Non-fiction Book Box (US)
11 journalers for this copy...
The normal rules apply:
1. This is a non-fiction book box so biographies, humor, political discussion, science, history, anything non-fiction, are all fair game. The only limitation is it should be primarily text – no coffee table books or collections of photos/art.
2. Please journal the box when you get it and again when you send it on. A confirmation is helpful, but not required. Don't keep the box longer than 2 weeks and replace the box, if it needs it.
3. Journal the books you take out and put in. Contribute as many books as you take. but, please, no dumping--add the kind of books you'd like to receive.
4. Please check for changes to the list on the box journal before sending it on. There may be some adds or deletions along the way.
The initial books in the box:
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
Bushworld by Maureen Dowd
Dancing on the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Having Our Say: The Delany Sister's First 100 Years by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany
Let Me Hear Your Voice: a Family's Triumph over Autism by Catherine Maurice
Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black
The Mottled Lizard by Elspeth Huxley
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: a Biography by Justin Kaplan
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton by Joe Klein
The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue by Merritt Ruhlen
Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Two Towns in Provence by M. F. K. Fisher
What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier by James Gleick
I've arranged the lineup to minimize shipping costs and requests to be put later in the list
1. Ctychic – NJ
2. ladilee24 – DE
3. tranq1 – FL (Miami)
4. azuki – FL (Tampa)
5. LovesOU – TX (Carrollton)
6. dbnance - TX (Alvin)
7. sarkiegirl – CA
8. itpdx - OR
9. JudySlump612 & DrSlump – MN
10. Ri – OH <-- HERE
11. NewEnglandHiker - MA
12. Back to MarysGirl - NY
Thanks for joining and enjoy!
Confirmation #03100480000083073485
Box has arrived. PMing next in line and digging in! Thanks for hosting!
Taking Out:
Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: a Biography by Justin Kaplan
The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue by Merritt Ruhlen
Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier by James Gleick
Putting In:
House of Houses by Pat Moraazuki
The Warren Buffett Way by Robert G. Hagstrom Jr.
Heart Full of Lies by Ann Rule Ladilee24
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegiedebnance
My Remarkable Journey by Larry King
True North by Jill Ker Conwaytranq1
We Are Our Mother's Daughters by Cokie Roberts itpdx
Off Camera by Ted KoppelLovesOU
One Dharma by Joseph Goldsteinazuki
Bloggers On The Bus by Eric BoehlertJudySlump612
Me of Little Faith by Lewis Black
Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: a Biography by Justin Kaplan
The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue by Merritt Ruhlen
Our Endangered Values by Jimmy Carter
Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
What Just Happened: A Chronicle from the Information Frontier by James Gleick
Putting In:
The Warren Buffett Way by Robert G. Hagstrom Jr.
My Remarkable Journey by Larry King
Thanks for hosing! Shipping to next in line!
DC #: 0309 3220 0002 2715 3573. Estimated delivery: Wed 8/4/10.
DC #: 0309 3220 0002 2715 3573. Estimated delivery: Wed 8/4/10.
Just arrived today. Neat mix of books.I am taking out:
Heart Full of Lies - Ann Rule
The Last Madam - Christine Wiltz
I am adding:
The Empire of Tea - Alan MacFarlane
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and Davis Oliver Relin
An unintentional theme in my additions.
Heart Full of Lies - Ann Rule
The Last Madam - Christine Wiltz
I am adding:
The Empire of Tea - Alan MacFarlane
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and Davis Oliver Relin
An unintentional theme in my additions.
Mailed to tranq1 this morning. Delivery Confirmation #03092880000070921113
The box is with me. So many good books, it was hard to decide what to take.
Taking:
True North by Jill Ker Conway
Two Towns in Provence by M. F. K. Fisher
Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton by Joe Klein
Dancing on the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Putting in:
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
Losing My Mind : An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love
The Last Lecture
Permission to Win
Expats: Travels in Arabia, from Tripoli to Teheran
Taking:
True North by Jill Ker Conway
Two Towns in Provence by M. F. K. Fisher
Remaking the World: Adventures in Engineering by Henry Petroski
The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton by Joe Klein
Dancing on the Edge of the World by Ursula K. Le Guin
Putting in:
What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
Losing My Mind : An Intimate Look at Life with Alzheimer's
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love
The Last Lecture
Permission to Win
Expats: Travels in Arabia, from Tripoli to Teheran
Released 13 yrs ago (8/20/2010 UTC) at Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Sending to Azuki who is next on the list.
