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The Official Preppy Handbook
The Official Preppy Handbook (1980) is a humor reference guide about predom, an aspect of North American culture. It provides insights on prep school and university life at socially acceptable schools, it illuminates many aspects of the conservative upper middle class, old money WASP society. Topics range from appropriate clothing for social events to choosing the correct college and major. The book satirizes a prep’s ideal family lifestyle, and humorously advises readers how to pick, interview, and gain acceptance into a prep school.
Eugenics, or the Laws of Sex Life and Heredity: Nature's Secrets Revealed
Nature's secrets revealed : scientific knowledge of the laws of sex life and heredity; or Eugenics: vital information for the married and marriageable of all ages ... Together with important hints on social purity, heredity, physical manhood and womanhood by noted specialists, embracing a department on ethics of the unmarried
Phyllis Diller's Marriage Manuel
Phyllis Diller (1917-2012) began her comedy career in the 1950s at the age of 37 and broke barriers in the comedy world to become the first solo female comic to be a household name. She developed a stage persona of an incompetent housewife and dressed in outlandish outfits with wild hair. Her material focused on self-deprecating jokes that tackled the idealized image of American mothers and homemakers. She also created many mythical personas for her stage act including her “husband” Fang, her “neighbor” Mrs. Clean, and her “mother-in-law” Moby Dick.
Life With Women and How to Survive It
“An absolutely indispensable survival kit for harried males everywhere-who know they cannot possibly win” – Joseph H. Peck, M.D.