Free Books, Yours for the Claimin’

The end of the year is looming, and we want to make sure our orphan books go to good homes before the snows begin to fall here in Boston.

Core has an inventory of hundreds and hundreds of used books, donations from members of the Core community. We invite you — students, alumni, and friends of the Core — to peruse the list below. If any of the books spark your interest, they are yours for the asking!

All you have to do is email the Core office, letting us know what book you want, and to what mailing address we should send it. (Or if you’re in the Boston area or plan to be soon, you can let us know that, and we’ll set the book aside for you to pick up in person.

If you’re feeling particularly thankful for the free book(s) from Core,we would be grateful if you’d consider making a donation to the EnCore alumni fund. By doing so, your donations to BU will go directly to support our community life programs, including the intellectual social activities of the undergraduate Word & Way Society, the monthly book club meetings of the alumni association, and the annual Devlin Award book prize for undergraduate writing. This donation is entirely voluntary;these books are genuinely available with no strings attached.It isn’t the amount that you donate that matters as much as that you donate at all. Alumni giving sends a powerful message to the University officers, that Core provides an experience for students that they stay connected to even long after graduation. To that end, even a donation of $5 is worth it.

BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR FREE:
Titles with strikethrough have already been claimed.

To make a donation to Core directly, please visit this Giving Form on the BU alumni website; this link has been configured to indicate that your donation is meant for the Core Curriculum alumni fund. If you prefer to pay by check, send your check payable to Boston University to:

The Core Curriculum Fund
College of Arts & Sciences
595 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 700 West
Boston University, Boston, MA 02215

In the memo line, write this instruction: “for fund 9300010343.”You have the option to also write on the check whether you want to give “in memory of James Devlin” (or some other individual); otherwise, your donation will be counted as a general donation to the alumni fund.

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We have hundreds more books available. If you’d like to be sure you are notified when a new batch is announced, visit our Alumni page to make sure your contact information is up-to-date.

These books come to Core as donations from faculty and alumni, and it is our pleasure to put them into your hands if you can give them a good home. In addition to our give-away scheme, we’re also selling some donated books for their cash value. Check out the list of the books on sale at Amazon; if you buy one there, proceeds will go directly to the Core as well.

2 Comments

Sage Holloway posted on September 11, 2018 at 5:31 pm

Are these books still available? I am a current BU student, so I am on campus and could pick them up soon!

Please let me know ASAP, they are actually required texts for a class I am taking! It would be AMAZING if you still had them 🙂

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney: The Monkey as Mirror, 1989 (9780691028460)

W.G. Beasley: The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japan, 1999 (0520225600)

zakbos posted on September 25, 2018 at 5:43 am

Sage, our apologies — these books seemed NOT to be available. Sounds like it’s an amazing class…

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