I have all told probably close to a dozen of those "Time-Life" books kicking around. My father had nearly a complete collection of at least four different sets of them: the "Nature Library", "Life Science Library", "The Emergance of Man", and, to my great amusement in retrospect, "The Home Repair and Improvement" series. Some of the ones I have are swiped survivors from the original sets, while others I've grabbed from thrift shops. (Where they're always dirt cheap,)
In some respects I think the most interesting ones I have are several "Nature Science Annuals" from between 1972 and 1977. One of them has an article describing how America is going metric before the end of the decade, including as evidence photos of two-liter soda bottles, and a workcrew outside Columbus, Ohio installing a freeway sign with kilometer markings on it. Ha! ;^>
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Date: 2005-03-05 07:00 pm (UTC)In some respects I think the most interesting ones I have are several "Nature Science Annuals" from between 1972 and 1977. One of them has an article describing how America is going metric before the end of the decade, including as evidence photos of two-liter soda bottles, and a workcrew outside Columbus, Ohio installing a freeway sign with kilometer markings on it. Ha! ;^>