Want a free book? Comment on a Keepa post between now and Thursday evening, and I’ll draw a name from the hat to choose one of the duplicate books from my library.
I ended up with a second copy of Givens and Barlow, The Oxford Handbook of Mormonism. That’s a book listed at $160, although I got it for half price, and I don’t quite feel I can give that away in a drawing. How about holding a Dutch auction? That is, I would open the bidding at $160. If anybody wants to buy it at that price, speak up and it’s yours. Of course nobody will, because you can get it from Amazon for that price or less. So a few days later I would lower the bid to, say, $150. Do you want it at that price? You could wait for me to lower the bid a few days later to $140 … and then to $130 … but at some point somebody else is going to be willing to take the book at a reduced price, and you lose out. I would contribute the funds raised from that auction (which hopefully would be higher than my purchase price of $90; that much is my contribution) to one of the refugee organizations in the Salt Lake Valley. Don’t bid yet — that auction isn’t open yet. But if you have a reaction to that idea, please do comment.
Here’s what is available to choose from when your name is drawn (an overstruck entry means an earlier winner claimed that book). Note that I’ve added a few titles to what has been previously on the list.
David Bokovoy, Authoring the Old Testament: Genesis–Deuteronomy (2014). Paper.
Bart D. Ehrman, The Apocryphal Gospels: Texts and Translations (2011). Hardcover.
Bart D. Ehrman, Lost Scriptures: Books that Did Not Make It into the New Testament (2003). Paper.
Bart D. Ehrman, The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture (2011). Paper.
Bart D. Ehrman, Peter, Paul, & Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend (2006). Paper.
Brant A. Gardner, Translating the Book of Mormon (2011). Hardcover. *Two* copies available.
Terryl Givens and Fiona Givens, The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life (2012). Hardcover.
Terryl L. Givens and Matthew J. Grow, Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism (2011). Hardcover.
Paul C. Gutjahr, The Book of Mormon: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books series) (2012)
Grant Hardy, The Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Edition (2003). Hardcover. Jacket shelfworn; book perfect.
Charles R. Harrell, This Is My Doctrine: The Development of Mormon Theology (2011). Hardcover. Still in shrinkwrap.
Jeffrey R. Holland, Christ and the New Covenant (1997). Hardcover. Previous owner’s name on flyleaf.
Philip Jenkins, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (2011). Paper.
Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011). Hardcover.
Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Jewish Annotated New Testament: New Revised Standard Version (2011). Hardcover. Bump to upper right corner of front cover.
Armand L. Mauss, Shifting Borders and a Tattered Passport: Intellectual Journeys of a Mormon Academic (2012). Hardcover.
Steven L. Peck, Evolving Faith: Wanderings of a Mormon Biologist (2015). Paper.
Royal Skousen, ed., The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text (2009). Hardcover.
Huston Smith, Why Religion Matters (2001). Paper.
Kenton L. Sparks, Sacred Word, Broken Word: Biblical Authority & the Dark Side of Scripture (2012). Paper.
Joseph M. Spencer and Jenny Webb, Reading Nephi Reading Isaiah: Reading 2 Nephi 26-27 (2011). Paper.
Richard Toye, Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction (2013). Paper.
John W. Welch, et al., eds., Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem (2004). Paper (slightly shelfworn)
UPDATE: And the winner is:
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Mex Davis! Mex, please contact me at AEParshall at AOL dot com with your mailing address, and let me know which of the available books you choose as yours.
Good heavens, these are all duplicates?!
Yes. *hangs head*
Be of good comfort, Ardis dear. They’re books. Books, I say. At our house, they’ve been known to breed in dark corners, reproducing and multiplying themselves with wild abandon. I cannot explain their ever-increasing number, let alone their relentless duplication, any other way. Really.
If I were to post a current picture of this corner, Mary Lynn, in place of this one from a few months ago, I think there could be little doubt of your theory.
your photograph rather reminds me of my book cases as well. The books seem to multiply while we sleep
If this phenomenon is being reported independently from various locations, then it must be so!
There are certainly worse things…
Okay, I finally wrote to Mex to suggest he check out this post. Let’s hope his email address is an authentic one.
I’m sorry, I feel like a party pooper. My selection is: Terry L. Givens and Matthew J. Grow, Parley P. Pratt: The Apostle Paul of Mormonism (2011). Hardcover. Thanks for understanding.
You aren’t a party pooper, Mex! I’m just eager to give these books away, and am happy you found one you wanted. I’ll contact you privately for a mailing address.
Hurray! One more book has a good home!