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Backgammon for Blood

November 14, 2019 Mary Kelly Sports, Games, and Exercise 10 comments

Backgammon for Blood
Becker
1975

I had no idea that backgammon was a blood sport.

I have never played backgammon, so I can’t speak to the quality of this book.The title is kind of cool, so points for that. I did take a look at the beginning chapters and still didn’t quite “get it”. I’m not very quick on picking up games.

As a weeding candidate, unless the rules have changed or the tone or vocabulary is dated, I wouldn’t necessarily toss this. Given that the book is over 40 years old, it’s not too bad.

Tumbling and Trampolining

November 5, 2019 Holly Sports, Games, and Exercise 9 comments

Tumbling and Trampolining
Loken
1977

Submitter: I weeded this book from my high school library immediately upon seeing it–way back in 1990. For some reason, however, I can’t seem to throw it away. It’s just too awful and each photo is better/worse than the previous one.

Uncharacteristically for high schoolers, there are no drawings or comments in the book, which is ripe for that sort of thing. Great conversation starter!

Bowling for Women

Bowling for Women: An Illustrated Guide
Forslund
1964

Submitter: This was on our shelves at our small academic library – I will forward it on to the correct librarian to consider for deselection. My favorite part is the stick figures with hair – and look at the outfits! The only reason I can think of to keep it would be as a historical example.

Leave No Trace

August 28, 2019 Holly Health and Safety, Sports, Games, and Exercise 9 comments

How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
3rd Edition
Meyer
2011

Submitter: Recently weeded from my small rural public library. I did not weed because of content or even because of the title, but really because of lack of circs and we’re starting to get very overcrowded on our Adult NF shelves. Does there really need to be an entire book on this subject? I would think this subject can be covered in a few paragraphs in any good hiking/camping/survival book. Oh, and I learned something here that I apparently didn’t learn in Sunday School decades ago: the Bible has a verse telling you what to do with your excrement. Huh… who knew?

You Gotta Be a Football Hero

July 1, 2019 Mary Kelly Sports, Games, and Exercise 5 comments

Pro Football Heroes of Today
Stainback
1973

Believe it or not this book is still in circulation! All they need to do is just change the title to Pro Football Heroes of Yesterday. I remember these guys from when my dad talked football to my clueless pre-teen self.

I picked a handful of notable entries. You youngsters out there will recognize OJ Simpson. Yes, he was a football hero before he had some troubles. (As an aside, I had former co-worker who never knew that OJ had a football career. All of the more senior members of staff had a collective aging crisis.) The other hangup is that this book is dirty (and not in a good way) and is stained on way too many pages. I will give the book props for having a good binding. This book probably should have been retired by the late 1970s.

Young Samurai

March 21, 2019 Holly Sports, Games, and Exercise 6 comments

Young Samurai: Bodybuilders of Japan Aizawa 1967 Submitter: My previous library, which was a small and very-specialized academic library, finished a large-scale weeding project of its circulating collection (not too long before I left). Among the books was this gem

Bridal Shower Games

February 18, 2019 Mary Kelly Entertainment, Sports, Games, and Exercise 7 comments

Bridal Shower Party Games
Leister Game Company
1947 Revised 1957

One thing this little dog and pony show of Awful Library Books has taught me is to be able to guess publication dates based on cover art and fonts. Clearly, this little gem is all 1950s cuteness.

Feel free to test yourself on these lovely games. The answers are on the back cover. Extra credit to anyone under the age of 30 in guessing the celebrity names. I’m 58 and I only got half of them correct. The other game is a really bad quiz that looked like a mad lib. I scored perfect on that one!

Bowled Over

December 11, 2018 Mary Kelly Sports, Games, and Exercise 4 comments

Instant Bowling Smith and Cruchon 1965 I have had many bowling oriented questions in my career. As a Midwesterner it’s a given that at one point you will be invited to participate in some kind of bowling event. I think