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The Black Market
Ostap's Oils- This is the original Snake Oil salesman. Ostap has attended every convention since the first one was held in Marsuth, over twenty years ago. Now pushing seventy, he is a staple at the annual event. Ostap has no pure thieving skills to speak of, but like many of the attendees, he is a specialist of the first order. Ostap sells oils. His original 'snake oil', derived from a rare species of serpent now nearly extinct, but slightly more common decades ago, was his original best seller. This oil, extracted from the Albino Grass-Cutter snake during its molting ritual, and magically enhanced by a process taught to Ostap by a now dead mage, caused the recipient of a full body rub, to be able to thermoregulate his or her body temperature, even in extreme cases of cold or heat. Alas, this species of snake and the oil itself are now nearly non-existent. That hasn't stopped Ostap however, from trying himself, without the help of the deceased mage, to make magic oils again. He's been trying for the last twenty years, in fact, without success. Regardless, Ostap's reputation has allowed him to sell a dizzying array of fake oils in the years that followed, all the way up to the present day, to unsuspecting marks and hopeful thieves. Of course he also sells quite ordinary oils for various mundane uses. By the way, if you are a wizard, Ostap wants to speak with you privately.
Shaddock's Den - Not selling anything, Shaddock is a rail of man who sets up a gambling parlor in the middle of the black market. Money flows freely as card tables and over tossed dice. Tall, and predatory, Shaddock haunts the tables, keeping a close eye on his employees and the patrons who are winning too muc, or who have lost too much. He doesnt like a set-up or a con. Aside from two muscle-bound toughs and half a dozen dealers, Shaddock keeps half a dozen scantily clad women on the payroll to distract clients, leaning their assets on shoulders and whispering in ears when the gambler should watch the cards.
Noble Harrods - This small stall is the workshop of the self-titled Noble Harrod of Vandegraff. Armed with a sharp quill and top notch paper making skills, Harrod has forged numerous patents of nobility, indeed passing himself off as the Earl of Lower Vandegraff, a place that does not exist. He sells fake patents of nobility, forged documents of license, allowing for possession of restricted weaponry, or even permits to conduct sorcery in civilized areas
Snuggly Jakes - Snuggly Jake sells clothes and apparel for the well-dressed rogue. His stalls feature jerkins, leggings, boots, cloaks, hats, gloves, vests, and anything else that would make sense based on the fashions of the times. Snuggly Jake is an expert tailor. He doesn't settle down in any place for too long however, due to his 'nomad heart'. Hence these events are a perfect way for him to indulge in his favorite past time of traveling, seeing new places, and selling his wares. Jake's forte, and what makes his stall a staple at these conventions, is what his customers call his "pocket fetish". Having a predilection himself for losing small items, Jake has made it a point, throughout his career, to sew numerous pockets, both visible and hidden into all his clothing. Even his hats and gloves feature pockets! Socks and underwear too!
Ironbow's - This druid, one Fabious Ironbow, seems much out of place in the machevellian world of the Convention, but he is quite at home. He represents no guild, but rather the banditry of the (insert forest) where he harasses the wealthy to give to himself. To be a further pain in the side of the lumberjacking and assarting nobles, he spends a week a year selling magically enchanted wooden weapons to thieves. Many a constable has been warded away with the line, No minds burke, it's only a wooden jobber.
Billacopo's Claws- Billacopo sells grappling hooks, or claws, as he calls them, as well as caltrops of every shape, size, and sort. He also sells a popular item, known as "puncture vine". This is a weed, which grows in the southern hemisphere. Once the small, starburst-like buds of this plant are snipped, they harden quickly, resembling actual man-made caltrops. What makes them unique, however, is that these starbursts, like the weed itself, are mildly poisonous. These not only cause considerable pain to unshod feet, but also slowly cause a sort of drunkenness effect in the individual who steps on one. Those who have already imbibed a considerable amount of alcohol, will be on the verge of a blackout, ten to twenty minutes after stepping on or being pricked by one, due to the strange chemistry involved between this plant and distilled spirits, within the bloodstream. In the southern lands, where puncture vines grow, murderers use them often in their killings.
Bigknee's Barter Bigknee's knees are quite ordinary, so no one knows how he got his name. If asked, the grumpy man tells you to mind your own business. Bigknee's booth looks like an antique shop that exploded. Any and every chochtka you can think of…he has! Bigknee takes no coin however. Instead he will trade your stuff for his. Or a "knick for a knack", as he can often be heard squawking. Barter is his game, Bigknees is his name. Bigknee usually gets in league with the guidmasters of the yearly event, and holds one of the items, which is to be found during the infamous and often times comical (at least to any onlookers) scavanger hunt. Thieves can be seen emptying their pockets in desperation as they fumble to give Bigknee something he will actually accept in return for that special item, needed for the hunt.
Soft Foots' Secrets- Soft Foot is the most despicable, revolting man one can encounter in their lifetime, despite being a quiet, unassuming man. He prides himself on his physical characteristics, as he is quite average in appearance and would not stand out in any crowd. This helps Soft Foot perpetrate his many crimes. Soft Foot is a serial rapist, and is wanted in almost every city in the realm for countless assaults on unsuspecting women. The worse kind of psychotic, one you would never recognize, if he was chatting with you over some ale in a tavern, Soft Foot sells his peculiar wares only at these conventions, and no where else. Soft Foot sells wares for the sexually deviant criminal. What these items might be is left to the imagination of the reader. In fact, the less that is said about Soft Foot and his stall, the better.
Grigno's Fruits and Vegetables- Actual fruits and veggies, but with a surprise in every gourd or pear. Kind of like a cracker-jack box for thieves, or fortune cookies so to speak. Grigno's peculiar tradition stems from those times when law enforcement prevented him from selling thieves nick-nacks out in the open. So he started stuffing items into fruits and veggies. Most of these surprise items are quite mundane but often useful. He also is known for putting one Gold Dragon every year into a random fruit or vegetable. The lucky thief who finds it, gets a prize form Grigno. His profits from the all of the thieves buying his produce just to get to the Gold Dragon, more than makes up for the prize he gives out. This is usually a minor scroll of protection, usable by thieves, which Grigno gets from a mage friend of his, in return for delicious and rare hoarberries, which the wizard cant get enough of.