I am so glad box is here already! I love non fic over fiction, and there are just not many of them in BC, so I am overjoyed about this box!
I have browsed through the box and picked some potentials, when I have some time I will finalize the selection and send it on.
I have browsed through the box and picked some potentials, when I have some time I will finalize the selection and send it on.
Sorry... the day after I got the books, I made my selection, journaled the books I want, and figured I will register/release my books the next day. And for some reason that turned into two weeks...
Thankfully it's a long weekend, so I got time to finally get everything journaled and ready. It'll go out the next day or two.
I'm taking out:
House of Houses
One Dharma
The Empire of Tea
Expats: Travels in Arabia, from Tripoli to Teheran
Losing My Mind
Putting in:
Maxed Out
My First 100 Marathons
Longtitude
Whose Life?
Genome
I really love this bookbox. I hope it can be a continuous box that will go on round after round. Thanks so much for organizing this, MarysGirl!
Thankfully it's a long weekend, so I got time to finally get everything journaled and ready. It'll go out the next day or two.
I'm taking out:
House of Houses
One Dharma
The Empire of Tea
Expats: Travels in Arabia, from Tripoli to Teheran
Losing My Mind
Putting in:
Maxed Out
My First 100 Marathons
Longtitude
Whose Life?
Genome
I really love this bookbox. I hope it can be a continuous box that will go on round after round. Thanks so much for organizing this, MarysGirl!
LovesOU was having trouble with the journeling for this box so I cut and pasted her requested JE:
Removing:
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
Having Our Say by Delaney Sisters
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Off Camera by Ted Koppel
My First 100 Marathons by Jeff Horowitz
Placing in to the box:
Living Islam Out Loud by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
The Persecution of Sarah Palin by Matthew Continetti
Audacity of Hope by President Barack Obama
Many thanks for organizing this.
Removing:
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris
Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
Having Our Say by Delaney Sisters
Marley and Me by John Grogan
Off Camera by Ted Koppel
My First 100 Marathons by Jeff Horowitz
Placing in to the box:
Living Islam Out Loud by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy
The Persecution of Sarah Palin by Matthew Continetti
Audacity of Hope by President Barack Obama
Many thanks for organizing this.
It was hard for me to find the BC number
of this box. I wrote it on a paper inside
the box and I'll also add it on the address
label.
I added a lot of extras to this box. Feel
free to take out a few more books than
you put back in. The box cost about $11.00
to mail when i received it, but I imagine it
will be several dollars more when I mail it off today!
Here is what I took out:
Maxed Out
Eat, Pray, Love
Julie and Julia
Three Cups of Tea
The Mottled Lizard
The Last Lecture
Longitude
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Here's what I put in:
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Neither Here Nor There
Life's Little Instruction Book
Pooh's Little Fitness Book
The Canon by Natalie Angier
Takeover by Charlie Savage
The Language of Baklava
Confessions of a Tax Collector
Autobiography of a Face
Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
Class Matters
The Ten Golden Rules
The Yahoo Style Guide
Odder Jobs
Watching Birds
Finding Happiness
Traffic
How Proust Can Change Your Life
That Went Well
Thank you for starting this box, MarysGirl! If you keep it going, I'd love to participate again.
of this box. I wrote it on a paper inside
the box and I'll also add it on the address
label.
I added a lot of extras to this box. Feel
free to take out a few more books than
you put back in. The box cost about $11.00
to mail when i received it, but I imagine it
will be several dollars more when I mail it off today!
Here is what I took out:
Maxed Out
Eat, Pray, Love
Julie and Julia
Three Cups of Tea
The Mottled Lizard
The Last Lecture
Longitude
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
Here's what I put in:
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Neither Here Nor There
Life's Little Instruction Book
Pooh's Little Fitness Book
The Canon by Natalie Angier
Takeover by Charlie Savage
The Language of Baklava
Confessions of a Tax Collector
Autobiography of a Face
Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
The Pig Who Sang to the Moon
Class Matters
The Ten Golden Rules
The Yahoo Style Guide
Odder Jobs
Watching Birds
Finding Happiness
Traffic
How Proust Can Change Your Life
That Went Well
Thank you for starting this box, MarysGirl! If you keep it going, I'd love to participate again.
