Me again...

My son has a short list of books he needs to read during the summer. As the scientist he is, I know he will hate all of them, but he has no other choice but to expand his mind and read them. I know is a long shot but was wondering if anyone had these books that we could borrow.

The Dharma Bums (by Jack Ketronal sp?)
Eat, Pray, Love (by Elizabeth Gilbert)
Mao: A Life (by Jonathan spence)
The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the secret world of Hershey's and Mars

Any help will be greately appreciated.

Thanks!!

How about the library????
I read Eat,Pray,Love- great read but got it there.

sorry don't have those books

Dharma Bums is by Jack Kerouac. My ex got the Kerouac collection, alas, but all of these should easily be found in the local library.

You might find these online fairly cheap at betterworld.com. Check their used bin.

poor kid -- I wouldn't want to read any of them :lol: :lol: But then, I'm mainly a "mystery" & "horror" book reader. Bet they don't put any of those on a summer reading list :lol: :lol:

Do you have a Half-Price Books store in the area? They might have some of those.

Also - try amazon.com You can get copies that are cheaper.

At amazon all books came up to $40.00, which is not bad, but I have to be careful spending $$ this days. I will try to get them from the library.

Few years back when the book first came out, I got Eat, Pray, Love and started to read it. I hated it and passed it on to a friend who also hated it and it passed on so many times, I have now no idea where it ended up. I will keep on searching.

Thanks

At amazon all books came up to $40.00, which is not bad, but I have to be careful spending $$ this days. I will try to get them from the library.

Few years back when the book first came out, I got Eat, Pray, Love and started to read it. I hated it and passed it on to a friend who also hated it and it passed on so many times, I have now no idea where it ended up. I will keep on searching.

Thanks

Try Amazon.com you can get used books at a very good price.

Those seem like strange books for a summer reading list. Your son must be older than I was thinking.

Eat, Pray, Love is OK at best in my opinion and I can't see a kid plowing through it.

Mao is pretty good if you are a bio nut which I am. Does the poor child even know who Mao is??

I use the library too.

I'll start looking. I LOVE bookstores and I'm sure my husband may regret this. :D

LOL. Jorge is 16 years old. I also found the list a little strange for a summer reading. I found eat Pray Love at the local library, but they don't have any of the others. I found two used at Alibris, at very nice prices, but is amazing to see that the shipping is so much more expensive than the books.

Now I only need The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the secret world of Hershey's and Mars
sounds like the best one. From a chocoholic...

Is from a business perspective, so I don't expect much. Poor boy is going to be so bored. He likes theoretical physics and this is what he gets.

I don't think your son will like Eat, Pray, Love, either ;-(

It was highly recommended to me by a very close friend, so I slogged my way through it. Wish I had given up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dharma-Bums-Sign...item3cadd06245

Cheapest Dharma Bums I could find.

I studied Kerouac in college. I think I was the first generation that was allowed to. And we had to fight a bit. I did a thesis on Allen Ginsberg. And my ex-husband was a Kerouac scholar.

Go back to your library. Libraries can borrow books from other libraries - it's called inter-library loan. Ask them to get you the books they don't have via inter-library loan.

Another thing is that many counties let you use any library in the county, so if a library in another town has the books, you can just get them at that branch.

I don't feel too sorry for Jorge. Everyone who goes to school has to learn things and do assignments they don't care about. It will broaden his horizons a bit, and honestly, reading about chocolate can't be that painful.

Eat, Pray, Love sounds fascinating to me. I see that it's being made into a movie with Julia Roberts. I'll have to check it out.

I placed an order with mcKenzie Books and got 8 books for $25.83 and shipping was free if you spent $25. They were used but all in excellent condition.

There is also an internet site that is like a lending library. Sorry that I do not have the name of it with me just now.