Blackie's Black (and Back)- a shop for weapon accessories. Blackie is a rather devious woman, her face marred by a knife-fighting scar. She is a leatherworker and tooler by trade and deals mostly in scabbards with hidden compartments, and the like. she also sells the oils and uguents required for the maintenance of leather and metal goods. She is most famous for her secret recipe weapon black, a polish that renders even the brightest silver to a matte black. No flash of steel to alert those pesky city guards here. Whne not tending the both, she frequents Shaddocks where the blandishments of the working girls do little to distract her.
Elbows Archery - Elbows Murphey is a slight man, one frequently accussed of being a gnome given his skill with intricate devices and his modest height of five feet even. His claim to fame is the folding crossbow, an elegant weapon that can fold up small enough to be hidden under a cloak and used in assassinations and in cities where weapons are strictly controlled. It is a beacon of his pride that the number of important personages slain by his weapons is only rivaled by poisonings and hunting accidents'. His a small and down to earth man who has a very large bone of contention with the nobility and the clergy.
The Ghost's Raven - An elderly man works at this humble shop, providing one of the secret weapons of the thieves guild, a spell that creates a spectral raven, only visible under the light of the cresent moon. The nameless wizard was once a thief, but had to abandon the rakespath after a career ending injury sustained in a fall. Since then, he has peddled his modest spell talent to the guild in exchange for membership, and an eventual retirement. He loaths the wizard and mage guilds and as such will generally avoid predominantly magic using PCs.
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Their booth is fairly low key. It is mostly two low tables sitting pillows, a few chairs, and a serving table with some cheese, wine, and a metallic contraption that makes the best tea and klah you have ever tasted. A few members are dressed in fairly bland looking local clothing, and some odd dark glass eyeshades that they Family tends to wear. They are polite and business like, but do not wish to gain "more power" or "more territory". They just want their own business concerns and to be left alone. If you have something interesting, profitable, and to their eyes, without risk, they will gladly do business with you.
The Family waundered into the criminal scene a few decades ago. Little is honestly known about them. Given their organization is in full bloom, they came from somewhere else (rumored to be on the other side of the Great Khanate Empire and Orcen tribes). They have the ability to move things. This make them smugglers without peer, both import and export. They are a tight lipped bunch, never talking much to anyone outside of their own organization. However, they tend to be exceptionally polite and seem almost bored by what is going on around them.
While a few guilds took offense by their moving in, most accepted them quickly. Especially since those that were aggressive against them, were never seen again.
The Family of Cleshedor specializes in moving people and things from one place to another, with near magical speed and ability. Big loads, small loads, ships or caravans worth of slaves, it makes no difference. They can make people disappear never to be found again, even with magics. How they achieve this, no one can say for sure... though many speculate. Some say they have access to a Gate Network that still works from Imperial times. Others say they use illusion and deception to make others miss their work. A few simply think they are just more organized than everyone else, utilizing carefully created tunnels and clamp carts (primitive railroads with pulley systems moving cars). While they seem to have some odd contraptions and odder magic items, no one can pin down the truth. All can agree that they are not from around here And that is fairly profitable to work with The Family.
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An uncommon name for a business that is by all accounts, run by a very unusual individual, even by the shady standards of the Market. Located on the more obscure outskirts of the Market out of his paranoid fear that some nosy parker might develop an inclination to thwart his ambitions, the Horatio lurks in his cone shaped mud-hut like a hungry spider, keeping a constant vigil at the entrance for customers genuinely interested in the products he has to offer for sale.
And what truly exotic products they are. Peek into Horatio's hut and you will see hundreds of reed cages covering almost every inch of his modest dwelling. Horatio as any visitor will soon come to discover, is an avid breeder of insects. Yes, insects. A most accomplished keeper of slimy, little repulsive things, Horatio has managed through years of zealously forcing distantly related species of bugs to mate with one another, resulting in a bewildering variety of insects that possess rather interesting attributes which a thief would find very useful indeed. Want a bug that can noiselessly disable sturdy locks for you? His unique Cront roaches can pull off this trick, when the lock in question is smeared with traces of their favorite snack, decaying pig brain material, their beloved food item. Just let them get a whiff of it and then release them from their cage, to watch with satisfaction as they slobber all over the lock with their destructive vomit, a highly corrosive substance the shade of thick, putrid yellow that utterly dissolves and melts the metal. Or need a bug that unleashes powerful fumes capable of causing an entire posse of guards to swoon, while you make off with the loot? Horatio's Bulg Spider can do this very nicely. Just remember to swallow an antidote, and then happily see your plan unfold as the fist sized critter is provoked into unleashing its deadly load when one of its legs is ripped off. Oh, and if any guard is strong enough to endure the stench and come after you, just chuck the severed leg at any part of his exposed skin that you see. The numerous toxin-laced hairs sprouting from it, immediately cause blood poisoning upon coming into contact with naked skin. Feel like poisoning anyone to death? Simply grab a pair of gloves, and give a bloated Shar slug a gentle squeeze. A few of the sickly green drops that ooze from its pores are enough to kill a hundred men.
Yes, old Horatio can be very useful at times, or rather his hideous little creations are. They certainly earn him a handsome profit, the little beasties.
And yet, Horatio continues to live in a state of wretched poverty. The clothes that clad his thick, grotesque body are rags, while the food he eats would make a pig gag. Unlike your common black market trader, Horatio isn't keen on accumulating money. Most of what he earns, is spent on procuring ever more rare types of bugs to breed with his existing stock.
Horatio, you see, lives only to inflict his vengeance on those who wrecked his dreams. Once a respected researcher of natural history for the Royal Archives and a devoted observer of the marvelous mini-beasts known as insects, he dreamt of the day that the miraculous abilities of these tiny invertebrates could be harnessed to aid man-kind in all his endeavors. Only to be sacked from the position he occupied when he proposed to cross-breed into existence, a species of fast breeding silk spinning insect that would make silk a widespread commodity. Powerful nobles owning large cotton growing plantations, became concerned for their future profits in a world where silk was readily available, and insisted that the king discharge from his service, this man who was audacious enough to incur the wrath of God by tampering with His creations.
