* prison book project - book donations * Donations: Books The Prison Book Project maintains an inventory of donated books that we receive from individuals and through book drives organized on our behalf. If you would like to donate books or to organize a book drive for us, please contact us at prisonbookproject@riseup.net, or 413-584-8975. We know we're yelling right there - it's because it's important. Thanks. Dictionaries continue to be the books that prisoners request most often. You or your group might consider donating a case of English or Spanish-English dictionaries to us. Please note that due to prison regulations, we can only accept softcover books with intact front and back covers. We are always in need of these books: Join Bookmooch, "a community for exchanging used books.
" To sign up, visit www.bookmooch.com. ALA Rainbow Project | Recommended GLBTQ Books for Young Readers. No Name-Calling Week. Quick Picks for Detainees.
Our Voices - K.Y. D. S. - Keep Youth Dreaming and Striving. New growth. Operation Anime. The Shape of a Girl / Joan Macleod. Red Brick Books -- Springfield's last bookstore -- hangs in there ... Chris Collins, 28, is dressed in the only thing sensible on this hot an afternoon: T-shirt and shorts. He steps to the counter and asks Marcia Fuller, owner of Red Brick Books, the last bookstore in Springfield, if she has a copy of “The Emperor Wears No Clothes,” a book used in efforts to decriminalize cannabis.
The title flickers recognition in Marcia’s eyes. She pulls to her eyes the glasses parked on her head. There are more than 30,000 books in the store, including a paperback titled: “Dukakis: The Man Who Would Be President.” “What’s the author’s name?” “Jack Herer,” Chris says, adding, “he died a couple of months ago. “I had the book,” she says after a few keyboard swipes. Chris is disappointed – so close – but tells Marcia he likes her store. “I drive past here all the time,” he says. “I’ll be here,” Marcia says, “except Sundays and Mondays.” Marcia was born five days before the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the oldest of eight children.
“It looked important,” she says. Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga.