CUBBERLEY
USED BOOK SALES
Saturday January 9
Ephemera 8am - 4pm
Bargain Room 9:30am - 4pm
Children's Room 10am - 4pm
Main Room Sale 11am - 4pm
Tent Sale 9am - 4pm
*WEATHER PERMITTING*
Sunday January 10
All Rooms 11am - 4pm
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FEATURED IN JANUARY
History/Japan
Education & Language
Psychology/Self-help
Antiquarian Books
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4000 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto
NE corner of the Cubberley Community Center
(650) 213-8755
www.fopal.org
Maps and Directions
More information on the sales
Donate your used books, CDs, DVDs, &c
ALL PROCEEDS GO TO HELP PALO ALTO LIBRARIES
Marty's (Main) Room
In our Main Room, prices are way below what used book stores charge.
Hardcover books start at $2.00 and softcover books start at only $1.00.
Due to the popularity of our sale and the fact that we can only have
160 customers in the room at any time a numbered ticket system (Main
Room only) is in place and numbers are given out beginning at 8am on
Saturday. Be sure to be in line in order of your number before the
11am opening. If you miss the time when your number is allowed to
enter the Main Room you will forfeit your place in line. NOTE: If
you plan on arriving to the sale after 11am you do NOT need to get a
number.
Please note that due to crowding during the first two hours of the
Book Sale, no strollers, rolling carts, etc. can be brought into the
Main Room. This is for the safety of shoppers and volunteers alike.
By 12:30 or so, the crowd thins out and shoppers are welcome to bring
these items into the sale.
Children's Book Sale
The Children's Room is located in the portable formerly occupied by
the Jewish Community Center next to the soccer field. It is entirely
filled with children's books and toys. You'll find picture books,
school age fiction and non-fiction, award winners, non-English titles,
CDs and DVDs, and books for parents and teachers, most for 50 cents
or $1. Strollers are welcome in the Children's Room at any time.
Bargain Books in H-2
The Bargain Room is located in Rooms H-2 and H-3 of the Cubberley
main campus, between Marty's Room and Middlefield Road. On Saturday,
paperbacks are 50 cents, hardcovers are $1, and children's books are
50 cents each. The room also contains many LP records and 78s at
$1 each. On Sunday, the room opens at 11 am and all prices are half
off. Or, save even more on Sunday by buying green FOPAL reusable bags
from us for $2/ea (or bring your own grocery-size reusable bag) and
stuffing them with any items in the room for $5/bag. Fill four bags
at $5/bag and fill a fifth bag FREE! (We no longer receive sufficient
used paper grocery bags along with donations for this purpose.)
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Library Closings for January and February
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All Library branches will be closed on Monday January 18 for the
Martin Luther King holiday.
All Library branches will be closed on Monday February 15 for the
President's Day holiday, and will remain closed through Tuesday
February 16 for system upgrades.
You can find out about closings and other Palo Alto Library events
on the Library's event calendar.
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A Reminder about the 12-Book Limit
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Most people who come to our sales early on Saturday are enthusiastic,
cooperative, and they appreciate the reasons for our 12-book limit,
which is in force only until the Sale Manager announces that the
limit is lifted. This usually happens around noon; earlier when all
who are in line have been admitted, and when the Fire Department's
occupancy limit is no longer a problem.
Shoppers may not bring in more than one bag per customer, or any
oversize bags. Standard grocery-sized bags are okay - and of course
we encourage the use of our highly visible flashy green FOPAL bags,
for sale outside the entry ramp. Please remember that boxes and
large backpacks are a safety hazard, and we cannot allow them when
the book room is crowded.
We will remove shoppers from the sale if the they refuse to limit
the number of books in their possession to 12. A reminder: as
always, customers are welcome to choose 12 books, pay for them,
exit Marty's room and re-enter as many times as they wish, honoring
the waiting line if it is still in existence.
Our goal is to make our book sales as pleasant and rewarding as
possible, for as many customers as possible. We are grateful for
the support of most of our shoppers for shopping according to our
rules. We ask for the commitment of our "business clients" in
considering the rights of all of our customers and observing our
rules. -FOPAL Book Sale Committee
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Friends Bookstores in Mitchell Park, Downtown, and Rinconada |
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If you cannot attend the book sale, please drop by the Friends
Bookstore located inside the Mitchell Park Library, Downtown
Library, and Rinconada Library, and open during library hours.
They are restocked regularly with a unique selection of books
for all ages and interests.
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Look for FOPAL high-value books on Amazon.com at competitive prices
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Book Sales on line at:
http://www.amazon.com/shops/grandmabetsybooks
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FOPAL Book Sale Notices Now on Twitter
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You can now follow us on Twitter @fopalbooks.
We'll post Sale notices and will reveal the Sunday 50% off
section via our Twitter feed.
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Non-Profit Book Giveaway
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Non-profit organizations and schools are able to select books
from among the thousands of books available in the Bargain Room
on the Sunday evening following the sale from 4pm to 6pm.
If you are associated with a non-profit organization or school
that would like to receive books from us for free or for
information on eligibility, hours, and the types of materials
available, please contact Norma Burchard in advance by e-mail
at normalcy@earthlink.net or at (650) 494-1082.
Several dozen organizations benefit from the monthly giveaways,
including local hospitals, homeless programs, senior centers,
schools, and jails, as well as libraries in rural areas and on
reservations, and literacy projects in many other countries.
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Suggestions?
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We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our
book sale. Please email us at
suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org or mention them to a volunteer at the sale.
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Walloping Winter Book Sale
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Did your New Year's resolutions include getting physically and
emotionally healthy? Check out the current selection in the
Psychology/Self-Help section, for motivational reads for 2016.
Looking to improve your writing skills this year? Education & Language
received a huge donation from Joan Bresnan, Professor Emerita in
Humanities at Stanford University and Senior Researcher working in
the Spoken Syntax Lab/Center for the Study of Language and
Information. We're calling this collection the "Linguistics Special".
This donor studied under Chomsky at MIT and has had a spectacular
career. Most of these books will be located in the Specials bay
to your right as you enter, some in the Education & Language section
both in the Main Room and Bargain Room. An interesting collection of
books on Japan and its history can be found in the other Specials bay.
A fine donation of Games and Puzzles has the shelves in that
section fully stocked with more available in the Bargain Room. We
have had many customers asking about Antiquarian books. This month,
thanks to all our generous donors, we have these "old books" priced
and shelved ready to move. These are located between Audio Books and
Humor. More and more movies on DVD are being donated, look for a nice
selection of them in the usual places. Finally, it looks like the
weather will cooperate this weekend and we'll have our Outdoor Tent
Sale (all items $1.00) up and running if the forecast holds true.
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New Saturday Bargain Room hours for 2016!
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Starting this month, the Bargain Room will be open 9:30am-4pm on
Saturday. FOPAL Bargain Room customers will be allowed access at
9:30am instead of 10am to accommodate customers moving books to
their cars.... For 2016 Bargain Room buyers will be given an
additional 30 minutes to make their purchases and take them with
them! The Bargain Room will no longer hold books (bought or not)
on Saturdays.
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Question...What's missing from the newsletter? Answer...Shelf pictures...
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If you're interested in helping FOPAL bring back shelf pics, please
contact Janette Herceg at jherceg@fopal.org or 650-494-1266.
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Education & Language "Linguistics Special"
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"At the January 9-10, 2016 monthly FOPAL book sale there will be an
exhibit of selected books on linguistics, the study of the human
ability to use language. While linguistics as a scholarly topic has
long been of interest in a number of cultures, serious study dates
from the 18th century. The period of most active study began in the
1960s with Noam Chomsky's generative grammar, Michael Halleday's
systemic functional linguistics, and the more modern
psycholinguistics. Books in the exhibit will mostly reflect studies
from the 1960s to the present.
