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SNOW-FLAKES: A CHAPTER FROM THE BOOK OF NATURE.
American Tract Society, Boston, 1863.

Viewed through a magnifying glass, the snowflake reveals a multifaceted religious metaphor: purity, grace, weakness, etc. With a dozen perfect monochrome plates of snow crystals.

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Wilke, Hermann:
DEIN "JA" ZUM LEIBE! [Your "Yes" to the Body!]
Verlag Deutsche Leibeszucht, Berlin, 1939.

Family nudism in the wholesome sunshine of the fatherland. German text; with 90 photos of naked bodies exercising on sand dunes, meadows, and ski slopes.

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Clarke, Jeanne:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA COOKERY
Macmillan Co. of Australia, South Melbourne, 1977.

Despite a promising photo-sequence on how to skin a crocodile, the emphasis is vegetarian (sago, manioc, banana).

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Minnich, Jerry:
THE EARTHWORM BOOK
Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, 1977.

High-brow example of the "raise your own worms" genre. Includes a historical overview of human/worm relations; many technical graphs; and a 66-page bibliography.

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Collins, Frank D.:
POPULAR SPORTS, THEIR ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT
Rand McNally & Co., Chicago, 1935.

The history of sports, served as digestible trivia tidbits with Ripleyesque illustrations; the definition stretched to include car racing, cock fighting, and dice throwing.

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Bowen, Godfrey:
WOOL AWAY: THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF SHEARING
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1974.

The romance of shearing; how to control the sheep; cutters and combs; sticky, sandy, or wet sheep; shearing competitions; etc. Originally published in New Zealand.

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