[bksvol-discuss] Re: 53 new free books to submittors from Lissi
- From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 19:13:42 -0500
Lissi,
Leap of Faith is already in the collection with an excellent rating. Just
wanted to let you know.
Shannon
I am only one; but still I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do
something. And, because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do the
something I can do.
Everet Edward Hale
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:18 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] 53 new free books to submittors from Lissi
Dear Booksharian Friends,
It looks as if a Bookshare Volunteer's work is never done because here are
53 more books I'll mail to scanners who request them for free, to scan and
submit. Keep or do anything with them except returning them to me.
Please ask for books which interest you by number and name off list at
airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's first come, first served with a cap of about 5 books per requester.
I'll send a few updated lists so you can see which books have been claimed
and which remain.
Validators can tell me off list about books you'd like to validate and I'll
pass on your information to the person who is scanning the book so they can
put a hold on it for you at their discretion. This is first asked first
served, too
This list has many books for kids age 8 and up including several series
books and books for teens. I've been told that Bookshare is especially
appreciative of books on these levels because of their huge award from the
department of education. Books 1-37 are for readers age 8 to 20, and 38-53
are for adults
I'm lucky to be able to pick up bags of books at low prices at Library
sales. I really appreciate all of you who take these books and scan them. As
of two weeks ago they weren't in the collection. If you know of any titles
on this list which have been added, please tell me so I can delete them.
Usually about half of the books I list are requested. If you have ideas of
other places I can post this list to find more volunteers to scan them,
please contact me.
This is a wildly diverse set of books. Enjoy!
Always with love,
Lissi
1. Pokeman Adapted by Tracy West, three paperbacks about 75 pages each,
third grade reading level. The titles are:
A. Night in the Haunted Tower
B. Attack of the Prehistoric Pokeman
C. Island of the Giant Pokeman.
4. Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader, Book 1, by Lawrence David, trade
paperback, 137 pages. Horace is the smallest ten year old in town, empowered
by his sister's chemically altered cupcakes and forced to wear an ugly,
purple outfit.
5. Horace Splattly: The Cupcaked Crusader, When Second Graders Attack, Book
2, by Lawrence David, trade paperback 154 pages. All the food in town has
been replaced with bad-tasting snoodles, and kids are throwing gravy snack
cup-bombs.
6. Tale of the Unfinished Masterpiece, book 4 of The Rugrats Files, A Time
Travel Adventure, by Maria Rosado, trade paperback, 139 pages, ages 8-12.
The rugrats go to sixteenth-century Florence, Italy, looking for a palace
and Leonardo da Vinci and hoping to fix their broken flying machine.
7. The Big Bang Theory, Butt-Ugly Martians, book 1, by Gerry Bailey, trade
paperback, 84 pages. Martians--Doo-wah Diddy, 2-T-Fru-T, and B,Bop-A-Luna
are sent to conquer the Earth, but they love fast food, video games, rock
music and humans, so they befriend three kids.
8. Crab Cake & Pepper, by Frank Weaver, Jr., trade paperback, 215 pages.
1951, Pepper and his friend try to catch a legendary rainbow trout, and see
two ex-cons try to drown a game warden. A border Collie heroically saves the
boys.
9. Juice, by Eric Walters, paperback but very white paper and good contrast
print, should get an excellent scan, 100 pages, reading level 2.9, for teens
and older, about kids in footbal taking steroids.
10. Invasion of the Appleheads, Deadtime Stories, book 2 of 10, by A. G.
Cascone, paperback, 128 pages. Their parents are turned into shrunken old
applehead dolls, the witches and ghouls look real, can Robin and Andy stop
something rotten in Appleton?
11. Blast Off If You Dare: Stories from Space Mountain, by Cathy East
Dubowski, trade paperback, 88 pages. Aliens, mosters and spaceships gallore.
12. The Otterbury Incident, by C. Day Lewis, paperback, 190 pages. An
imaginative novel about young kids playing football.
13. We Wish You A Scary Christmas, by M. T. Coffin, #16 in the Spinetinglers
series, paperback, 135 pages. Santa may be gone for good. Strange people
have a prisoner in their basement. You may be captured too, if you help him.
14. Millions, by Frank Cottrell, Boyce, new paperback, 260 pages. Brothers,
Damien and Anthony must spend or return a million dollars in seventeen days,
when it will become worthless, or before the crooks who stole it catch them.
15. Sisterchicks on the Loose, by Robin Jones Gunn, new paperback, 282
pages. Fun, feel good Penny, a motorcycle mama, and quiet Sharon, become
friends as young mothers; and twenty years later, look for lost relatives in
Finland.
