The List

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER California has earmarked $158.5 million for library purchases and weeding out old books. Here are titles that were on shelves until 1999:

Rockets into Space 1959 "How would it feel to stand on the moon? In a few years men in spacesuits will walk on the moon."

The Wonder World of Ants 1937 "When I was a boy I wanted to go to Africa and see wild animals and the wild dark people as they live in nature."

Blondes Prefer Gentlemen, Brunettes Too--Redheads Included! 1949 "What kind of girl do you have in mind?...someone who's a cross...

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