Save My Books!
See, I am trying and trying and trying to get rid of at least some of these bulky, heavy books before moving out in September; and I have even made a neat little pile of 22 pounds of books I can accept to live without. Well, the pile was much bigger, but I gave bags of them to friends. Still, I have a lot left. 22 pounds. Most of them French translations of novels written in English (I really cannot figure out why those aren't any more popular among people who can all read and enjoy the original directly!). What am I going to do with them? I want them to be read! And enjoyed! I cannot just throw them away, right? They're books! You don't throw books away! It's against my (absence of) religion!
So why don't you have a look through that list to see whether or not you would enjoy some of them dear little books? If you pay for shipping (which I realize it can still be quite expensive if you're living on the other side of the pound but, have a look, will you?) I'll be more than delighted to send them to you.
I do actually have some books in English left. Unsuspecting friends might end up having to deal with them, but in case you're interested:
The Dreaming Jewels (Theodore Sturgeon) 218g / 7.7 ozTo Have and Have Not (Ernest Hemingway) 100g / 3.5 ozPost Office (Charles Bukowski) 159g / 5.6 ozIn the Midst of Death (Lawrence Block) 91g / 3.2 ozIn the Frame (Dick Francis) 159g / 5.6 ozFor Kicks (Dick Francis) 159g / 5.6 ozForfeit (Dick Francis) 159g / 5.6 ozTrial Run (Dick Francis) 159g / 5.6 ozOdds Against (Dick Francis) 136g / 4.8 ozFlying Finish (Dick Francis) 181g / 6.4 ozDead Cert / Nerves / For Kicks (Dick Francis) 295g / 10.4 ozUp in Honey's Room (Elmore Leonard) 226g / 8 ozThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) 113g 4 / ozThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 181g / 6.4 ozLife, the Universe, and Everything (Douglas Adams) 136g / 4.8 ozSo Long, and Thanks for all the Fish (Douglas Adams) 136g / 4.8 ozMostly Harmless (Douglas Adams) 235g / 8.3 oz
And here are the infamous French translations of English novels, which if you are reading these pages you probably have no interest in:
- La loi de la cité (Elmore Leonard) 205g / 7.2 oz
- Trois heures dix pour Yuma (Elmore Leonard) 175g / 6.2 oz
- Viva Cuba Libre! (Elmore Leonard) 270g / 9.5 oz
- Quatuor (Jean Rhys) 110g / 3.9 oz
- La prisonnière des Sargasses (Jean Rhys) 245g / 8.7 oz
- Voyages dans les ténèbres (Jean Rhys) 210g / 7.4 oz
- L'Oiseau moqueur et autres nouvelles (Jean Rhys) 216g / 7.6 oz
- Rebus et le loup-garou de Londres (Ian Rankin) 178g / 6.3 oz
- Causes mortelles (Ian Rankin) 234g / 8.3 oz
- Le jardin des pendus (Ian Rankin) 270g / 9.5 oz
- Un homme très recherché (John Le Carré) 405g / 14.3 oz
- Le capitaine et l'ennemi (Graham Greene) 170g / 6.0 oz
French translations of non-English novels:
Petits suicides entre amis (Arto Paasilina) 159g / 5.6 oz- Piazza d'Italia / Pereira prétend / La tête perdue de Damesceno Monteiro (Antonio Tabucchi) 605g / 21.3 oz
Nouvelles inquiètes (Dino Buzzati) 210g / 7.4 ozLe dernier voyage d'Horatio II (Eduardo Mendoza) 150g / 5.3 ozKafka sur le rivage (Haruki Murakami — I haven't read it, but you can read a review of it in French that almost made me reconsider my decision of giving it away...) 397g / 14 oz
Touristic guides:
- Petit Futé Israël 2009-2010 380g / 13.4 oz
- Lonely Planet Israël et les Territoires palestiniens 2009 464g / 16.4 oz
- Guide bleu Jordanie 2009 345g / 12.2 oz
Now that you are hooked and know you want some of my books, here's how to estimate shipping:
- for the US, I'll be using MediaMail
- for the rest of the world, it will be First Class International; European countries seem to all be in group 5 and you can find which group a given country belongs to here. Also, if you want to save a lot of my poor little books (for yourself or to share...) I can send a big shipment by M-bag ($35.75 for 11lbs and $3.25 for additional pound)
- Also: 1 lb = 16 oz = 454g
Want to save some books? Leave a message in the comments, or email me at krazykitty [at] amrhaps [dot] net. Monetary transactions will be made via Paypal.
