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You Don’t Have to Be Gay
You Don’t Have to Be Gay: Hope and Freedom for Males Struggling with Homosexuality or For Those Who Know of Someone Who Is Konrad 1987 Submitter: Wow, get a load of that back cover! This book was in my local public library. The book is nothing more than correspondences between…
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No Trouble
We Never Had Any Trouble Before: First Aid for Parents of Teenagers Paine 1975 Submitter: I found this 40 year old parenting advice book languishing on the shelf at my local public library. This is such an important topic, but you need to have current information about this. 1975 is just…
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Beefcake Jocks
Jocks Cohen 1983 Submitter: We found this book this year. “Jocks” consists of gratuitous beefcake pictures of male athletes accompanied by cheesy interviews laced with sexual innuendo. There are so many awful pictures, but the ones of John McEnroe really just take the cake (for me). I’m not usually embarrassed…
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Eat Dirt!
Soil Testing Manual: Procedures, Classification Data, and Sampling Practices Day 2001 Submitter: I work in an engineering library. This is the sort of book vandalism only engineering students would do- please note the careful workmanship. The knife never punctured the cover, and the letters were lifted off without tearing them…
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Real Cost of Short Term Thinking
Anyone who has worked with me for more than a few minutes has heard my rants on costs and ROI (Return on Investment). Everything I purchase or do for my library has me spinning into mini ROI calculations. Sample obsessive calculations: -Program cost over number of participants (Watch my blood…
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Square Root of Sex
The Square Root of Sex Mark 1966 I love this cover! What’s not to love? Nerd scientists, sex research, and the word orgy as an acronym. Think of this as a send up of Masters and Johnson. Perfect for a weekend read. Mary
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