I am leaving on Thursday (19 November), and still have a mountain of books to give away. I could give them to NYPL or I could give them to you (if you pay postage). I prefer to give them to you, but you have to act quickly because I have tons of things I need to take care of before I leave. I'll give you 24 hours to (1) claim the book in comments below (so everyone knows the book is claimed), and then (2) you MUST send me your mailing address via email. If you don't do both things, I will take all the unclaimed books to NYPL to add to their fund-raising book auction. I am really stressed out but I want to share with you, so please work with me here to make this as easy as possible on me.
Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution by Mark S. Blumberg. Review copy. Hardback.
Devotion by Howard Norman. Hardback. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon link. Quirky but sweet little book.
Flights Against the Sunset: Stories that Reunited a Mother and Son by Kenn Kaufman. Hardback.
Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region (Stokes Field Guides) by Donald and Lillian Stokes. Paperback.
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) by Roger Tory Peterson. Paperback.
Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region (Stokes Field Guides) by Donald and Lillian Stokes. Paperback.
National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: Michigan by Jonathan Alderfer. Paperback.
100 Science Words Every College Graduate Should Know by Editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries. Paperback.
Hard Lessons: The Promise of an Inner-City Charter School by Jonathan Schorr. Hardback. Excellent book.
Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery by Jeff Goldberg. Hardback.
The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat by Eric Roston. Advance reading copy. Paperback.
Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox by Jonathan B. Tucker. Paperback. Excellent book.
The Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard. Review copy. Hardback.
Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction by Eugenie C. Scott and Niles Eldredge. Review copy. Paperback. Excellent, must-read book for all rational people.
The Counter-Creationism Handbook by Mark Isaak. Review copy. Hardback. Excellent, must-read book for all rational people. Cover art different from that pictured on Amazon link.
Paradise Mislaid: Birth, Death, and the Human Predicament of Being Biological by E. J. Applewhite. Hardback.
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson. Advanced reading copy (paperback). Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson. Like new. Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson. Like new. ($10 postage for all three books)
The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity by James Lovelock. Hardback.
Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree by Megan Smolenyak and Ann Turner. Paperback.
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris. Paperback.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama. Paperback.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama. Hardcover.
The Broker by John Grisham. Hardcover.
The Innocent Man by John Grisham. Hardcover. This nonfiction book will scare the shit out of you.
A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation by Catherine Crier. Hardcover. This nonfiction book will scare the shit out of you, too.
Dream Catcher: A Memoir by Margaret A. Salinger. Um, not as interesting as I thought it'd be. Paperback.
Afterburn: A Novel by Colin Harrison. Paperback.
The Other by David Guterson. Review copy. Hardback.
Take the Cannoli : Stories From the New World by Sarah Vowell. Paperback. Cover looks nothing like what you see on Amazon.
The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell. Paperback.
Goodnight Texas by William J. Cobb. Paperback. A sweet, whimsical book that will make you laugh.
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories by John Murray. Hardback. The dustjacket looks different from the book appearing on the Amazon link. I have no idea how this book snuck into my apartment or onto my bookshelves, but it's here, and needs a home.
The Man of My Dreams: A Novel by Curtis Sittenfeld. Hardback. Not sure how this book snuck into the apartment, nor onto my bookshelves. But it's a book and it needs a home.
Lucky: A Memoir by Alice Sebold. Paperback. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. This is an interesting (but disturbing) book.
Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Paperback. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Classic must-read tale of obsession.
Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art by Gene Wilder. Hardback. I liked Gene Wilder a lot more before I read this book.
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Trade paperback. Fascinating to begin with, but crashed and burned into sexist drivel by the end.
This Earth of Mankind by Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Cover art is different from that pictured, but the translator is the same. Paperback.
Wintergreen: Listening to the Land's Heart by Robert Michael Pyle. Trade Paperback. Excellent condition. Cover art different than what is pictured.
The Road to Middle-earth: Revised and Expanded Edition by Tom Shippey. Advanced reading copy (paperback).
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier. Paperback.
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms by Mark Strand and Eavan Boland. Paperback. Excellent book -- I am keeping my original copy!
Out of Fashion: An Anthology of Poems by Carol Ann Duffy. Hardback.
Small Paperbacks (I prefer that you adopt 4 as a group for $5 postage):
Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq by Jonathan Trouern-Trend. Hardback. [my review]
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf. Paperback. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Classic must-read.
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Like new.
Always Coming Home (California Fiction) by Ursula K. Le Guin. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Like new.
Time's Last Gift by Philip Jose Farmer. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Good condition.
Sophie's Choice by William Styron. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Excellent book by an amazing writer. This book made me fall in love with William Styron, which is why I have so many copies!
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Excellent book by an amazing writer.
Set This House on Fire by William Styron. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Excellent book by an amazing writer. Worn.
Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative by Herbert Mason. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Excellent book. Good condition. Worn.
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love by Carole Radziwill. Interesting, but sad. Like new.
Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen. Wasn't as funny as I expected. Like new.
The Doctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi. Cover art different than pictured on Amazon. Like new.
The Glory: A Novel by Herman Wouk. Cover missing (you know what that means!).
