Dear Booksharian Friends, primarily scanners,
Here are some free books, some from a previous list and some new ones. I'll
mail any requests in order received and you don't owe anything for postage or
have to return the book or send me progress reports. I send them hoping they'll
make it all the way into the collection, but once a book is mailed I don't
track it.
Scanners are key here because for a long time we've had a serious shortage of
them. I'm always hoping the next new volunteer will be a scanner. Scanning has
advantages like you can listen to music, TV or an audio book while scanning and
you don't have to proofread the book and find the scannoes as that's the
proofreader's job. The books below are mostly nonfiction and are directed to
small special interest groups. They look pretty dry unless they interest you.
They don't necessarily my views. in fact many are opposite to my beliefs. But I
do believe in making all viewpoints available to readers. Unless mentioned
these books don't have difficult elements for scanning like illustrations,
irregular margins or sidebars. New refers to the condition of the book, not
when it 's copyrighted. Every book is a new or like new oversized paperback
unless otherwise mentioned.
Write to me off list and I'll pack up your requests.
My email address is: airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you are interested in reading any of these books, feel free to let me know
on or off list. Often we're more motivated to scan and proof a book we know has
at least one interested reader in waiting.
1. Woman and Dualism: A Sociology of Knowledge and Analysis by Lynda M.
Glennon, 250 pgs very straight forward, easy to scan text with only 3 pages of
double column index which you can legally skip since it isn't core text.
2. When The Vow Breaks: A Survival and Recovery guide for Christians Facing
Divorce, 376 long pages
3. Kids, Drugs and Alcohol: A Parent's Guide to Prevention and intervention,
178 pages, another skippable index
4. In Search of Unity, by Edward Dobson 156 pages core text, about unity for
Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals.
5. Klondike Goldrush Centennial Anthology, 86 pages, The page numbers are white
numbers in little black mule shapes so may not come out but otherwise the scan
will be easy.
6. The Price of a Perfect Baby by Bruce L. Anderson, could be conservative
Christian 190 pages.
7. Big Sister is Watching You by Texe Marrs 208 pages, blurb says, Hillary
Clinton and the White House feminists who now control America--and tell the
President what to do. written while Bill Clinton was president
8. The Business of Living, Stephen M. Pollan, 156 pages, about investing,
earning money and stuff. Page numbers are in the margins beside the text which
can be problematic.
9. How to Talk Jewish Jackie Mason, 136, words alphabetical. The first letter
of each new definition is large and double drawn so it might complicate things,
The definitions are like little one half to a whole page essays, My personal
comment, looks like a fun read though I'm not Jewish. I'd be willing to help
fix those lines affected by the large capitals.
10. Paul I, Scripture discussion commentary 210 pages oversized great condition
paperback
11. Carolina Ghost Woods: Poetry by Judy Jordan, oversized x library paperback
great condition, 59 pages, easy format.
12. Women Talk Sex has 3 editors, 231 pages
13. Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies, text on left side pages straight
forward, right side pages all pictures, you can just write the page number and
Images Removed.
14. White Palazzo A Novel by Ellen Cooney, 220 pages, there's romance and humor
in it but I don't know what kind.
15. What's Left? A New Democratic Vision for America by Robert S. McElvaine,
224 pages, has many notes listed at the end of the book so might need special
care.
16. The Women Who Walked Through Fire: Women's fantasy and Science Fiction Vol.
2 Edited by Susanna J. Sturgis, 275 pages, In a pinch Evan and I could take
care of this but we'd rather pass it on. We know there's a demand for science
fiction among Bookshare readers.
17. Instead of Therapy: Help yourself change and change the help you're
getting, by Tom Rusk, M.D. 262 pages.
18. Women's Bodies, Women's Dreams, Patricia Garfield Ph.D. 446 page chunkster
19. The Process of Excelling: The practical How-to-Guide for Managers and
Supervisors,172 pages
20. Will You Still Love Me by James Kavanaugh, 110 pages
21. It Happened at the Sunset Grille by Will Cunningham, 277 pages, pastor
tries to solve the sexual assault and murder of a 17 year-old in a small town.
I think there's devil worship here but I'm guessing.
22. Perilous Weekend, by Arlene Hale, 200 very yellowed pages, mass market
romantic suspense.
23. The Progress of Julius, by Daphne Du Maurier, 262 yellowed mass market
paperback pages, about a greedy man.
24. The Killer Thing by Kate Wilhelm, SF, Man on another planet hunted by a
killer robot, yellowed mass market paperback 155 pages.
25. Innocent Bystander by Faith Baldwin, romance, popular author, 254 mass
market paperback pages
26. Warrior, There Will be War, created by Jerry E. Pournelle, SF, 364 pages,
The book is old so it might scan more easily if you take out the pages as you
go. The binding is pretty crispy, dried out, so the pages will probably come
out easily.
27. We're Never Alone, A Woman's Look at her modern world by Eileen Guder, 148
mass market pages.
28. How to Handle Pressure: Insights from an eminent psychologist and his wife
by Ruth Clyde and Ruth Narromore, 174 pages of a good quality mass market size
paperback. the only difficult detail I see is large chapter numbers that merge
with the titles and what might be a little difficult table of contents format.
If you choose this book I could email you the table of contents which would
then help you put the chapter titles in correctly. All other formatting is easy.
29. Christians and Communists: an ecumenical perspective by Ans J. van der Bent
80 brand new pages.
30. Backbone by Carol Bly, 125 pages. 5 short stories. Easy scan
31. The Crib and the Cross by P. J. Meduri, 160 pages, The story of Jesus in
everyday language everyone can understand.
32. Flowerdust by Gwyneth Jones, 288 pages, science fiction, easy scan, winner
of the James Tiptree Award.
33. The Deceivers by Josh McDowell, 168 pages, Finding happiness through God,
I don't know what religion it says begin your crossculture revolution at a
website.
34. A History of the Contemporary Jews by Solomon Grayzel, 179 pages The index
might be difficult but as end matter it can be omitted.
35. Mental Illness, An Introduction, about 200 pages. On a few pages in
dialogues, layout might get scrambled as names are off to the side by
themselves with their quotes opposite.
36. Desperately Seeking Humor, by Virginia L. Minick, 208 pages, A substitute
teacher tells several satirical tales, easy scan. If there are no takers I
might ask Evan to scan this for me, but I was so happy teaching I'm not sure if
the satire might make me sad. I'd want to sample a tale. Not valuable but is
autographed by the author.
37. Crisis, Absolutism, Revolution Europe from 1848 through 1791 by Raymond
Brin, 275, serious history text.
I hope there will be some takers. Your requests will be confidential. If there
aren't requests I think this batch is headed for a library book sale.
Always with love,
Lissi
