Free books!!!
Yes, it's time again for the Annual Weeding of the Psmith Bookshelves, and the subsequent search to get them adopted into good and loving homes. It's a long list this year (I was very firm with myself), but the rules haven't changed: if you want one or two or six or ten, just comment to this post listing which ones you want. I'll box them up and ship them.
You don't need to do anything in return, but if you want to, please give to one of the following excellent causes: Planned Parenthood (people), the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (animals), or the Kansas Rural Center (sustainable agriculture).
Format (hardcover hc or pb) is given in the list. Unless otherwise noted, all are in very good condition. If you want to know more about any of them, just ask :)
Fiction - sci fi, fantasy, general fiction
• The hangman's daughter by Oliver Potzsch (pb)
• Portnoy's complaint by Philip Roth (pb, obv used)
• Longbourn by Jo Baker (pb) - retelling of Pride and Prejudice from belowstairs
• Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (pb) - prep school adventures
• The winter without milk by Jane Avrich (pb) - short stories
• A discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness (hc)
• The Star Trek Reader Volumes I, II, III, IV by James Blish (hc, obv used, 2 vols don't have jackets; these are novelizations of some of the original series episodes)
• The magic toyshop by Angela Carter (pb)
• The town that forgot how to breathe by Kenneth Harvey (pb)
• The kingdom of little wounds by Susann Cokal (hc) - fairy tale with syphilis, come on now who doesn't want that?! Actually it's quite good, with gorgeous book and cover design :)
• The murder room by P.D. James (pb)
• The thirteenth tale by Diane Setterfield (hc)
• The white devil by Justin Evans (hc) - murder mystery/ghost story
• The year we left home by Jean Thompson (hc)
• California by Edan Lepucki (hc) - post-apoc
• A whole bunch of gothic romances by Victoria Holt, all hc ex-library and in crappy condition, but that means you can read them in the bathtub without worrying: Menfreya in the morning, Mask of the enchantress, Daughter of deceit by Victoria Holt, The Judas kiss, Snare of serpents, The India fan, Lord of the far island, House of a thousand lanterns
• 1984 by George Orwell (pb, obv used)
• No blade of grass by John Christopher (pb, obv used) - disease kills all the grass; apocalypse ensues
• The last man Vol. 1 by Vaughan and Guerra (hc) - post-apoc graphic novel
• Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (this is a super-nice book, a pristine hardcover 1st edition; I ended up with two copies somehow!)
• Shikasta by Doris Lessing (hc)
• The witching hour by Anne Rice (pb)
• The vampire Armand by Anne Rice (pb)
• Violin by Anne Rice (pb)
• Taltos by Anne Rice (pb)
• Lasher by Anne Rice (pb)
• The American heiress by Daisy Goodwin (hc) - Gilded Age romance, very lush
• The satanic verses by Salman Rushdie (pb)
• Don't try to find me by Holly Brown (hc) - YA runaway story, unusual and well done
• Artemis Fowl (#1) by Eoin Colfer (pb)
• The bones of Paris by Laurie R. King (hc) - murder mystery in 1930s Paris
• The eight by Katharine Neville (pb) - Templars, chess, etc.
• The fire by Katharine Neville (hc) - sequel to The Eight
• Regina's song by David Edding (pb) - murder mystery with twins
• Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner (pb) - YA, celtic myth themes
• The infinity concerto by Greg Bear (pb)
• Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (pb)
• Your house is on fire, your children all gone by Stefan Kiesbye (pb)
Nonfiction (cookbooks, gardening, computers, etc.)
• What every American should know about who's really running the world by Rossi (pb)
• Pity the billionaire by Thomas Frank (hc)
• 15-minute yoga by Devereuc (pb)
• Free to succeed: Designing the life you want in the new free agent economy by Reinhold (pb)
• World film locations: Beijing by Berra and Yang (pb)
• The geranium on the windowsill died, but teacher you went right on by Cullum (hc, no dust jacket) - lovely picture book for a teacher
• Due North: A daily journal (pb, unused; no days of the week or year are given, so it would work for any year; very pretty photos of paintings by Michael Ringer)
• Celtic Music by Mathieson (pb)
• Celtic Music by Sawyer (pb)
• Classic Italian Cookbook by Hazan (pb)
• Pastability by Spender (pb)
• The garlic lover's cookbook by Gilroy (pb)
• Culinaria Germany by (BIG oversize hc, obv used and the cover is loose but still a pretty volume)
• Herbs: Gardens, decorations and recipes by Tolley and Mead (hc, pretty but has gift inscription)
• 30 days to a simpler life by Cox and Evatt (pb)
• The new rose expert by Hessayon (pb)
• The hands-on gardener: Composting by Ball (pb)
• Perennial gardening guide by Valleau (pb)
• All about herbs by Ortho Books (pb)
• Random House book of roses by Phillips and Rix (pb)
• Fine hand quilting by Leone (pb)
• Ready-to-use floral borders on layout grids by Bernath (pb)
• A whole bunch of O'Reilly reference books: XML, XSLT, Javascript, Unix, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS (pb)
I also have about 30 back issues of Piecework, the wonderful craft magazine published by Interweave Press. Packed with lush illustrations, gorgeous photos, ideas for beading, sewing, felting, quilting, lacemaking, etc etc etc. You can see sample issues on the Piecework website.