Furious at their greed, Horatio vowed to punish them for it. And so he vanished from the sight of all academia, choosing to forge a new path for himself in the shadowy world of crime..
Twenty years have passed since then, and Horatio revels in the satisfaction that his creations bring him. That, and the knowledge that they now assist in emptying the vaults of the ones who halted his progress for their own narrow, selfish interests. However, a part of him lives in constant fear that his old oppressors are aware of what he is up to, and conspire to put an end to his research for once and all. Terrified of this prospect, Horatio avoids the other criminal traders of the Market as he is suspicious of their true identities, keeping to himself as much as possible. They in turn, think him a crazy, insect obsessed loon, and dismiss him as such. It's an arrangement that works for everyone, Horatio included.
It looks like a normal market day stall. Rigging supplies of all types; ropes of all types, coil wraps (some are retractable, a feature that is unique to his shop and something he is quite proud of), pullies and tackles, winches, koge gloves and shoes (hooked gloves and shoes to make rigging easier to climb), waterproof bags and gear (for rain while on the deck), sticky gloves (for ease of climbing), and a variety of pitch for climbing and waterproofing. Normally this is a maritime shop, but it is selling things to this rarified clientel to pick up a few silver.
Kramer is a bit nervous being here. He is not a thief, nor even that shady of a character. However, since most of the drydocks and warfs are closing in his town, there has been nobody else to buy his gear. He never asked what the occasional shady character was buying boat gear for when business was good. Now that they are most of his business, he desperately is trying not to think about what they are doing with it.
This is a very nice place in a very bad part of town. This is where the upper echelons of the criminal society dine. An occassional noble or merchant might find their way here, either on a dare or having a secretive meeting. The fare is a bit expensive for the neighborhood (heck most of the city actually), but the house sauce is Xoct sauce.
Here, they are selling the Bounder's Special which consists of a bowl of noodles, rice batter fried chicken, and Xoct Sauce. (Note: Bounder is the current slang for a cat burgler. It comes from bounding from roof to roof. ) They are also selling small bottles of the sauce that they are making locally.
Perlin is a traveler, though no one knows where he goes to. But wherever it is he comes back with many different trinkets and the like. They say he makes his own potions, using materials procured on his travels, but no one knows really.
Powders- His biggest seller by far has to be his "Huemag," a samll distraction of excellent quality. It's a galss bottle with a black liquid, and some sort of ground metal at the bottom of it. It's thrown and when it hits something it produces a large cloud of black, noxious smoke. It also tends to burn whatever it breaks open on, much to the dismay of many a city guard. Another of his big sellers is a brownish powder that when burned removes the user's feeling of pain.
Potions- While his potions are no where near the quality of any decent herbalist, his poisons more than make up for it. He also sells some of the strongest acids avalible on the street, some capable of eating through two inches of iron in half a minute. But one of his more requested potions is a black liquid, extremely bitter, that increases ones reflexes three, sometimes even four, fold, and allowing one to remain awake for long periods of time.
Perennials- The main seller here are plants that are near impossible to cut through, also possessing vicious thorns. Some of these are rumored to have poison in them, but with the restrictions on poisons within many cities you won't hear him telling you this. He also sells some vicious, man-eating plants; a vine that chokes living creatures and puts their bodies on its roots, a massive fly-trapesque monster that'll eat anything that moeves. He also sells an interesting weapon, a slightly magical, extremely fast growing vine. You simply throw it at something, preferably organic, and yell the command word and a plant will grow before your very eyes. It's a vicious thistle that'll shoot it's roots into the first thing it hits. The plant grows rapidly then, sucking all the avilible nutrients out of their substrate and growing to cover areas easily 20-30 feet wide.
A failed wizards apprentice, Carravi is a genial and well spoken man and one of the few tailors who frequents the Black Market. While his wares are not illegal, they are valuable to the criminal intent, and are quite pricey. He flashes a black cloak and tells that he took a swatch of midnight sky and sewed it into the lining. Once worn, the Thief gets bonuses to hide. nother gray cloak was woven from cloth that was drawn from mist and fog and woven into physical form.
A consumate socialite, Carravi is possibly the most friendly face to be seen at the market.
The Knotworker is a retired guildmaster, who's true name once instilled fear in merchants and travellers far and wide. His infamous career ended when he was cursed by the priests of Tupu the Metal-Mind, after the Knotworker brazenly attempted to rob the treasury of the Smiths' god. Now, the Knotworker is a living pretzel. A man of misshapen and twisted limbs. Unable to work his trade, constantly in pain, and sadly, no longer able to command respect from subordinates, the Knotworker has found a new niche. He is the giver of advice and answerer of queries. His booth is empty and featureless. The Knotworker is the Dear Abby of the Black Market. Thieves from all walks of life, stop here to ask the Knotworker questions. Any question...from the best way to pick a particular lock, to shipping lanes schedules, to the whereabouts of some specific item, the Knotworker is well-respected and sought out often, for he has truly become a font of all information, treasured by thieves. The Knotworker will answer any question to your satisfaction, or he'll return your coin! But its a gold coin per question, so dont waste his time.
Bring him your "knot"...he'll untie it.
This is a small, neat booth with many small bottles displayed on the counter, run by a genial man by the name of Johnathan. He's tall and thin, and usually covered in residue from his work. He's also apparently accident prone: he's missing the little finger on his right hand, the result of an accidental explosion, and another unspecified accident has rendered him mute. He communicates by the aid of a small slate and chalk, or, in the event his customers can't read, his assistant Lis translates. Lis is a taciturn young woman, and tends to be antisocial almost to the point of rudeness.
The name is actually a bit of a misnomer, for the proprietor Johnathan is not an alchemist in the traditional sense; he is a chemist. This shop sells not only some commonly requested potions, medicines, and other items, but custom recipes. Tell Johnathan what effect you want a particular formula to have, and he'll compound it for you. Needless to say, custom orders are much more expensive.
Both Johnathan and Lis have very strong veiws on killing, and as such, they won't sell anything that is meant to kill. This does not mean that they don't sell anything that can kill, but their products are only fatal if misused.
Though they do not sell poisons, they do a steady business in antidotes, both common and rare. In fact, Lis has an almost uncanny ability to diagnose a particular poison based on the symptoms alone, and rumor suggests that she is a former assassin.
