25 Unsettling Textbook Covers

Human sexuality was never supposed to look like this.

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Every one of us had a textbook growing up that inspired intense double-takes. How did these covers make it past the publishers and the school board, and into the hands of impressionable children? Whether they're accidentally ridiculous or existentially frightening, those books demanded that you wrap them in a brown paper bag stat.

Relive the days of your youth (which are gone) and fear for future generations with these 25 unsettling textbook covers.

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Written by Brenden Gallagher (@muddycreekU)

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Biology, Second Edition

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Imagina: Español sin Barreras

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Human Sexuality, Second Edition

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How Green Were the Nazis?

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Fondements En Sciences De L'Exercise

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Experiences With Foods

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Stone Age Economics

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Kids As Customers: A Handbook for Marketing to Children

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Heredity in Relation to Eugenics

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Tactics for Listening

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Eastern World

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Understanding Human Sexuality

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What Is Life? A Guide to Biology

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A General Theory of Love

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Discovering Music Together

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Handbok för Terapeuter

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Rethinking Columbus

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Identifying Wood

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Mind Pump: The Psychology of Bodybuilding

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Bloody Ground, Our Ground: The Volunteer State Through 1860

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Anybody Can Be Cool...But Awesome Take Practice

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It's Easy to Play Classical Themes

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A Day in the Life of Canada

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Miracle of Life

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