2,3 1983 Grosset & Dunlap Submitter: Anyone who has worked with children and school assignments will know this story… A class in the school across the street assigned a project on programming a computer and students flocked in to check out books from the library. There is of…
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McDonaldland
McDonalds McDonaldland Specification Manual McDonalds Corporation 1975 Submitter: There are many wonderful gems in our vertical file collection that really make no sense on why we collected them. This is one of them. It’s a 1975 booklet on the McDonalds characters. I love this quote “Ronald McDonald is a CLOWN.…
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Retro Crochet
Decorating with Crochet Halliday 1975 There are some lovely decorating tips in this book for all of you looking for a “retro” look for your home. Particularly fetching is the wall hanging of a grandfather clock and the homage to macrame wall hanging on the last picture below. As a…
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Craft yourself an Afghan just like Grandma
Afghans Traditional and Modern Bray 1977 I was prepared for a very 1970s vibe for this relic of a craft book. I wasn’t disappointed with a few crafts that looked like it came from a grandma’s couch. However, I was surprised that a few were actually quite good. There were…
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