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Wildlife Alert!: The Struggle To Survive
Stuart
1980

Submitter: Found in the youth non-fiction section at local public library (small British Columbian town). It was printed in 1980, first acquired/checked out in ’94, and there is a big gap between the most recent check-out in 2011 and the previous one in 2002. The binding is still in excellent condition (although the “wall poster and a 24-page booklet of games and puzzles” the Amazon listing says are included are not present), the photographs are beautiful, and it’s not the *worst* of the worst I have ever seen, but given the publishing date I’d say it’s time to upgrade to something with more current information on endangered species.

Holly: BUT LOOK AT THE CUTE BABY JAGUAR PICTURED BELOW!! You can’t just weed cute baby jaguars! People love cute baby jaguars! Just kidding. According to the Googles,  a jaguar’s lifespan is 12-15 years, so that baby jaguar is long dead. Sorry to ruin the cute baby kitty high. Just sayin’.

More Critters:

Sheepish Info

Making Pigeons Pay

Beyond Awful…the “Great” Beyond

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Trump This

Trump
Surviving at the Top
Trump and Leerhsen
1990

Just in case you haven’t had enough of Trump, here is your chance to jump into his “classy” lifestyle. Don’t miss this chance to see the all the glitz of this business superstar and his super cool friends. Trump gives the reader all the inside info on his business philosophy and a chapter devoted to his “typical” day in the life. The prose reads as a string of sound bites suitable for an infomercial or maybe a revival meeting. Obviously you don’t want to miss this gem.

Mary

To all our non USA visitors watching the trainwreck of American politics: I cannot explain Donald Trump. My head will hurt if I try.

 

More Politics and Business:

Fighting the Militant Gay Agenda

Keeping America Safe for Democracy

The Govenator pumps you up

Leadership Secrets of Santa

Get Rich Now

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Mark the Shark

Mark Spitz: The Shark
Olsen
1974

Submitter: Right out of the children’s bio section at my local library. Mark Spitz: the Shark from 1974. It’s possible a young swimming fan may wish to write a paper on Mark instead of the more current swimming phenoms like Tom Daley or Michael Phelps. If so, they need to have an updated bio on the Shark.

Holly: This series has the most…”interesting” artwork! Why is he orange on the cover (and green in the last picture below)? And the pencil drawing below looks blurry, like he’s shivering from coming out of the pool.  At least it’s <ahem> anatomically correct…

Fun fact: Mark Spitz planned on becoming a dentist, and was accepted to dental school, but never went back to college after the Olympics.

More Olympic Greats:

Olga Korbut

Keeping Up With Bruce Jenner

Youth Biography On Ice

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