That one restriction aside, Johnathan will sell anything, legal or illegal, and has been known to sell his share of placebos and fake "wonder products."
This ramshackle little stall is surprisingly popular. It is run by the Cassinos family, three siblings (Riisha, Laren, and Derris) and their aging father Malachai. It's a tiny little construction, and looks as if it will fall down at any moment (and occasionally does.)
Despite this, they do a fairly brisk business, for there is no finer source of liquor and wine to be had. They sell all of the commonly seen spirits, and a few things not so common. The house specialty is the incredibly strong Gypsy Wine that Malachai brews himself. Illegal in many places, it can send a man unused to it into a drunken stupor after only a glassful. This makes it popular among thieves, spies, and those engaged in illicit affairs of other types. Also popular is what Malachai calls Nectar, which is a sweet liquor that acts as a mild aphrodesiac.
The stall is barely big enough to house the shelves of bottles and a tiny desk where Riisha takes the customers' money. Big, hulking Laren stands outside, keeping an eye on the clients to make sure they don't trouble his sister or try to make off with the merchandise. Derris is kept busy delivering orders of liquor for parties, and Malachai can usually be found sitting outside, conversing with passers-by in a state of affable drunkeness.
Still, it is not odd to find Derris minding the till, or that Laren has taken a crate to be delivered, or that Malachai is watching his shop with unusual attentiveness. This is, after all, the Black Market, and the Cassinos thieves have their own purchases to make.
Small, locked display cases are arranged around the sides of this quiet little stall located away from the main thoroughfare. It is owned by a perpetually amused young woman named Mona Emerald (although there are those who question if that is her real name). The display cases are filled with what looks like a wide array of jewels of every description: diamonds, rubies, sapphires, opals, pearls, and, of course, emeralds.
However, the displays are substantially less valuable than they appear. Mona deals in high quality false gems, and her products are usually made of glass or porcelain. These are mostly bought by clever thieves who wish to replace the real thing or unscrupulous jewelers who wish to cheat their customers, although occasionally someone more upstanding will purchase her wares to use as costume jewels. Most of her gems are unset, but she always has a few in various settings. She also usually has one or two hollow gems, for those interested in them for the novelty value or more sinister purposes.
Although she certainly doesn't advertise it, she is also quite willing to fence real jewels that have been removed from their settings. (It's not a wise idea to try to pass a fake off as genuine to her. If there's one thing she knows, it's jewels, and anyone who tries to cheat her will soon find that their name has been passed to the authorities and any relevant guildmasters.) She travels from place to place, taking her wares with her, and finds it easy to find buyers for the real thing in places where they won't immediately be recognized.
Genuine jewels are hidden in plain sight, in the display cases amongst their less valuable replicas. Mona keeps a small double-locked case containing several fakes where she can appear to keep a close eye on it; she is not a fool, and understands that in a market frequented by thieves, real jewels would prove tempting.
This place doesn't have a sign to name it, but it's hard to miss. Every available surface is covered with books of every description. It's also a permanent building, a small shop located in the same general vicinity as the stalls of the Black Market. The proprietor, an exhuberent red-haired young man, is just called "Bookman" because he never seems to mention his name to anyone. He sells surprisingly useful items of all sorts, legal and illegal, from banned magical tomes to the Poisoner's Almanac to poetry to a truly astonishing selection of pornography (which, naturally, is quite popular even with the illiterate).
He has been known to boast that if it's been written down, he can get it, and backs it up with blueprints, tax records (which is more useful than you might think, if you're trying to pick the right target to rob), and the occasional bit of blackmail material. While the Knotworker gives an immediate answer to a single question, Bookman's books are meant to provide more in-depth and specialized information that can be frequently checked.
No one's really sure where Bookman came from, but most seem to get the impression he belongs in the Black Market, due in part to his evasiveness on the very subject. The fact that he will often disappear for weeks or months at a time with no explanation, leaving his shop in the care of his father (a bent, shrivelled, cantankerous old man who will also answer to Bookman) tends to solidify this belief. Rumors about young Bookman range from he's a literary-minded assassin, to a thief specializing in valuable books, to a spy for this power or that. Of course, the truth could easily be something quite different.
(This wouldn't really be aimed solely at thieves, of course, but it would have books thieves could use. And since he's quite willing to sell illegal books as well, the Black Market seems a good place for him.)
The Apothecary is a cliche name, but this noticeable little shop has a good clientel for it's specialized wares and it's 'special' inventories. The stall is broken into two parts - out on the outside of the shop is a series of thick bookshelves without backing. To the outside is glass, with signs painted on the outside pointing to products on the shelves. The shelves are as tall as the rood of the stall, and thick with various bottles. her 'public' selection is not to be scoffed at, but it is only fair.
If you give the female proprietor a double minted silver coin (fmr. counterfeit) with a specific flaw (which the assassin's/thives guild will give you), you will be welcomed with a copper coin (with a specific flaw)back out of a special purse she keeps from view.
Welcome to the real apothecary.
You now have access to the largest collection of poisons in the Capital, as well as the best selection of anti-poison's.
Each is prepared using recipes made by specialists, or recipes given to the Guild by a specialist, Spy or a Assassin wishing not to have their secrets lost(, perhaps seeking vengance from the grave.) For magical poisons, the guild will offer mages assistance in small ways. (As assassins are expected to be fair thieves as well.)
Special orders are not her forte, and she will need to have the guild look for the item in question (expect a three month delay with payment up front). Although if you have a special request you are probably insane, as the store already has every poison known to man. This may be a mark on your record with the guild, who prefers 'flexible' assassins. ('Flexible' when it comes to methodology, as the guild specializes in 'to order' assassinations.)
The rumor that a poison shop in the area of the city has 'everything' is well known. Hamlets will be searched for the shop by the royal army.
Where is the Myth?
The King is looking for the mythical shop because his assassins would benefit from such a shop. And putting it under royal watch would benefit his longevity. (The kind is cut from the same cloth as the Borgia's.) He hires your party to find that damned shop! Unfortunate for the king, the Assassin's guild/Theives' guild considers this shop a very very important secret. Expect them to try and stop the PC's.