Please enjoy the exhibit and stop by the Education & Language
section in the future for books on linguistics, as well as other
related topics." -Linda Suzuki
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History/Japan
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"Please don't miss the very special Special we are having
this month on Japan. It is in one of the display cases on your
left as you enter the Main Room. The primary focus of the special is
on Japanese history and culture ranging from ancient to contemporary
Japan. However, in order to give a better picture of Japan and
broaden your knowledge of the country, I've also included books on
many aspects of Japan including art, travel and literature. There are
unusual and difficult to find books for the Japan aficionado as well
as general interest books for those readers just getting acquainted
with Japan. I hope you enjoy this New Year Celebration of Japan as
much as I enjoyed putting the collection together!" -Suzanne Little,
Section Manager & Irina Cross, co-section Manager
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Gardening
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"Won't you come into my garden? I would like my roses to see you."
(Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright)
It's not too late to get yourselves out to the nursery (alas, to
those that remain) and choose some bare root roses to add color,
fragrance, and incomparable beauty to your garden. To help you make
an informed selection, beyond those oh so enticing color photos and
descriptions poised above every bareroot package, the Gardening
section this month is replete with an entire shelfful of books on
ROSES. To name a few, there is: The Love of Roses, Classic
Roses, Modern Roses, Growing Good Roses, The Charm of Old
Roses, The Art of Gardening with Roses, Redwoods and Roses,
and because every other permutation and combination had been taken,
The Ultimate Rose Book!
And a final practical note about growing roses: You won't find roses
on lists of drought-tolerant, waterwise garden plants, but my roses
did just fine under city-imposed water restrictions this summer--all
they needed was a bag or two of bark mulch (courtesy of OSH!) spread
over the drip watering." -Ann Justice
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Biography and Memoir
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"Occasionally a volume or two about Howard Hughes shows up in
Biography. This month, believe it or not, there are TWELVE volumes
covering any and all aspects of this inimitable man's life, whether
you like it or not. In the Notables or Notorious section, there is,
to name a few: Howard Hughes The Untold Story, HH in Las Vegas,
HH: His Weird and Wanton Ways, HH and TWA, The Secret Life of HH,
HH: The Private Diaries, Memos, and Letters. But my personal
favorite is I Caught Flies for Howard Hughes, featuring a wealth of
captivating details about HH's eccentricities, written by Ron Kistler,
his former valet/bodyguard/factotum." -Ann Justice
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Religion
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"Religion: special for January - 60 editions of Weavings, A Journal
of the Christian Spiritual Life, spanning 1996-2009, also look
for the large 1890 edition of String's Concordance of the Bible."
-Nancy Cohen
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Humor January 2016
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"In terms of Happy New Year, the Humor section can help you with
the happy part. Probably the most fascinating book this month is
Daumier's book of cartoons, Doctors and Medicine. Titles of other new
arrivals include The Joys of Italian Humor, Rube Goldberg's
Inventions, Ronald Searle's Big Fat Cat, and The English Companion.
We also have new books in from Glenn Beck, Wodehouse, Spike Milligan,
Chris Rock, John Lahr, Tina Fey, Wanda Sykes, and Max Tucker.
