Working on the weeding thingy. It is hard to decide which new book to use as a replacement because there are so many good ones out there. And I am only needing it for middle school age!  I narrowed my search to just the last five years and I still got several good titles, or at least they look good, but will have to find some reviews to determine how "good" they really are. It is also difficult when I can not find a book that is exactly like the one I want to replace. For example, I marked an oversize book titled "The Great Guns". It was published in 1971 but has lots of pictures--both B & W and color--of rifles, shotguns, pistols, etc.  That book has been through IT! Not surprising around here where boys learn to hunt and fish before they can barely walk. Trying to find a replacement has been difficult because most of what I am finding even related is books on Gun Control --lots of text but little pictures.  Besides, the boys want information about the various types of firearms all the way back to the Wild West. I guess I have to keep looking and go back a few more years although I don't want to get something more than a decade old.