The shack sells everything a budding thief might need, from lockpicks and needle-thin daggers, to contracts with hitmen and blackmail opportunities. But in the back of the store comes the real goods, explosives, acids, and anything that is extremely dangerous. The proprietor is never seen due to the fact that he never comes out of is small room but even then any thief that steals from him has a nasty accident later in the week. the shack is famous for the amazing amount of blackmail opportunities ceapt in one of the shelf's in the back, it is also known for the huge amount of explosives that the owner packs into the tiny place, the one time it went off it destroyed half the stalls at the black market that year and the owner disappeared, but the next year he was back with a new stock.
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I didn't know where is the right place to post this but anyways
I'm C6 (sensory incomplete) 6 years post . Male.
I've been getting new sensations in my sacral segments and it's freaking me out. Could it be good news?
It is not painful at all.
I can feel 'existence' in my private part, its hard to explain. I feel buzzing and like it's pushing...really weird. I can feel the gauze rubbing on the tip when my care giver caths me and it's also connected to a feeling of numbness in my trunk muscles. I have the fullness sensation and can feel my testicles. Sometimes when the sensation down there comes it triggers an anal sensation which is also new .
What could it be?
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Kokka Layer Cake Swap
Thank you all for your well wishes from my last post. The family is feeling much better and hopefully that is the last of the winter illnesses around here. We had a 3 day weekend due to Presidents Day and it was nice to just relax around the house.
I thought it'd be fun today to share a little about a fabric swap I hosted over the last couple of months. I really love Kokka style fabrics. They are fun to fussy cut for little projects, always so cool and quirky. The problem is, they are quite pricey. Occasionally I'll splurge on a print or designer that I absolutely love, but I thought it would be great to have a little fabric swap to expand the stash a bit.
After talking it over with some people at Quilt Camp, I decided to host a swap with 26 people. Each person bought 2 yards of a Kokka style fabric and then cut it into 10" squares and mailed me 26 of them. 2 yards will actually get you 28 squares, but I thought it'd be nice to have a little extra in case of cutting errors. Which of course I had when I cut mine!
Everyone in the group sent me their fabrics and I spent the weekend sorting and repackaging. Looking at my photos, I'm pretty sure there is a March of the Penguins joke in there somewhere?
We ended up with a great variety of squares and I can't wait to work them into little patchwork projects. I really want to get Ayumi's upcoming book Patchwork, Please! I think these fabrics would be perfect for it.
Hosting a swap is a bit of work, but I think the key is to keep it a manageable size. I also limited this swap to people I knew (or were referred to me by people I knew) and that made me confident that we would have a successful outcome. A swap like this would be great for a quilt guild too - no mailing required!


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We spent most of the weekend glued to the news from Japan. On Sunday morning, as I was going about with my chores, I felt a certain kind of serenity and a feeling of continuity. I cannot even begin to imagine what the people in Japan are going through and although I haven't stopped thinking about the tragedy, I realise that our lives will continue as normal.
March 14, 2011
Raspberry and almond clafoutis
We spent most of the weekend glued to the news from Japan. On Sunday morning, as I was going about with my chores, I felt a certain kind of serenity and a feeling of continuity. I cannot even begin to imagine what the people in Japan are going through and although I haven't stopped thinking about the tragedy, I realise that our lives will continue as normal.
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Just what the doctor ordered! They look delicious.ReplyDelete
I love clafoutis and yours looks fabulous!ReplyDelete
I tried eating raspberries for the very first time in my life two days ago and didn't like, but nevertheless I cannot stop my mouth watering when looking at your clafoutis...! Looks totally gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Absolutely delicious, yet simple and quick. Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
This looks and sounds perfect, yum!ReplyDelete
Everything you post looks so lovely. Great work. :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful clafoutis Maria!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 March 2011 at 09:56
There is honestly so many dishes that I have yet to try, you are introducing me to foods which I've never had before, and I thought I had everything or tried everything...thank you for the open window.ReplyDelete
This makes me want to make a clafoutis too. So easy and looks so scrumptious!ReplyDelete
That looks delicious! I almost want to add a scoop of ice cream to it though but would probably ruin it hehe. Yeah it's hard to think that we need to continue our lives as usual when so many has been lost or broken... but I guess it reminds us that there are more important things to life than worrying about little things.ReplyDelete
My family and I are somewhat addicted to clafoutis. I've probably mad a dozen different recipes in my life and loved almost all of them, but I'm never tried one with ricotta! Brilliant!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I love clafoutis and must try your flourless version. Perfect for afternoon tea :)ReplyDelete
Maria I hope your partner's family and friends are ok?ReplyDelete
My prayers and thoughts are with Japan the whole weekend, thankfully all my friends and colleagues are fine. On the hungry side, I love the half eaten cup, MmmMmmm! Absolutely lovely photography :) Really glad I found your blog! And thanks for stopping by mine :)ReplyDelete
It's so lovely! And looks delicious! We pray for Japan.ReplyDelete
Looks beautiful, but I've been having so much trouble finding berries that last more than a day before going fuzzy! Would frozen berries work?ReplyDelete
Yummy they look delicious....where's mine Maria? lolReplyDelete
How delectable that clafoutis looks! And you're right - it's life as per usual for those of us unaffected by the most recent tragedy in Japan, but hopefully the fact that we are keeping them in our thoughts provides some comfort...ReplyDelete
I completely understand your reaction. When you grab yourself to ordinary life, you really understand how lucky you are.ReplyDelete
And these are definitely a soothing dessert for the soul!
I am thinking the perfect breakfast and dessert option! So colorful and looks so flavorful. Wish I had one right now! One of my favorites from you so far!ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous15 March 2011 at 01:16
My brother was in Sendai when the whole tragedy happened. Thank god he is fine, he is now in Tokyo helping out in the search for more victims. That clafoutis look wonderful. So custardy yet fruity at the same time!ReplyDelete
I just bought some raw honey and have free range eggs AND ricotta. I just need to look for some almond meal and I'm making these. They look fabulous.ReplyDelete
I'm doing my best to keep my mind off the tragedy but it is so hard because I want to help more than just sending $$.
