Jacobson, Edmund:
YOU MUST RELAX
Revised Ed.; Whittlesey House, New York, 1942.

The philosophy and practice of fighting nervous tension.

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[Carlsberg Breweries]:
THE BOOK OF CARLSBERG
Copenhagen, 1946.

Eerily nordic: a scientific brew-factory surrounded by empty parks and palaces.

<-- front cover

Forberg, Fred. Chas.:
MANUAL OF CLASSICAL EROTOLOGY
Facsimile Reprint. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

All the dirty bits of the classical canon, in side-by-side translation.

<-- title page

[multiple authors]
THE PERCEPTION AND APPLICATION OF FLASHING LIGHTS
University of Toronto Press, 1971.

A subject which receives less attention than it deserves.

<-- front cover

Cosgrove, J.J.:
SANITARY PLUMBING FIXTURES (Part 1)
Int'l Textbook Co., Scranton, PA, 1940.

The golden age of ceramic toilet design.

<-- pp. 86-87

Amoss, Harry:
PLAY STORY GEOGRAPHY
W.J. Gage & Co, Toronto, 1937.

Several layers of abstraction muddled into a childish narrative about map skills.

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Wichmann, Hans (ed.):
MADE IN GERMANY: PRODUKTFORM/INDUSTRIAL DESIGN/FORME INDUSTRIELLE
Peter-Winkler-Verlag, Munchen, 1966.

The icy elegance of German material culture.

<-- p. 89

Harvey, E. Newton:
LIVING LIGHT
Princeton University Press, 1940.

What could be more unsettling than bioluminescence?

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Treadwell, Peggy; Craig Torlucci (illus.):
WORKING COUPLE'S COOKBOOK
Nitty Gritty Productions, Concord, CA, 1971.

Meal plans for capable women and bewildered men.

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Nazarieff, Serge:
JEUX DE DAMES CRUELLES, PHOTOGRAPHIES 1850-1960
Benedikt Taschen, Koln, 1992.

Title translation: "Vintage cuties spanking each other playfully."

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White, J.H.:
THE FOREST TREES OF ONTARIO
Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto, 1925.

Every Canadian is required by law to own a copy.

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