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Will Dad Ever Move Back Home?

Daddy moved out and Mommy is upset (and it is probably your fault)

May 2, 2010 Mary Kelly For the Kids, Parent/Teacher Collection 32 comments

Will Dad Ever Move Back Home? Hogan 1980 I have seen way too many of these books on this site that are STILL on the shelves. I know that the authors are trying to help, and for 1980 this is

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Real Story of UFOs

One step beyond

April 18, 2010 Mary Kelly Unexplained and Just Plain Crazy 29 comments

Aliens From Space The Real Story of Unidentified Flying Objects Keyhoe 1973 Folks, I have been working on weeding in the zeros-100’s and I am still having trouble coming up with some solid criteria for those topics like UFOs, Bigfoot,

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Jinny Williams Library Assistant

Romance in the Stacks

April 15, 2010 Mary Kelly Friday Fiction 47 comments

  Jinny Williams Library Assistant Temkin and Hovell 1967 Can our young modern girl find love in her local library?  Our girl Jinny moves through the stacks looking for love in all the wrong places. Maybe it will be the

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Beyond Basic Dog Training

It’s Raining Dogs and Turtles?

March 16, 2010 Mary Kelly Critters

Beyond Basic Dog Training Bauman 1988 Alert submitter said she couldn’t stop looking at this cover. For the love of all that is canine, why are turtles “jumping” barriers on the front cover?   Is the dog about to eat

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I can be a nurse

I Can Be a Nurse

February 14, 2010 Mary Kelly Working 9-5

I Can Be A Nurse Behrens 1986 Is it just me or do these student nurses look a bit over done? It almost seems  like a casting call for Rocky Horror. I think we can all agree that nursing as

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What makes TV work?

What makes TV work?

January 12, 2010 Mary Kelly Bleeding Edge

What Makes TV Work? Corbett 1968 Love this cover!  Actually given the age, this particular book was in great shape.  I do have issues with the currency.  No mention of digital tv, DVR or hundreds of channels. I had to

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Man and the Motor Car

Motor City Special

January 4, 2010 Mary Kelly Can I get there from here?, Talkin 'Bout My Generation

Man and the Motor Car Center for Safety Education 1954 This book has just tickled me no end!  I have had a ball looking at this very old driver’s education text.  What a hoot! My car loving friends will certainly

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Best of Awful Library Books 2009

December 28, 2009 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst

There must be some kind of law on the interwebs that we do a “best of” or “year in review” list. The links listed below are not necessarily the most awful, but they sure either got us laughing or generated a bunch

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