Dusty Pages

Do you have a terrible personality, but still want people to like you? Then we've got the answer to your prayers in this rigid etiquette guide disguised as a self-help book from 1946.

If you were alive in 1998, you almost certainly had a Beanie Baby collection. If you aren't currently a millionaire, you might want to consult The Beanie Baby Handbook to maximize your investment.

If you want to take your sexual repression to the next level, this book is for you! It may be aimed at teens in 1949, but even modern adults will find this hyper-conservative book about sex leaves a lot to the imagination.

This fully illustrated vintage kid's book has a bedtime story for every night of the year (plus an extra one for leap year). They're not all winners, but the value can't be beat!

Punctuation: one of the least appreciated elements of style, yet one of the most important; its significance is not lost on shorthand reporters (e.g., stenographers, court reporters, etc.), whose work relies on accurate written transcripts of spoken word. Good thing they--and we--have this book to guide us!

Improve your life in every way through color! This self-help book teaches us how to decorate, dress, and harness the power of colors to fix all of our problems.

Need some antiquated tips on singing? Then have we got the episode for you! From chanting to trilling, this book has all the lessons you never knew you needed in the vocal arts.

We're going full science guy this week, reading the 1954 textbook Graphic Survey of Biology. Amazing illustrations meet dated scientific facts.

On our second foray into podcasting, we learn all the mistakes we've been making so far from the book Podcasting for Dummies.

 In this first episode, Melinda and EJ explore a worse-for-wear coffee table book about celebrities and their horses.