Everyone loves free books, right? Well, I know I do, and since I've got a huge stack of books in my apartment that are seeking a loving home, I want to share them with you. These books are duplicates of review copies, advance reading copies and uncorrected proofs as well as some books that I purchased or somehow obtained. All books are in excellent (like new) shape, unless otherwise noted. I am offering them to you several times per week for the next few months, free of charge, although I will ask you to pay the cost of the shipping envelope and postage for mailing each book to you. Below the jump is a short list of these books that I am offering to you today on a first-come first-sent basis;
Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernière. Paperback.
Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree by Megan Smolenyak and Ann Turner. Paperback.
Birding Babylon: A Soldier's Journal from Iraq by Jonathan Trouern-Trend. Hardback. 2 copies. [my review]
100 Science Words Every College Graduate Should Know by Editors of The American Heritage Dictionaries. Paperback.
The House on Fortune Street: A Novel by Margot Livesey. Review copy. Hardback (the cover is different from what you see for the paperback shown on the Amazon page). I liked this book, but didn't get the review to a state where I wanted to share it.
The Other by David Guterson. Review copy. Hardback.
How and Why Species Multiply: The Radiation of Darwin's Finches (Princeton Series in Evolutionary Biology) by Peter R. Grant and B. Rosemary Grant. Review copy. Hardback. [my review] (NOTE: this is an EXTRA copy! I am keeping a copy already!)
Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution by Mark S. Blumberg. Review copy. Hardback.
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.
The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat by Eric Roston. Advance reading copy. Paperback.
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.
How Women Got Their Curves and Other Just-So Stories: Evolutionary Enigmas by David P Barash, PhD and Judith Eve Lipton, MD. Review copy. Hardback. Even though I know David, I am sorry to admit that I really don't like this book (but that doesn't mean you won't like it!).
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.
Dream Catcher: A Memoir by Margaret A. Salinger. 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 Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World by Jacques Cousteau, Susan Schiefelbein, and Bill McKibben. Review copy. Hardcover. [my review]
Kitchens of India "Indian Classical Duets" (music CDs). Vol 2 (1 copy) Vol 3 (2 copies); Vol 4 (1 copy); Vol 5 (1 copy).
Disclaimers: If you want any of these books (or CDs or DVDs), let me know which ones (in comments) and within 24 hours or less, I'll send you email asking for your mailing address so I can get these items shipped ASAP. 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). I will be giving away a similar number of books/CDs/DVDs every day or two for the next couple months until they have all been dispersed to new homes. Any claimed items that I do not have mailing addresses for within 7 days of them first being spoken for will be offered to my readers once again. All unclaimed items will be donated to the NYPL.
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I would love to have Freaks of Nature and the Kitchens of India CD's
Yay more books! I would like to lay claim to The House on Fortune Street and How Women Got Their Curves :)
Present at the future would be great.
Are those of us who've already requested a book allowed to request another? I love Louis de Berniere, so if Birds Without Wings is still available, I'd be very interested!
I'll take all the music. I'm not online on the weekends though, so is answering the e-mail Monday okay? (I hope)
I'd be happy to take "How and Why Species Multiply" - if it's still around. Thanks!
I would love to have a copy of The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World, and if a second is allowed, Present at the Future- thank you!
I'd like:
Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree by Megan Smolenyak and Ann Turner. Thanks so much.