politics Archives - Awful Library Books

Republican Cooking

November 7, 2022 Holly You Ate What? 10 comments

How to Eat Like a Republican: Or, Hold the Mayo, Muffy – I’m Feeling Miracle Whipped Tonight
Townsend
2014

Submitter: This book was just weeded at my public library. It was weeded for low checkouts and there’s a reason why. It’s trying too hard to be funny and the recipes don’t look good at all.

Holly: I bet if you replaced “Republican” with any other group of people, political or not, you’d get the same basic recipes submitted. It’s definitely tongue-in-cheek, and I bet there are libraries where this kind of thing circulates well. I agree that the recipes look kind of dumb. For me, that’s actually what makes it funny! Some of the reviews on GoodReads are pretty funny too.

School Politics

August 23, 2021 Holly Parent/Teacher Collection 5 comments

Schooling in a Corporate Society: The Political Economy of Education in America
Carnoy
1972, 2nd Ed 1975

Submitter: This gem is a perfectly boring book, though very dated and dry. But the cover! The kid looks like a smug Richie Rich. Or a baby Trump.

From the Better Half

June 11, 2019 Holly Ha Ha Ha? 12 comments

From the Better Half: Quotations from Tamara Fraser and Her Friends Nelson, Ed. 1977 Submitter: Who? I had to look up who Tamara Fraser was, and even after that was left wondering why our academic library would need a collection

Rush Limbaugh, the prophet

July 25, 2017 Holly Celebrity Gossip and Advice, Department of God, Society Explained 14 comments

Rush Limbaugh and the Bible Evearitt 1993 Submitter: An entire book that is a treatise on proving that Rush Limbaugh is a “prophet of political conservatism in America.” (page 15) Yet, there is this pesky quote of Rush’s, “The show is

HRC

October 31, 2016 Holly Biography 14 comments

Hillary Rodham Clinton: A First Lady for Our Time
Radcliffe
1993

Submitter: A blast from the past.

Holly: Ooooh, timely, too! (And I don’t mean in a pub date sort of way!)

Teachers, Rise Up!

July 6, 2016 Holly Parent/Teacher Collection 5 comments

The Political Life of American Teachers Zeigler 1967 Submitter: When I looked at the cover, I said to myself : “Ouch! When your teacher has this kind of look, you shut up, you sit and you study!” The back of

John Kerry? In 2016?

February 26, 2016 Mary Kelly Biography 9 comments

Unfit For Command
Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry
O’Neill and Corsi
2004

When Holly and I do a road show, this book remains one of our examples of a weeding candidate. Politics can do strange things to a collection. I remember when we bought this book and it was a hot item for about 15 minutes. By the time the election was over, no one cared and this book languished on the shelf, never to move again. We could have weeded right after the election, but we waited to see if there were any takers. As we head into an election year, it is time to keep an eye on those political books that are merely a flash in the pan.

What Does a Congressman Do? (Insert Joke Here)

March 25, 2015 Holly Making a Living 6 comments

What Does a Congressman Do? Lavine 1965 Submitter: What Does A Congressman Do? An intriguing question! If you’re an inquisitive child, and you found this book in the juvenile section of my locally library, you are in luck! You and two