• Brain Balance

    Brain Balance

    Autism: The Scientific Truth About Preventing, Diagnosing, and Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders – and What Parents Can Do Now Melillo 2012 Submitter: People with autism have a hard enough time in life without being abused, threatened or discriminated against, and are invisible in mainstream society, so books, websites, etc. that…

  • Retro 70s Decor

    Retro 70s Decor

    Complete Home Decorating Devitt 1978 Looking for a retro look? Want to induce nausea or maybe dizziness and headaches? Good for you! This book has that and much more! In many ways this book is a salute to home decor for the 1970s. Harvest Gold and Avocado Green Giant overpowering…

  • Lady Problems at the Office

    Lady Problems at the Office

    Sexual Harassment on the Job How to avoid the working woman’s nightmare Backhouse and Cohen 1980 (originally published in Canada in 1978) This was still in active circulation as of this writing. When this was published, there wasn’t much talk on sexual harassment. It was mostly treated as a joke.…

  • Let’s Get Physical!

    Let’s Get Physical!

    Sexual Fitness Complete Vitality Time Life Books 1988 Feeling sluggish and want to get back into a high intensity bedroom “workout”? This is the book for you. Grab your partner and bring on the sexy. Exercise and general fitness is essential for a healthy sex life. Getting in shape with…

  • Women Do Business

    Women Do Business

    Workbook for a Woman’s Guide to Business and Social Success: A Personal Analysis Record 1983 Submitter: We found this workbook still sitting on the shelf, long after the actual textbook was weeded, 15 years ago! The work book is filled with the classic tropes of the era. Ladies need to…

  • TV of the late 1970s

    TV of the late 1970s

    TV Time ’78 Herz 1978 We have featured many of Peggy’s books here on the site. She generally writes pop culture type stuff for youth. Probably not the most glamorous of writing gigs, given the parameters. Totally appropriate for the time and probably was good for those reluctant readers looking…