Books for the taking

Post-BEA, we have extra copies of a bunch of books, even after counting the ones we're already giving to friends. Here's a list of everything we have extra copies of; if you want one (or two or three), claim it!

In ARC or pre-press (U.S.) editions:

Chicks with Sticks (It's a Purl Thing). Elizabeth Lenhard. September 2005. ( YA knitting-friendship novel )

The Highest Tide. Jim Lynch. September 2005. ( Giant Squid! )

The Amphora Project. William Kotzwinkle. October 2005. ( Kotzwinkle's first book in ten years. Features space pirates. And timid botanists. )

The People's Act of Love. James Meek. January 2006. ( He's compared to Kafka. So. )

Cotton. Christopher Wilson. October 2005. ( This book is written by a consulting semiotician. A CONSULTING SEMIOTICIAN. )

The Shroud of the Thwacker. Chris Elliott. October 2005. ( Parodies historical crime/conspiracy drama )

All the Fishes come Home to Roost. Rachel Manija Brown. October 2005. ( Memoir of a girl growing up on an ashram )

Every Sunday. Peter Pezzelli. September, 2005. ( Pezzelli was a BookSense pick for Home to Italy )

Pardonable Lies: A Maisie Dobbs Novel. Jacqueline Winspear. September 2005. ( Third Maisie Dobbs historical mystery novel )

The Sisters Mortland. Sally Beauman. January 2006. ( The main character here is also named Maisie. What gives? )

Widow of the South. Robert Hicks. September 2005. ( OMG marketing push of DOOOOM )

Chet Gecko's Detective Handbook (and Cookbook). Bruce Hale. September 2005. ( I have no idea why there's an ARC for this )

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife. Mary Roach. October 2005. ( I have almost no interest in the subject, but Mary Roach is writing about it, so it'll be interesting. )

That's it for the pre-press!