n/a:
USE AND INSTALLATION OF BOOBY TRAPS [Field Manual 5-31]
Department of the Army, [Washington], 1956.

The very most diabolical expression of human creativity. Illustrated with 150 helpful diagrams.

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n/a:
THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF H. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS
H. Armstrong Roberts, Philadelphia, [ca. 1930s].

To purchase stock photos from this disconcertingly wholesome catalogue, just send a telegram listing the cryptic titles of the images you desire: "order balk bird jace billy banister joke..."

<-- "Eat, drink, and look merry about it"

Kellogg, Alice M. (ed.):
FANCY DRILLS AND MARCHES
Penn Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1920.

Diagrams and elaborate instructions for dozens of parade routines, including the Zouave drill; the tambourine drill; the muff and gun drill; etc.

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Cooper, Paulette:
THE SCANDAL OF SCIENTOLOGY
Tower Publications, New York, 1971.

Is it true that the Scientologists suppressed this title by systematically buying up all the available copies, and destroying them? If so... they missed one!

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Kalmenoff, Matthew:
CAVEMAN DIORAMAS TO CUT AND ASSEMBLE
Dover Publications, Mineola, NY, 1985.

For those who prefer their paper dolls nasty, brutish, and short.

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Groves, J. Walton:
MUSHROOM COLLECTING FOR BEGINNERS
Canada Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, 1961.

In some cases, specialized knowledge is more important than confidence.

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