Maria, I can't tell you how good these look and sound. I make claflouti often but have never used this combination. I must make these. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...MaryReplyDelete
This looks and sounds delicious!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 March 2011 at 08:35
This clafoutis sounds so heavenly! I love the use of almond meal here!ReplyDelete
oh my gosh! this look absolutely incredible!ReplyDelete
Maria, these look so yummie and most important so simple to make...love the idea of almonds in it :-) Have a wonderful week!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 March 2011 at 11:55
Summer is still lingering. I don't mind it at all. I have not tried using other fruits for clafoutis. Your post has inspired me to try it with fig :)ReplyDelete
gaaawd...this with a tub of freshly whipped cream would make my day! Great summery dessertReplyDelete
I am not a clafouti type of gal but this one, I would make an exception for! It looks too delicious with those raspberries, oh, can't resist!ReplyDelete
I love raspberry recipes and I love dessert recipes that serve only 2, so I don't feel guilty about having leftovers and then proceed to eat more than I should! Bookmarked and will make soon!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous25 March 2011 at 01:35
A divine & perfect for my mouth clafoutis! I love a good ricotta too!ReplyDelete
beautiful blog; i came across it while hunting for raspberry ideas. and i love using almond meal. thanks for sharing this recipe!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 April 2011 at 05:01
I love your recipe. I am a private chef and recently my client had a dinner party and I needed a last minute Gluten Free recipe and yours saved the day. Thank you! I posted an adaptation of your recipe on my blog - http://danggoodfood.com/2011/04/20/le-sucre/ReplyDelete


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By Faythe Levine & Sam Macon (Radar Studios, 2013)
A commercial building in my neighborhood recently underwent renovations to transform the space into a gym. As construction workers pulled down panels of brown ocher metal awning, swatches of bright whites, reds, and blues were revealed. Despite the sign's vintage look, the carpet store that occupied the building some 50 years earlier had invested in an advertisement with literal staying power.
The old hand-painted sign reminds me that someone, not something, was behind the design and construction—the kind of sign Faythe Levine and Sam Macon advocate for in their documentary and accompanying book, Sign Painters, now screening across the country and around the world.
In rich colors and characters Levine and Macon tell of the disintegration of a once vigorous and fruitful industry through the stories of the sign painters who were the go-to people whenever a business needed a visual message. The field's decline, as with so many other industries once taken for granted, is thanks to the advent of new technologies that allow anyone with access to a computer and a Kinko's to design and print their own signs faster and, of course, cheaper.
But some things should be left to the professionals—a message conveyed by the filmmakers right down to their project's titles and credits. Some are painted by hand and filmed at double speed, while others are rendered digitally and splash across the screen. One wonders how a vinyl sign with block letters could ever suffice. Looking at words in this film is a visual treat.
It is possible to dismiss sign painters as vestiges of the past and any renewed interest in such work as just another shade of vintage chic aesthetics in popular culture. But the work of a sign painter, like many elements of the vintage trend, is about more than aesthetics. It's about permanence, quality, and meaningful work.
This article appeared in the July 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 7, page 42).


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Head Scratchers
Okay, so you'd like to know what I'm going on about. Well, here's an example: "This program has been pre-recorded." Think about that for a moment. I can't tell you how many times I've seen that flashed at the bottom of my TV screen or heard it delivered by a voiceover. "This program has been PRE-recorded"? Huh? Does it mean the program was recorded before it was recorded? Isn't that what it means? Isn't that totally nuts? Do you react the way I do? I doubt the TV studios that produced those shows got lots of letters pointing out the silliness of that statement. I say that because they've kept saying it, year after year. I just end up sighing in utter frustration. How about you?
This is fun. I love to vent, so let's keep going. Another of these little silly gems created by the same TV studios, one that always cracks me up when I hear it or read it, is "Recorded before a live audience." You don't say! A live audience, eh? So they're reassuring us that the show wasn't performed in a cemetery or in a morgue full of corpses? Nice of them to let us know. Well, at least they didn't say "Pre-recorded before a live audience"! How can people actually say such things deliberately? I mean, I can understand if somebody says something silly like that on the spur of the moment without realizing how silly it is, but you'd think that somebody else would catch it or the person saying it would catch it himself and realize how funny it is. But no, statements such as these have been thought out, accepted, and used on American TV shows without anybody so much as blinking when they're flashed on the screen or said by a voiceover. How amazing is that?
Another gem that used to make me chuckle every time I saw it was a sign in the New York City subway system. It was there for years, and I wonder if it still is. It was at the 14th Street station on the IRT line, and it said, "Use last two stairways for toilet." Don't you just love it? I wonder if any literal-minded, inebriated person ever followed those instructions to the letter. Actually, I'm glad I never found out in person. But there you have it. Another example of people not realizing what they're saying or writing. Sure, I understand perfectly well that it's an ambiguous sentence, and that's why it's funny, but couldn't somebody have come up with something unambiguous? I mean . . . really. (By the way, if any New Yorkers who ride the IRT read this piece, please let me know if that sign is still there, okay?)
Here's one more that's made me scratch my head on more than one occasion: "I'll try and get back to her before the end of business today." What's with that often-heard phrase I'll try and + base verb? Shouldn't it be I'll try to + base verb? Okay, I can just see you making a face and thinking, "Aw, c'mon, now you're being picky. Lots of people say that." Yeah, I know they do, but they don't say it in the past (*I tried and got back to her …) and they don't say it in the present (*I'm trying and getting back to her …), so how come it's okay to say it in the future? I just don't get it! It's also another one of those gems that don't make sense when you think about them in detail: You'll try AND get back to her? You'll try WHAT? You forgot to mention what you'll try before you get back to her. Aaaaarrrghhh!
I've got to calm down. My blood pressure, you know.
Why does it seem that so many things we teach our students ― even the most basic things ― always seem to get contradicted in real-life English? Every Level 1 teacher goes over such basics as Thank you and its customary response, You're welcome. You'd think that combination couldn't be tampered with, wouldn't you? Well, think again. I listen to the news on NPR (National Public Radio) most mornings. They give wonderful, in-depth stories that really inform their listeners. More often than not, when a piece is over, the anchor will say, for example, "Thank you, Quil, for that report." Now you'd expect Quil to say, "You're welcome, Lisa," or "My pleasure, Lisa," or something like that, right? Nope, that's not necessarily right. What does Quil say? "Thank you, Lisa." So Lisa has said Thank you and Quil has replied Thank you. And I sit there, making a face and thinking in a whiny sort of way, "We can't teach our students to say that. Why are those two saying that?" And they're not alone. It's amazing how often I'll hear Thank you repeated instead of a good old-fashioned You're welcome or My pleasure. (Time for me to sigh.)