16. Nighty-Nightmare, by James Howe, sequel to Bunnicula, paperback, 121
pages. Bunnicula's friends have adventures staying in the woods overnight.
Ages 8-12.
17. The Secret Journey, by Peg Kehret, hardcover, 135 pages. Twelve-year-old
Emma sneaks to join her sick mother and her father on their voyage to
France, but is stowed away on Black Lightning, the most terrifying slave
ship with a cruel captain. She is marooned after the ship wrecks.
18. The Skeleton on the Skateboard, number 2 in the Graveyard School series,
paperback, 120 pages. Skate and Vickie want to learn secrets from a new
skateboarder to beat mean Eddie in a contest, but may have to make deadly
moves in return.
19. Frankenstine Moved in on the Fourth Floor, by Elizabeth Levy, A Trophy
Chapter Book, ages 7-10, RL 2.6, paperback, 57 pages. What is wrong with Mr.
Frank? He's mean, uses too much electricity and moans come from his
apartment. Could he be the real Frankenstine?
20. Starbright and the Dream Eater, by Joy Cowley, hardcover, 139 pages. Why
is the twon worried about a mysterious sickness, that Starbright thinks is a
media scare? Then Mark, her best friend, falls asleep and won't wake up.
21. The Stowaway: A Tale of California Pirates, by Christiana Gregory,
hardcover, 126 pages. 1818, eleven-year-old Carlito, thinks seeing pirates
is exciting until they savage his town and kill his father. Seeking revenge,
he sneaks aboard the ship when it sails.
22. Songs of Power, by Hilari Bell, hardcover, 219 pages. Imina doesn't know
about quarks and equations, but she knows magic, summons spirits and sees
visions. Her Grandma, an Inuit shaman, was teaching her, but dies. Imina
lives in an underwater lab, where magic is not allowed. Deep sea damage is
being done by an evil magic maker and Imina wants to stop the destruction.
23. The Worm Tunnel: A Finnegan Zwake Mystery, by Michael Dahl, paperback,
163 pages. Thirteen-year-old Zwake, and his uncle, a mystery writer, are
digging for dinosaur eggs and dig up murder. Zwakes parents are missing as
well.
24. Laggan Lard Butts, by Eric Walters, paperback, 108 pages. High interest,
low vocabulary. A quitter never wins, and a Lard Butt never quits.
25. Wild Horse Running, by Sam Savitt, paperback, 153 pages. About the wild
mustang's deep need for freedom.
26. 26l. Mucho Madness: Spy Kids Adventures Number 3, by Elizabeth Linhard,
paperback, 136 pages. Going to visit Nana in Spain, the kids are told to
stop a crazy architect using a chemical to make everyone extra sleepy.
27. OSS Wilderness: Spy Kids Adventures Number 4, by Elizabeth Lenhard,
paperback, 128 pages, ages 8-12. Carmen and Juni go to OSS for camp for
training and fun. The director is hypnotizing campers to take over the
world.
28. Superstar Spies: Spy Kids Adventures Number 7, by Elizabeth Linhard,
paperback, 139 pages. The kids are sent a rock star whose talent comes from
a jewel that gives power to the owner.
29. Homeless: Sunita, Vet Volunteer, Wild at Heart Series Number 2, American
Girl, by Laurie Halse Anderson, brand new paperback, 126 pages. The vet's
cat is missing and Sunita finds a pack of feral cats instead. /The vet says
that the cats are wild, but Sunita thinks she can tame them and find homes
for them.
30. Trickster: David Vet Volunteer, Wiald at Heart Series Number 3, by
Laurie Halse Anderson, paperback, 120 pages. Trickster's leg is hurt in a
trailer accident. Maggie will watch over him and prove she's responsible
enough to ride him.
31. Say Good-bye: Zoe Vet Volunteer, Wild at Heart Series Number 5, by
Laurie Halse Anderson, paperback, 125 pages. Yum-Yum, the therapy dog, who
visits kids with cancer, has a mouth tumor. Who will comfort the kids if
Yum-Yum has to say goodbye?
32. The Haunted Trail: Phantom Rider Book 2, by Janni Lee Simner, RL 5, ages
10-12, paperback, 139 pages. Star is chasing Pepper, who throws Callie.
Callie wonders if her horse, Pepper, really loves her before the world goes
dark.
33. Ghost Vision: Phantom Rider Book 4, by Janni Lee Simner, RL 5, ages
10-12, paperback, 137 pages. Callie helps to clear the land for their new
house and pool to earn horseback riding lessons.
