October 12, 2008


Dixon, Royal, and Brayton Eddy:
PERSONALITY OF INSECTS
Charles W. Clark Co., New York, 1924.

In the struggle to bring science to a general readership, flagrant anthropomorphism is sometimes permissible.

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Carey, David:
HOW IT WORKS... THE COMPUTER
Ladybird Books, Loughborough, 1979.

As with every sophisticated pleasure: "There is something about computers that is both fascinating and intimidating."

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Bloch, Iwan:
ODORATUS SEXUALIS
Reprint edition. Brandon House, North Hollywood, CA, 1967.

"No amorous assimilation is as prompt or as radical as that proceeding via the nose."

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Caldwell, W.V.:
LSD PSYCHOTHERAPY
Grove Press, New York, 1969.

I am he as you are he as you are me as we are all together.

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Jones, Rosa E.:
THE WONDERLAND OF COMMON THINGS
A. & C. Black, Ltd., London, 1938.

Reassures children that the basic constituents of British economic life -- housewife, fishmonger, coal-merchant -- exist in a happy web of interdependence.

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Bock, Richard:
CAMPER COOKERY
Lorenz Press, Dayton, 1977.

You don't need a fixed address to enjoy a paper plate of Festive Cheese Balls, Chicken Luau, or Hamburger Stroganoff.

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