Periodicals: (please, take them all for $5 postage)
Western Birds Vol 29, nos. 1 & 3 (1998). Vol 30, nos. 1 & 2 (1999). Vol. 32, nos. 2 & 4 (2001). Vol. 33, no. 3 (2002). NEW.
Great Basin Birds. No. 1 (1998).
CDs/DVDs: ($5 postage takes them all, or you can take one postage-free with a book)
Peterson Field Guides Sample Video Podcasts (DVD) --1 copy
Kitchens of India "Indian Classical Duets" (music CDs). -- Vol 2 (1 copy) Vol 3 (2 copies); Vol 4 (1 copy); Vol 5 (1 copy).
7 "Surprise" DVDs: ($10 postage takes them all)
8 "Surprise" CDs: (eclectic mix of music; $10 takes them all)
All items that have been struck out are packed and ready to mail first thing in the morning. Anything else is still available (although a few items have been claimed, but no mailing address provided, and yes, I want to get these items out the door as soon as possible!)
Disclaimers: If you want any of these books (or CDs or DVDs), let me know which ones (in comments) and send your mailing address to me in email so I can get these items shipped ASAP. Like, tomorrow (17 November). These items are free, but I am asking for $5 for each book to cover the cost of postage and the shipping envelope or box in the USA ($10 Canada or $15 overseas) and, if there is any money left over, to help cover the cost of a coffee and cookie for me. You can pay this fee by mailing me cash, a check or via an electronic transaction using the Paypal "donate" button on my left sidebar (please do NOT create another Paypal account in my name; "my" Paypal accounts are spawning faster than Atlantic salmon these past few days). If you wish to write a review of any book that you've received through me, feel free to email it to me and I'll happily publish it on my blog (the publishers will be grateful to you, as will I). All unclaimed items will be donated to the NYPL on Wednesday (18 November).
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Wow, great, thank you!
I would like:
Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region (Stokes Field Guides) by Donald and Lillian Stokes. Paperback.
National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: Michigan by Jonathan Alderfer. Paperback.
The Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard. Review copy. Hardback.
I will lay claim to:
Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution by Mark S. Blumberg. Review copy. Hardback.
Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox by Jonathan B. Tucker. Paperback. Excellent book.
Paradise Mislaid: Birth, Death, and the Human Predicament of Being Biological by E. J. Applewhite. Hardback.
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris. Paperback.
I'll take "Take the Cannoli" and "Set This House on Fire".
I would like:
Goodnight Texas
The Counter-Creationism Handbook
and 8 of the "surprise" CDs.
I would love to have:
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America (Peterson Field Guide Series) by Roger Tory Peterson. Paperback.
Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction by Eugenie C. Scott and Niles Eldredge. Review copy. Paperback. Excellent, must-read book for all rational people.
Thank you!!
I'd like these paperbacks:
* Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative by Herbert Mason
* Moby Dick by Herman Melville
* Time's Last Gift by Philip Jose Farmer
*The Doctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi.
okay, some of you have not sent your mailing address -- do so now, please! if i don't answer your email within a few minutes to hours, send that mailing address again!
These would fit nicely into our small Audubon Society library if they're not claimed yet:
Flights Against the Sunset
Birding Babylon
Wintergreen: Listening to the Land's Heart
I can arrange the shipping fees tonight after work. Good luck clearing out your shelves!
I'd love to claim the two Ursula K leGuin paperbacks and the three William Styron ones. (I know that's five, not four - is that workable?)
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Always Coming Home (California Fiction) by Ursula K. Le Guin
Sophie's Choice by William Styron
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
Set This House on Fire by William Styron
What a great offer, especially for the poor grad students like me!
I'd love:
-100 Science Words Every College Graduate Should Know
-Present at the Future (Ira Flatow)
-Anatomy of a Scientific Discovery (Goldberg)
I'll also take the 7 "surprise" DVDs off your hands as well!
oh NOES!! i cannot find "Present at the Future"! and of course, it's an advanced reading copy so the cover art is different from the link, so looking at the book doesn't help me one little bit to recall if i've already boxed it up .. i am so sorry! maybe there's another book you'd like, instead?
I would love to have these books (sorry if some of these books got listed before this post went through... dialup :( ):
The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat by Eric Roston. Advance reading copy. Paperback.
Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature by Ira Flatow. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. The cover looks nothing like what you see pictured on Amazon.
The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & The Fate of Humanity by James Lovelock. Hardback.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama. Paperback.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama. Hardcover.
I'd like
Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction
and
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms
if they're not already taken.
Thanks!
Bon voyage! I hope you have an uneventful trip to your new home. :)
I'd like: The Road to Middle-earth: Revised and Expanded Edition by Tom Shippey. Advanced reading copy (paperback).
What a great idea and good luck with your move.
okay, my peeps, you MUST send me your mailing address NOW so i can get these things mailed to you. time is running out, and i still have to pay more public authorities to frustrate and annoy me (it's their last chance!), so i don't have much time remaining to mess with mailing books.
Grrl! I would love the following, please:
Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
Girl With a Pearl Earring
$10 on its way to you now!
Hey, I'd like to get some mystery CDs! PayPal on the way, with address
Payment sent....
Thank you!
Peterson's Field Guide to Birds of North America
Can I get the
Kim Stanley Robinson trilogy? (40 signs of rain, etc.)
If the Peterson Field Guide North America goes unclaimed I'd like to adopt it.