I could go on and on about head scratchers like these, but I'll save the rest for another time. I'd love to know if you've got any I haven't mentioned, ones that make you do a double-take, too. And I'd like to know if any of them have kind of ambushed what you teach your students they should say. So let me hear from you. I promise that your pre-recorded comments will be viewed by a live person.


text: John A Lynn in his excellent book "Battle" speaks of what he calls the illusion of chivalry. One the one hand is the medieval concept of chivalry and on the other is the brutal reality of war. I think our perception of this so called illusion derives from how we see the makeup medieval armies. Dr. Lynn describes the army of Edward III as composed of "2,700 knights and squires, men of aristocratic and landed backgrounds." Serving along with them are 12,000 commoners including 7,000 peasant longbowmen. The problem with this description is the assumption that medieval mounted warriors were composed of aristocrats, knights and squires.


text: Rodney Forbes was one of the greatest and most consistent players to ever play at Boston State College. The forward made an immediate impact and was an integral part of the Warriors 23-5 season in 1965-66, leading the squad with 17.3 points per game as a freshman and was later named a Little All-American selection, while sinking 150 free throws, which ranks as the second-highest total in school history. Forbes averaged 17.1 points to pace the team again as a sophomore, leading Boston State to the NAIA National Championship Tournament, while landing on the All-Tournament team as the Warriors finished the season with an 18-10 mark. The Revere native was named a co-captain as a junior and led the team again averaging a double-double of 20.3 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, but it was his senior year where he would have his finest season as Boston State's top scorer, netting 20.3 points per outing as the team finished with an 18-10 record. He put up 571 points for a then-school record, which still stands as the seventh-most for a player in a Warriors' uniform and drained .837 (145-185) of his free throws for the highest mark in school history. The two-time co-captain finished his career with 1,962 points to break the Massachusetts college scoring mark, was a NESCAC All-Conference selection and also earned the right to play in the 14th Annual Naismith Hall of Fame Senior All-Star Game, where he scored 14 points. After graduating in 1969 with a four-year record of 71-35 (.670) with Boston State, the Boston Celtics came calling, drafting Forbes in the 11th round. Forbes is the Warriors' all-time career leader with 520 career free throws made and ranks number two in career games played (105), second in points and 721 field goals made and is fourth with 780 rebounds and a .756 (520-688) career free throw mark.


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From the moment I first won gainful employment at OPERA NEWS, I have regularly faced those uncomfortable cocktail-party moments when some new acquaintance, learning how I earn my living, says with wrinkled nose, "And do you actually like opera?" Now, I know we don't all have the luxury of choosing a congenial career, and I freely confess that as a college grad desperate for a job, I once interviewed for a newsletter called "Garbage Collector Weekly," eager to get my foot in the publishing door any way I could. But it's hard to imagine a consenting adult spending nearly a quarter-century at the same magazine if its subject did not genuinely appeal.
Those conversations are always a rude reminder that opera, though thriving in many respects, is still not exactly a mainstream entertainment. So it always pleases me when I run into it in unexpected places. The most recent such encounter was in a re-run of the Inspector Lewis series on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery. Back in the days of Lewis's erudite predecessor, Inspector Morse, it used to be a fair bet that the culturally savvy protagonist's elitist pursuits would periodically lead to some reference to the lyric art — perhaps even with some actual music thrown in. But with Morse replaced by his erstwhile sidekick, the distinctly working-class Inspector Lewis, the opportunity for operatic enlightenment seemed to have passed, so I was surprised to find Wagner at the center of a recent episode.
With the murder victim an Oxonian Wagner expert, connected obliquely to a Stasi informer with the code name Siegfried, the master of Bayreuth had a prominent role in the plot, but the fun part for me came toward the end, when Lewis — partly in a nostalgic tribute to his old boss, partly as a way of trying to understand the dark forces at play in the case — put on a Ring recording and sat down to listen. It wasn't a long excerpt; Lewis's operatically challenged partner arrived all too soon to pre-empt it with some modern musical drivel of his own. Still, it pleased me to think there might be mystery fans out there in TV-land with no previous experience of the Ring who might be sufficiently drawn in by the intriguing plot references and the brief snippets of that glorious, sweeping score, to find their way to Youtube for a second helping. And from there … who knows?


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Sending Books to Needy Libraries: Book Donation Programs
ALA Library Fact Sheet 12
Please be aware that the American Library Association does not accept or distribute donations of books or any other materials. This page provides information on some of the groups and organizations that do handle book donations - including donations of used books.
There is also information below for libraries on organizations and companies that will accept discards from the collection.
A longer list, continuously updated by ALA Library staff, of the groups and organizations that handle book donations, for distribution within or outside the United States, appears on the social bookmarking web site, delicious.com, specifically at:
Do not hesitate to contact any of these groups directly to find out their needs and procedures, drop-off points and shipping addresses.
Groups and organizations are named for informational purposes only.
* If you actually need book donations, you may be eligible to apply for donations from the groups named. Contact the groups directly for application information and eligibility criteria.
Book Donations in the United States
Most public libraries in the United States accept gift books with the proviso that the library is free to decide whether to keep the book in the library's collection, put it in a book sale to raise funds for the library, or discard it. Persons seeking to donate books to libraries are encouraged to contact their local library and ask about donating books to it.
We also suggest contacting your state library. Your local public library or an academic library in your area can supply you with the address and telephone number for your state library (often a toll-free call for in-state residents). Or see the State Programs: State Libraries web page compiled by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal office for libraries and museums in the United States.