34. Trial by Fire: Bionicle Adventures Number 2, by Greg Farshtey,
paperback, 136 pages. The Toa are searching for the Disks of Power to defeat
Morbuzakh.
35. Escape to Deer Island: Twin Adventure Escape, by Jeanette Windle,
paperback, 125 pages. Justin is in danger alone in the freezing wilderness
at night.
36. The Mermaid Summer, by Mollie Hunter, hardcover, 119 pages. Kids seek
their grandfather, whom they believe was lured away by a mermaid.
37. Waterman's Boy, by Susan Sharpe, hardcover, 170 pages. Ben's father is a
waterman on the Chesapeake Bay. Ben wants to be a waterman too. He discovers
oil in the water and tries to do something about it.
Adult Books
38. The Wings of the Morning, by Thomas Tryon, hardcover, 567 pages. First
in the romantic Kingdom Come series, Christian fiction. Feuding elders
separate young Aurora and Sinjin. Hired girl befriends them and is
strengthened by tragedy. Adventure, power and conviction.
39. Pure Poetry, by Binnie Kirshenbaum, hardcover, 203 pages. Smart-mouthed
Jewish beauty craves sex and always lies and writes smutty poetry. She will
win your heart, when she leaves her husband for other lovers. Ghosts move
into her apartment and she can't write poetry.
40. Crossroads: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton, by Michael Schumacher,
hardcover, about 385 pages, with discography 1964-94, timeline and index.
41. The Purification Ceremony, by Mark T. Sullivan, hardcover, 335 pages.
Diana is at home in the Maine wilderness. She goes with seven hunters to
British Columbia to track white tailed deer and resolve issues in her past.
42. Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson, hardcover, clear large type, 570
pages. Travel literature about the author's experiences in Australia. He
also wrote A Walk in the Woods and I'm A Stranger Here Myself.
43. Bad Medicine: An Ella Clah Novel, by Aimee and David Thurlo, hardcover,
350 pages. Former FBI agent, Ella, has returned to the reservation and
investigates a politically sensitive case while protecting a dear friend
from unjust persecution.
44. Sixpence in Her Shoe, by Phyllis McGinley, hardcover, 280 pages. About
the American housewife, semiautobiographical. Into the hands of a woman,
life has dropped its most significant duties.
45. Tennessee: Cry of the Heart by Dotson Rader hardcover, 348 pages. Friend
of Tennessee Williams writes memoir of the playwright's final years.
Includes hundreds of anecdotes, some feature famous people like Marlon
Brando, Norman Mailer, Castro and Elizabeth Taylor.
46. Dragons and Dragon Lore, by Ernest Ingerson, trade paperback, 203 pages.
Fascinating information about the oldest mythological story in the world.
Similar stories exist world wide of this elusive, powerful creature. China,
Korea, India and Japan, Babylonian, Egyptian, Welsh, Irish, English and
other tales.
47. The Big Picture, by Douglas Kennedy, hardcover, excellent condition. 374
pages. Ben has a beautiful family, house and job at a prestegious law firm;
but he's deeply unhappy. He'd rather be a photographer, and his wife doesn't
like him anymore. When he confronts her lover, his life changes in a split
second.
48. Let the Hurricane Roar, by Rose Wilder Lane, paperback, wide margins,
120 pages, ages 10 and up. Newlyweds, Molly and David, are only 16 and 18
when they go west. A baby is born, David goes east to work and Molly is left
alone for the hard prairie winter.
49. The Love-Powered Diet: When Will Power Is Not Enough, by Victoria Moran,
hardcover, 309 pages. Includes menus, about 30 recipes, a short index and
bibliography.
50. For Yourself, The Fulfillment of Female Sexuality, by Lonnie Barbach,
Ph.D., trade paperback, 238 pages. A guide to achieving orgasms, should be
read by women and their partners.
51. A Case of Curiosities, by Allen Kurzweil, like new hardcover, 358 pages.
Curiosities found in Paris after two centuries trace adventures of a young
man destined to be France's most gifted inventor, begins when Claude is ten
years old.
52. Buy Back the Dawn, by Nicholas Garland, hardcover, 248 pages. Romance,
no dust jacket.
53.Leap of Faith Memoirs of an unexpected Life by Queen Noor, like new
hardcover 466 pages, Accepted to the first female freshman class at
Princeton where she earned degrees in architecture and city planning, in
1974, Blonde Lisa Halaby met King Husein two years later and became Queen of
Jordan.
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