Hi! It's here!!! This box was soooooo heavy, I practically had to drag it up the stairs!! I may take debances advice and take a few extras out...the box is too big for the books, but I only have one that's too small. I hope I can find a happy medium. Thanks! :)
Sorry!! It's been sitting here and I haven't been able to get to the post office! working too much!
I took debnace's advice and took out a couple more than I put in...so I could send a smaller box (and hopefully a little less expensive.)
I put in:
Building a Mystery: The story of Sarah McLachlan and Lillith Fair
The Read Aloud Handbook
Old Wives Tales
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
True Beauty
My Sergie: A love Story
Peace Corps: The great adventure
and Feeling Good: The new Mood Therapy.
I took out:
Autobiography of a Face
A Year in the World
Confessions of a Tax Collector
The Pig who Sang to the Moon
Class Matters
The Ten Golden Rules
Odder Jobs
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Pooh's Little Fitness book
and Traffic: why we drive the way we do
Just waiting on an address, and if I get it quickly, I'll send it on tomorrow!
Thanks!
I took debnace's advice and took out a couple more than I put in...so I could send a smaller box (and hopefully a little less expensive.)
I put in:
Building a Mystery: The story of Sarah McLachlan and Lillith Fair
The Read Aloud Handbook
Old Wives Tales
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
True Beauty
My Sergie: A love Story
Peace Corps: The great adventure
and Feeling Good: The new Mood Therapy.
I took out:
Autobiography of a Face
A Year in the World
Confessions of a Tax Collector
The Pig who Sang to the Moon
Class Matters
The Ten Golden Rules
Odder Jobs
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
Pooh's Little Fitness book
and Traffic: why we drive the way we do
Just waiting on an address, and if I get it quickly, I'll send it on tomorrow!
Thanks!
I'm so sorry again. I don't usually hold on to bookbox for this long!! I'm sending it to the next person today. Many apologies.
Arrived.
I have taken:
Pigs at the Trough
We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
The Audacity of Hope
Genome
The Read-Aloud Handbook
I have put in:
The Guns of August
Composing a Life
A World Lit Only By Fire
And No Birds Sang
In the Heart of the Sea
Bozo Sapiens
I have JudySlump's address and should be able to send the box out November 1
I have taken:
Pigs at the Trough
We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
The Audacity of Hope
Genome
The Read-Aloud Handbook
I have put in:
The Guns of August
Composing a Life
A World Lit Only By Fire
And No Birds Sang
In the Heart of the Sea
Bozo Sapiens
I have JudySlump's address and should be able to send the box out November 1
On its way to the Slumps
Arrived here safely this afternoon. Lots of good, though-provoking books here - I love it! I should be able to get the box underway by this weekend. The box is extremely heavy right now, and I may follow the example of some others and try to lighten it a bit to spare further readers' backs.
DrSlump took out:
- Takeover
- The Canon
- A World Lit Only by Fire
I took out;
- And No Birds Sang
- Bloggers on the Bus
- Bushworld
- The Language of Baklava
- My Sergei
- What Happened
DrSlump added:
- Miss Nomer's
- Nickel and Dimed
I added:
- England As You Like It
- Katie.com
- Nicholas and Alexandra
- Selling the Invisible
- The Scent of God
So it is still one very full book box! We both enjoyed this, and, like azuki, we hope you will continue this and include us in the next round. Thank you, MarysGirl!
- Takeover
- The Canon
- A World Lit Only by Fire
I took out;
- And No Birds Sang
- Bloggers on the Bus
- Bushworld
- The Language of Baklava
- My Sergei
- What Happened
DrSlump added:
- Miss Nomer's
- Nickel and Dimed
I added:
- England As You Like It
- Katie.com
- Nicholas and Alexandra
- Selling the Invisible
- The Scent of God
So it is still one very full book box! We both enjoyed this, and, like azuki, we hope you will continue this and include us in the next round. Thank you, MarysGirl!