You don't need to do anything in return, but if you want to, please give to one of the following excellent causes: Planned Parenthood (people), the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (animals), or the Kansas Rural Center (sustainable agriculture).
Format (hardcover hc or pb) is given in the list. Unless otherwise noted, all are in very good condition. If you want to know more about any of them, just ask :)
Fiction - sci fi, fantasy, general fiction
• The hangman's daughter by Oliver Potzsch (pb)
• Portnoy's complaint by Philip Roth (pb, obv used)
• Longbourn by Jo Baker (pb) - retelling of Pride and Prejudice from belowstairs
• Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (pb) - prep school adventures
• The winter without milk by Jane Avrich (pb) - short stories
• A discovery of witches by Deborah Harkness (hc)
• The Star Trek Reader Volumes I, II, III, IV by James Blish (hc, obv used, 2 vols don't have jackets; these are novelizations of some of the original series episodes)
• The magic toyshop by Angela Carter (pb)
• The town that forgot how to breathe by Kenneth Harvey (pb)
• The kingdom of little wounds by Susann Cokal (hc) - fairy tale with syphilis, come on now who doesn't want that?! Actually it's quite good, with gorgeous book and cover design :)
• The murder room by P.D. James (pb)
• The thirteenth tale by Diane Setterfield (hc)
• The white devil by Justin Evans (hc) - murder mystery/ghost story
• The year we left home by Jean Thompson (hc)
• California by Edan Lepucki (hc) - post-apoc
• A whole bunch of gothic romances by Victoria Holt, all hc ex-library and in crappy condition, but that means you can read them in the bathtub without worrying: Menfreya in the morning, Mask of the enchantress, Daughter of deceit by Victoria Holt, The Judas kiss, Snare of serpents, The India fan, Lord of the far island, House of a thousand lanterns
• 1984 by George Orwell (pb, obv used)
• No blade of grass by John Christopher (pb, obv used) - disease kills all the grass; apocalypse ensues
• The last man Vol. 1 by Vaughan and Guerra (hc) - post-apoc graphic novel
• Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner (this is a super-nice book, a pristine hardcover 1st edition; I ended up with two copies somehow!)
• Shikasta by Doris Lessing (hc)
• The witching hour by Anne Rice (pb)
• The vampire Armand by Anne Rice (pb)
• Violin by Anne Rice (pb)
• Taltos by Anne Rice (pb)
• Lasher by Anne Rice (pb)
• The American heiress by Daisy Goodwin (hc) - Gilded Age romance, very lush
• The satanic verses by Salman Rushdie (pb)
• Don't try to find me by Holly Brown (hc) - YA runaway story, unusual and well done
• Artemis Fowl (#1) by Eoin Colfer (pb)
• The bones of Paris by Laurie R. King (hc) - murder mystery in 1930s Paris
• The eight by Katharine Neville (pb) - Templars, chess, etc.
• The fire by Katharine Neville (hc) - sequel to The Eight
• Regina's song by David Edding (pb) - murder mystery with twins
• Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner (pb) - YA, celtic myth themes
• The infinity concerto by Greg Bear (pb)
• Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (pb)
• Your house is on fire, your children all gone by Stefan Kiesbye (pb)
Nonfiction (cookbooks, gardening, computers, etc.)
• What every American should know about who's really running the world by Rossi (pb)
• Pity the billionaire by Thomas Frank (hc)
• 15-minute yoga by Devereuc (pb)
• Free to succeed: Designing the life you want in the new free agent economy by Reinhold (pb)
• World film locations: Beijing by Berra and Yang (pb)
• The geranium on the windowsill died, but teacher you went right on by Cullum (hc, no dust jacket) - lovely picture book for a teacher
• Due North: A daily journal (pb, unused; no days of the week or year are given, so it would work for any year; very pretty photos of paintings by Michael Ringer)
• Celtic Music by Mathieson (pb)
• Celtic Music by Sawyer (pb)
• Classic Italian Cookbook by Hazan (pb)
• Pastability by Spender (pb)
• The garlic lover's cookbook by Gilroy (pb)
• Culinaria Germany by (BIG oversize hc, obv used and the cover is loose but still a pretty volume)
• Herbs: Gardens, decorations and recipes by Tolley and Mead (hc, pretty but has gift inscription)
• 30 days to a simpler life by Cox and Evatt (pb)
• The new rose expert by Hessayon (pb)
• The hands-on gardener: Composting by Ball (pb)
• Perennial gardening guide by Valleau (pb)
• All about herbs by Ortho Books (pb)
• Random House book of roses by Phillips and Rix (pb)
• Fine hand quilting by Leone (pb)
• Ready-to-use floral borders on layout grids by Bernath (pb)
• A whole bunch of O'Reilly reference books: XML, XSLT, Javascript, Unix, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS (pb)
I also have about 30 back issues of Piecework, the wonderful craft magazine published by Interweave Press. Packed with lush illustrations, gorgeous photos, ideas for beading, sewing, felting, quilting, lacemaking, etc etc etc. You can see sample issues on the Piecework website.