There are private groups that distribute book donations - but only distribute new books; donations of used books are not accepted - within the United States, including the following:
Books for Kids (formerly known as Books for Kids Foundation; formerly at booksforkidsfoundation.org)
Books for Kids in New York creates and furnishes libraries within existing children's centers; see the list of libraries helped by Books for Kids. As stated on its web site: We enable children who may not have access to a public library to discover the world of books. We purchase and donate library bound books to create an actual lending program to familiarize children with standard practices. Each library is created with an age-appropriate collection which includes the core group of standard titles recommended by the Department of Education and early childhood literacy experts. Books are carefully selected to reflect the backgrounds and life experiences of the children in that community. Libraries include child friendly chairs and tables, colorful carpets, listening centers, puppets, motivational posters and more. These unique environments grant the opportunity to an early learning process that will lay the groundwork for their future success. Our libraries and programs encourage children to explore, think, discover, and learn. Write to e-mail address firstname.lastname@example.com for further details to donate new books or provide funds for new books or to apply for a library or apply for books.
The Libri Foundation
As explained on its web site, the Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in Eugene, OR, which donates new, quality, hardcover children's books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program. Please address all correspondence to Ms. Barbara J. McKillip, President, to e-mail address firstname.lastname@example.com. Libri supplies various online financial giving opportunities and also maintains the Libri Foundation's Wishlist on Amazon.com for its library recipients.
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First Book National Book Bank
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Washington, DC 20004-1155
Phone: 1-866-READ-NOW (1-866-732-3669)
Website: http://www.firstbook.org
First Book Help Page with Contact Information; email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Book Donations to Countries Overseas
There are several organizations that distribute books to other countries. Many of these organizations distribute books overseas at no cost to the donating person or library other than shipping costs to the U.S. facility.
- See the list of international book donation organizations, some
country-specific, compiled by ALA's International Relations Office (IRO <http://www.ala.org/iro>),
International Donation and Shipment of Books
- For an extensive, annotated list of organizations that coordinate international country-specific book donations, specifying types of books and periodicals needed, see:
Book Donations page on the Health Sciences Library Wiki of the University at Buffalo
For publishers only:
International Book Bank
Post Office Box 1662
Baltimore, MD 21203
Website: http://www.internationalbookbank.org
Donating Books - http://www.internationalbookbank.org/donatebooks.html; Contact Page
Used Books and Library Discards
Please first see the web page Donate Books to Support Libraries from United for Libraries, a division of ALA:
If you have books to donate, first contact your local public library. Some libraries have donation guidelines posted on their website, others you will need to contact by phone. Your local library can provide acceptable donation guidelines.
If your library is not currently accepting donations and you are willing to pay shipping, we invite you to donate to our non-profit organization. In partnership with United for Libraries (formerly ALTAFF), Better World Books is accepting pre-paid book donation shipments from the general public. Saleable donations will be made available for sale on more than 17 online marketplaces. Proceeds from the sale benefit United for Libraries/ALTAFF. Non-saleable items will be made available to a nonprofit literacy partner or recycled in an environmentally responsible manner.
Remember, not all books have a resale value on the internet; therefore, we encourage you to follow our guidelines under Easy to Sell (please ship) and Difficult to Sell (please do not ship).
If you are looking to donate a set of encyclopedia that is older than ten-years-old, contact Book Rescue of SCARCE, School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education; e-mail: email@example.com.
If you are looking to donate magazines, contact the Donational Program of the United States Book Exchange (USBE); e-mail: email@example.com.
If you are looking specifically to donate back issues of National Geographic, contact either:
- Donational Program of USBE; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Book Rescue of SCARCE; e-mail: email@example.com
Organizations that are open to accepting donations of used books from individuals or groups include:
- Gently used (or new) children's books are accepted by Bernie's Book Bank for Chicago, Illinois and surrounding suburbs
- Gently used children's books are accepted by BookEnds of West Hills, California
- Gently used (or new) children's books are accepted by the Migrant Media Book Flood Project for Watsonville, California
- Gently used (or new) children's and teen/young adult books are accepted by Reader to Reader of Amherst, Massachusetts
- Nearly all types of books are accepted by the Darien Book Aid Plan Inc. of Darien, CT
- Nearly all types of books are accepted by the International Book Project, Inc. of Lexington, Kentucky
- Nearly all types of books are accepted by the Prison Book Program of Quincy, Massachusetts
- Nearly all types of paperback books only are accepted by the Books to Prisoners of Seattle, Washington; by Books Through Bars of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Prison Book Project of Amherst, Massachusetts. There are prison books programs throughout North America (Google map).
- Nearly all types of paperback books only are accepted by the Women's Prison Book Project of Minneapolis, Minnesota. There are also Books to Prisoners programs in other cities, including the Chicago Books to Women in Prison.
With a little extra effort, including registering with their web sites for further instructions, you can donate books, DVDs, and video games to members of the armed forces serving overseas:
Is there a group near me that is in need of book donations?
- Contact your local public library to find out any available opportunities, including, if you're willing, donating the books for its next fundraising book sale.
- Explore the School Library Exchange: Give Your School Library a Little Love, which makes it easy for parents and donors to contribute books to school library collections.
Most important is to contact the groups listed beforehand, to find out what kind of books they need and are hoping to receive for distribution.
Organizations that are open to accepting discards from library collections include:
- Library Discards & Donations Program of Better World Books; e-mail: email@example.com
- Book Rescue of School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education (SCARCE); e-mail: email@example.com
- Got Library Books, the Thrift Books Library Program for donated and discarded books from libraries and schools; also see the Library partnership program of Thriftbooks.com; Thriftbooks Contact Page
- What We're Buying at Zubal Books ; e-mail: email@example.com
I need book donations! Anyone else I can contact about this?
- Contact Better World Books: Donation requests are reviewed and determined on a case-by-case basis. Send a note to firstname.lastname@example.com which includes the following: full contact information (full name, organization and department name, address, phone, email, etc.), type/titles needed, quantity desired, and project this is related to. Someone will contact you when they've had a chance to review your request.
- Contact the Association of American Publishers about being added to its Book Donation Initiative page, a list of groups needing book donations.
- Contact the University of Buffalo about being added to its list of groups needing book donations
Last updated: January 2013
For more information on this or other fact sheets, contact the ALA Library Reference Desk by telephone: 800-545-2433, extension 2153; fax: 312-280-3255; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; or regular mail: ALA Library, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795.


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