# Interested in giving away/getting free books? Get in here! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565 "2005-02-17T16:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/121 "2005-03-01T13:36:31Z")
**Dung Beetle** & **further** , glad you got 'em. **Tracy Lord** , email me your address and the Bradbury is yours. ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/122 "2005-03-01T15:40:14Z")
The Godfather Audrey Hepburn bio (Hardback) Natalie Wood bio (Hardback) Romanov Prophecy by Steve Berry (Hardback) The Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead which includes: Taliesin Merlin Arthur Pendragon Avalon The Iron Lance by Stephen Lawhead The Princess Bride by William Goldman Abarat by Clive Barker American Gods by Neil Gaiman Vampire Lestat by anne Rice (Graphic Novel, Hardback) ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/123 "2005-03-01T17:12:22Z")
Anaamika, I’m glad to hear you received them. When I came in this morning, a package from Biffy the Elephant Shrew was on my desk. I was very happy. I can’t wait to read it, and I’m really looking forward to listening to the CD. Since this thread seems to have picked up a bit, I’ve got a few more books to list: 1. [_No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=aF8LBzLAjF&isbn=1580050972&itm=1) by Ayun Halliday. It’s paperback, and in very good condition. There’s the tiniest bit of dog-earing in the upper right corner of the cover. 2. [_Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=aF8LBzLAjF&isbn=0201729377&itm=1) by the staff of Adobe. It’s a paperback in nearly-new condition. Unfortunately, the CD-ROM that was included is missing. If I find it, I’ll send it along, but don’t hold your breath. We’re using Acrobat 6.0 now, so this book is pretty much useless to me now. 3. [_How to do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 5.0_](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=aF8LBzLAjF&isbn=0072195118&itm=2) by Dough Sahlin. It’s a paperback and in good condition. It’s a little askew. Some time erect on a bookshelf ought to straighten it out, though. If it weren’t for it being a bit mishapen, it’d be in nearly-new condition. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/124 "2005-03-01T18:34:51Z")
_flails_ Dear Lord, this is like crack. **JerH** , I’ve emailed you my mailing address. **Desperate Welfie** …ah, I’d love to take _Princess Bride_ and the Pendragon Cycle off your hands, as I’ve been looking for both of them for a while and my library has neither. Here’s the few that I’ve got here: 1. _The Three Musketeers_, Alexandre Dumas. Translation by Lowell Blair. 2. _This Side of Paradise_, F. Scott Fitzgerald. 3. _The Ramayana_. Translation by William Buck. 4. _Sundiata_. Translation by G. D. Pickett. More to come in the third week of March. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/125 "2005-03-01T18:48:22Z")
Non-fiction that my parents give me and I never get around to reading. These have been read once or twice and are all in good condition. No exciting first additions or anything. [The Greatest Generation](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375502025/qid=1109702609/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3661117-7569729), Tom Brokaw, hardback [The Path Between The Seas](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671244094/qid=1109702468/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3661117-7569729), David MCCullough, paperback [John Adams](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684813637/qid=1109702818/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-3661117-7569729), David McCullough, hardback biography [Down the Great Unknown, John Wesley Powell’s 1869 Journey of Discover](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006019619X/qid=1109702677/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-3661117-7569729), Edward Dolnick, hardback [The Story of American Freedom](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0756758041/qid=1109702939/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/102-3661117-7569729), Eric Foner, hardback [Theodore Rex](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394555090/qid=1109703011/sr=2-3/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_3/102-3661117-7569729) hardback and [The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375756787/qid=1109703011/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-3661117-7569729) paperback, both by Edmund Morris [The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394746236/qid=1109703304/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-3661117-7569729?v=glance&s=books), Shelby Foot, paperback, the first in a series of three [The Battle of New Orleans](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670885517/qid=1109703389/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-3661117-7569729), Robert V. Remini, hardback [American Sphinx The Character of Thomas Jefferson](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679764410/qid=1109703447/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3661117-7569729), Joseph J. Ellis, paperback [Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375703373/qid=1109703511/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3661117-7569729), Gary Kinder, paperback [The Cousins’ Wars](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465013708/qid=1109703581/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-3661117-7569729), Kevin Phillips, paperback That’s all for now. Will ship anywhere. email at: sdmb\_stretch at yahoo dot com ---
**Author:** ![Desperate\_Welfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Desperate\_Welfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desperate_Welfie)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/126 "2005-03-01T18:50:26Z")
My email is [lolli78@msn.com](mailto:lolli78@msn.com). Just let me know your address and I’ll send them on the way! ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/127 "2005-03-01T19:06:02Z")
> [@my own stupid self](#): > > …No exciting first \*\*additions \*\*… Or first editions either. :smack: slinking away from thread ---
**Author:** ![GorillaGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GorillaGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/128 "2005-03-01T19:06:11Z")
**stretch** , can I have the Edmund Morris bios of Theodore Roosevelt, and the Thomas Jefferson bio, pleaseohpleaseohplease? I’ve sent an email too. And for everyone else, I can’t recommend the John Adams biography enough. Without a doubt, the best book I’ve read in years. Grab it fast, it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/129 "2005-03-01T19:32:18Z")
> [@GorillaGirl](#): > > **stretch** , can I have the Edmund Morris bios of Theodore Roosevelt, and the Thomas Jefferson bio, pleaseohpleaseohplease? I’ve sent an email too. They’re yours. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/130 "2005-03-01T19:51:38Z")
> [@stretch](#): > > [John Adams](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684813637/qid=1109702818/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/102-3661117-7569729), David McCullough, hardback biography I’d like this one, please. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/131 "2005-03-01T20:56:04Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > I’d like this one [John Adam]), please. It’s yours. Tomorrow will be shipping day. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/132 "2005-03-01T23:17:25Z")
UrbanChic, I would love “No Touch Monkey”! ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/133 "2005-03-02T02:31:16Z")
tsarina, send me your mailing information, and it’s yours. My email address is in my profile. I read it, by the way. It had its amusing moments, but I won’t be reading it again. If I’m not mistaken, she’s writing a book about her long list of menial jobs. I may pick that one up when it comes out. I won’t be reading her other book; another travelogue (of sorts) about globe trotting on the cheap, but this time with her kids. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/134 "2005-03-02T03:33:21Z")
> [@JerH](#): > > _N-Space_, by Larry Niven If it’s not spoken for yet, I’ll take this one. I’ve been on a Niven kick lately. Just finished the Ringworld books I can offer John Varley’s books Wizard Titan Demon ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/135 "2005-03-04T00:02:05Z")
I just got the two Joan Hess books today, so many thanks, Mrs. **furthur**! I turned my mother on to the Maggody series a couple of years ago, so she’ll be delighted to get these–after I’ve re-read them myself! ---
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/136 "2005-03-04T14:42:23Z")
**Odinoneeye** , email me your address and the Niven is yours. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@GorillaGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/137 "2005-03-05T01:33:36Z")
I got my books from **stretch** today. Thanks so much! ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/138 "2005-03-05T07:05:34Z")
> [@Desperate Welfie](#): > > Abarat by Clive Barker May I have this one? My e-mail address is [kelebrian@hotmail.com](mailto:kelebrian@hotmail.com). Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/139 "2005-03-05T18:47:13Z")
I got the Wodehouse yesterday. Thanks, **GorillaGirl!** ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565/140 "2005-03-05T19:04:49Z")
Thanks **UrbanChic** for the fast shipping! Does anyone else have books they want to give away? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interested-in-giving-away-getting-free-books-get-in-here/290565.md?page=8)