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Category: Fine and Not So Fine Arts

This category includes dance, art, theater and music related posts.

how to have fun with your body cover

Your body is a wonderland

January 31, 2018 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts, Ha Ha Ha? 8 comments

How to have fun with your body Lester 1986 Did you know that you can have fun with your body? This book is about making faces, performing tricks, and possibly grossing people out.  I can also see some of this

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puppets go to church

Jesus loves puppets

January 29, 2018 Mary Kelly Department of God, Fine and Not So Fine Arts 9 comments

Puppets Go To Church Perry and Perry 1975 Puppets, clowns, and mimes are my personal trifecta of evil. However, when one is in charge of collection development at a library, it is essential to set aside one’s personal issues with

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Harpsichord Owner's Guide

Jamming on the Harpsichord

September 6, 2017 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 9 comments

  The Harpsichord Owner’s Guide: A Manual for Buyers & Owners Kottick 1992 Submitter: Zero circs in about 9 years. Why on earth does this need to belong in a rural medium-sized library? Holly: This was published in 1992?? Was

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latin dancing cover

Dance the night away

August 23, 2017 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 6 comments

The Official Guide to Latin Dancing Dow 1980 I was weeding the 700s the other day and look what I found. This book is the companion to this Disco book we featured a while back. I am not a dancer

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Clowning for Christ cover

Clowns for Jesus

August 11, 2017 Mary Kelly Department of God, Fine and Not So Fine Arts 10 comments

Clowning for Christ (Revised) Christensen 1986 Without a doubt, this is my worst nightmare in book form. I gotta say I am not a big fan of the clown as a Christian emissary. Maybe I am going out on a

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rough men tough men cover

Real Men Like Poetry

March 23, 2017 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts, Guy Stuff 7 comments

Rough Men, Tough Men Poems of Action and Adventure Cole, ed. 1969 This book caught my eye for both the title and the cover art. I think  the orange pirate look on the guy is a bit creepy. I also

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Nothing's impossible cover

Mediocre Magic

March 8, 2017 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 3 comments

Nothing’s Impossible! Stunts to Entertain and Amaze Sheridan 1982 Need to up your entertainment skills? These guys have the solution. Basic magic, stunts and some positive affirmations are what this book offers. The tricks aren’t well explained either and others

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how to be funny cover

Funny Ha Ha?

February 20, 2017 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts, Ha Ha Ha? 10 comments

How to be Really Funny Stolzenberg 1988 I’m not sure a book can tell you how to be funny, whoops, I mean really funny, but this book does. It literally tells you what is funny. Example: simple mindedness also known

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