Make sure to check out the Bargain Room and look through the large
collections of cartoons and magazines." -Nigel Jones
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Sci-fi / Fantasy / Manga
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"In Science Fiction and Fantasy this week, there's an unusual
selection of less well known Jules Verne titles in paperback. Also
notable are several Neal Stephenson titles in great condition and at
bargain prices." -Rich McAllister
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Cooking for January
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"We have received several outstanding cookbooks this month. All are
in like new condition and are available at below Amazon prices. Among
them is: Atelier Crenn (2015) - Chef Dominique Crenn is the
first women chef to receive two Michelin Stars. Atelier Crenn is a
renowned San Francisco restaurant. Benu (2015) - Chef Corey Lee
shares his recipes from this famous San Francisco restaurant, in
excellent condition. Arzak Secrets (2015) - The father of modern
Spanish/Basque cuisine, Juan Mari Arzak, presents a behind-the-scenes
recipe and technique book from his world-famed restaurant. His
daughter, Elena, who cooks with him, was voted the best female chef
in the world in 2012. Available in English for the first time. The
NoMad Cookbook (2012) - A beautifully photographed cookbook from a NY
restaurant/hotel which has one Michelin star and was listed in the
World's 100 Best Restaurants. Also, a James Beard award winner 2012;
includes a map of the New York Madison Avenue area and a separate
cocktail book." -Rose Giamalis
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Signed Books
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"In the Specials end cap (across from the checkout line near the CDs)
you will find a nice selection of Signed and Collectible books from
prominent authors and public figures. There are signed First Editions
as well as special collectible editions of classics from publishers
such as the Folio Society and Easton Press." -Jerry Stone
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Music books
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"Visit the Music section for books on a wide variety of musical
topics such as classical, rock, jazz, world music, and dance. New this
month - Dizzy, Duke, the Count and Me: The Story of the Monterey Jazz
Festival; Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko
Ono; Fender: The Inside Story; Dancer's Choice by Vera Zorina;
Faithfull: An Autobiography; Buried Alive: The Biography of
Janis Joplin; Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker;
Savion! My Life in Tap, and a bountiful shelf of ballet books.
Also browse our wide selection of sheet music neatly sorted by
instruments including violin, piano, trumpet and guitar." -Charlotte
Epstein
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Philosophy for January 2016
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"New arrivals in Philosophy are to be found both on the top
shelves of the right hand bookcase and within the subject area of
specific philosophers in the left hand bookcase. High quality new
additions this month include, Jensen's Endgame, Volume 1, The
Problem of Civilization, Perry's Personal Identity,
Grayling's Ideas that Matter, Bloom's Genius, and
Bakewell's biography of Montaigne, How to Live.
Two very interesting new additions in Ethics are Gazzaniga, The
Ethical Brain, and Baggini's Ethics: The Big Questions.
Don't forget the Bargain Room where even more Philosophy
books are to be found." -Nigel Jones
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2016 January Judaica
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"Browse the Judaica section for books on the Jewish religion,
Jewish history, the Holocaust, Israel, Jewish Women, the Jewish
American Experience and other related subjects. New this month:
Tradition Renewed: A History of the Jewish Theological Seminary
(2 Volumes); Excuse Me, Are You Jewish?; War Orphan in
San Francisco; Comrades and Chicken Ranchers; Eros
and the Jews; Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M.
Schneerson; Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World
in a 1938 Family Film; The Nazi Officer's Wife; Henry
Ford and the Jews: The Mass Production Of Hate.
Check the appropriate fiction section if you are interested in
literature with a Jewish or Israeli theme." -Charlotte Epstein
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Teen Recommendations by Tristan Wang
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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
A classic satire novel. Enter our extremely erratic narrator, an
insurance investigator who, owing to a stressful and lackluster job,
is ridden with depression. On a business trip he meets Tyler Durden,
an enigmatic, destructive, yet somehow sympathetic man who seeks to
undermine the capitalist society. The two create Fight Club, which
features secret all-out, bare-knuckle, after-hours boxing matches
reserved for similarly frustrated young men who scorn the status quo.
With no strings attached and absolutely free of charge, it's better
than any therapy the shrinks have to offer. As clandestine Fight
Clubs spring up all over the country and Tyler's schemes to topple
consumerist America become increasingly destructive, the fun stops
cold. Something has to give, but what?
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by
Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
The humorous retellings of ten famous fairy tales -- The Ugly
Ducking, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, and the rest -- whose
plots, illustrations, and layout wreak havoc on the familiar
allegories, as well as the very definition of a children's picture
book.
The Last Thing I Remember, by Andrew Klavan
As far as Charlie West recalls, he was a normal high school guy doing
normal high school things -- doing homework, practicing karate,
daydreaming and dating a girl. The last thing he remembers doing is
putting on a karate demonstration before his class. Why then, did he
wake up bruised and bloody, strapped to a steely chair next to an
arsenal of torture devices? How did he get here? How much time has
passed? How must he escape?
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