Journal Entry 21 by JudySlump612 at Nonfiction Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, November 18, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (11/18/2010 UTC) at Nonfiction Book Box, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Sent to Ri via media mail
DCN 0310 2010 0002 1279 1678
Incidentally, the shipping cost to us was $14.88; we trimmed it down to $12.13. An expensive box, but really good books - well worth the cost.
DCN 0310 2010 0002 1279 1678
Incidentally, the shipping cost to us was $14.88; we trimmed it down to $12.13. An expensive box, but really good books - well worth the cost.
This arrived during the craziness of hosting Thanksgiving. Our overnight guests have all left and I am now ready to dig into this box. I have my eye on a few already!
OK, finally got back to dealing with this box between the madness of Thanksgiving and the impending Christmas holidays!
I read and returned to the box:
Miss Nomer's Giude to Painfully Incorrect English by Alex Axelrod
Old Wives' Tales: Fact of Folklore? by Thomas Craughwell
I removed:
Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak ed by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Katie.com by Katherine Tarbox
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton (My senior thesis for my English undergrad degree was on Proust, so this one should be especially interesting for me!)
Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err Is Human by Michael and Ellen Kaplan
That Went Well: Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan
The Scent of God by Beryl Singleton Bissell
I added:
Taking Care of the Me in Mommy by Lisa Whelchel
The Experts' Guide to Life at Home by Samantha Ettus
The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Samantha Ettus
Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Eric Brende
Crap Jobs: 100 Tales of Workplace Hell by Dan Kieran
Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter by Phoebe Damrosch
Stopping at Every Lemonade Stand by James Vollbracht
I've got NewEnglandHiker's address and will be mailing this to him on Monday.
I read and returned to the box:
Miss Nomer's Giude to Painfully Incorrect English by Alex Axelrod
Old Wives' Tales: Fact of Folklore? by Thomas Craughwell
I removed:
Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak ed by Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Katie.com by Katherine Tarbox
How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton (My senior thesis for my English undergrad degree was on Proust, so this one should be especially interesting for me!)
Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err Is Human by Michael and Ellen Kaplan
That Went Well: Adventures in Caring for My Sister by Terrell Harris Dougan
The Scent of God by Beryl Singleton Bissell
I added:
Taking Care of the Me in Mommy by Lisa Whelchel
The Experts' Guide to Life at Home by Samantha Ettus
The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do by Samantha Ettus
Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology by Eric Brende
Crap Jobs: 100 Tales of Workplace Hell by Dan Kieran
Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter by Phoebe Damrosch
Stopping at Every Lemonade Stand by James Vollbracht
I've got NewEnglandHiker's address and will be mailing this to him on Monday.
I mailed this one to NewEnglandHiker today. Enjoy!
Delivery Confirmation number: 03093220000211901470
Postage for 27lbs 11.8oz was 12.91 plus .80 for delivery confirmation.
Delivery Confirmation number: 03093220000211901470
Postage for 27lbs 11.8oz was 12.91 plus .80 for delivery confirmation.
Received yesterday. There are lots to choose from here.
Ready to prepare this book box for its return home.
Taking out:
In the Heart of the Sea
England As You Like It
Watching Birds
Tuesdays with Morrie
Selling the Invisible
The Guns of August
Putting in:
The Road to Reality
Exporting America
The Martha Rules
Seasons of the Wild
L.L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon
The Paradox of Happiness
Taking out:
In the Heart of the Sea
England As You Like It
Watching Birds
Tuesdays with Morrie
Selling the Invisible
The Guns of August
Putting in:
The Road to Reality
Exporting America
The Martha Rules
Seasons of the Wild
L.L. Bean: The Making of an American Icon
The Paradox of Happiness
This box arrived home several weeks ago around the holidays and got lost in the all the boxes of holiday stuff. I cleaned my office this weekend and realized I had not yet let everyone know it had returned safely.
Thanks to all who participated. You made this a very successful box. My apologies that the mailing costs went up as it got heavier. I'll try to make sure that doesn't happen next time. I'll be journalling the books over the next couple of days.
Thanks to all who participated. You made this a very successful box. My apologies that the mailing costs went up as it got heavier. I'll try to make sure that doesn't happen next time. I'll be journalling the books over the next couple of days.
