Mulligan Books

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Gently Used Books
Discounted New Books
Rent/Trade/Buy/Sell

707-462-1555

eMail MulliganBooks@pacific.net

~Hours~

Monday – Friday 10 – 5:30
Saturday 10 – 2
Sunday Closed

Ukiah, Mendocino County, North California

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Local Community Book Rescue & Rental Library

~Save All Ways~

Books/CDs/DVDs
Board Games/Puzzles

You never know what you’ll find
diggin around in a used bookstore…

MENDO MOOLA
Local Mendocino Smart Money
Now Accepting and Exchanging

Read & Trade!
Bring us your current, your classic,
your huddled books, yearning to breathe free…
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208 South State St
(Downtown Next To Incognito)
Ukiah 95482
Ukiah Valley
Upper Russian River Watershed
Mendocino County
Klamath Bioregion
North California

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Locally-Owned Independent Business
Your money spent locally,
stays and keeps circulating in our community,
building local jobs and wealth,
and is taxed for schools and emergency services.
Spent online, at chains, or at franchises,
your money leaves for parts unknown…
never to return.

Mulligan Windows by Beverly Smith

We specialize in:
Popular Fiction,
Mysteries & Thrillers
Escapist/Trashy Fiction
Community/Localizing/Transition
Forward to the Land/Organic Food
Meaningful Work
Natural Health

Come on in and wonder around…

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~The Mulligan Deal~

We beat Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Costco, etc. on your cost to buy a book almost every time, because they don’t take books back for Store Credit. We always take back every new or used book we sell for Store Credit. Add our discount on new books (5% – 25% ) to our Store Credit when you bring them back to Mulligan (10% – 15%) and we have them beat… and that’s not even counting the shipping cost that you may pay, or the Store Credit you may have earned by bringing in your other books, or the expensive Hardback Bestsellers that you can rent for $2 a week. (BTW: Amazon almost never discounts their most popular new books, the $7.99 – $9.99 mass market size books. We do!)

It’s true that Amazon can often beat our prices if you include the taxes we collect to support our local firefighters, police and public schools, and which Amazon refuses to collect… and which you owe on your taxes by law (citizenship dues) but don’t pay. Shop Local. Live Local. It’s our local future we build and protect together.

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Store Credit Accounts
[Please see Condition Guidelines For Gently Used Books We Accept For Store Credit below...]

Drop off your books and we’ll take good care of them.
Current Books and Classics preferred,
but we’ll look at anything that is gently used.

For Gently Used Books we can sell,
we reprice at half or less.
You receive 20% – 30% of that price (10% – 15% of cover price)
in your Store Credit account,
or we put them on consignment
and you receive credit when sold.

Use your Store Credit to purchase or special order
New and Used Books…
and to rent books.

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“Senioritis” Guarantee

We guarantee that you haven’t already read a book you’ve purchased at Mulligan.
If you discover that you’ve already read it, you may return it for a full refund.
<You must be 21 years or older…>

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Give
Books you bring in that we can’t use,
you can take back,
or we donate for you.
The hopelessly tattered, stained, dog-chewed,
mildewed, odored, and used up, are recycled.

Your donated books are now circulating
at the High School Library,
Downtown Library, Senior Center, Hospice,
Juvenile Hall, City and County Jails,
local schools and neighborhoods.

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Mulligan Pricing
Books are still the best idea value in the universe. ~Seth Godin

Gently Used Books 50% – 90% off

Discounted New Books
Under $10…..5% off
$10 – $20…..10% off
$20 – $25…..15% off
Over $25…..20% off
(New Books: Book Clubs and Special Orders receive an additional 5% off)

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Takes just a minute to order books with us.
Send us book name(s) and author(s) by eMail: mulliganbooks@pacific.net
or call us 707-462-1555
or stop by the store.

We’ll find your book in the store if we have it,
or order best quality/price, new or used.
No prepayment necessary.
We’ll notify you of arrival for store pickup
at your convenience…
and you purchase only if books meet your full approval.

We charge $2 for each used book we search and purchase for you.
New books arrive in a day or two, used books in a week or two.
All books guaranteed.

We can often save you time/money ordering new books,
and save you money on used books.
We order books daily, search several suppliers,
and have volume shipping discounts.

Thank you.
Dave Smith
Proprietor
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Dave explains to customer, Jackson,
that he CAN tell a book by its cover…
while Sarah, local political activist and gadfly,
is absorbed in some really trashy fiction she wanted to peruse,
“just to see what people are reading.”

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Mulligan Books publishes…

Ukiah Blog
Mendocino Online Opinion Magazine

Organic To Be
Organic Recipes and News

The Contrary Farmer
Gene Logsdon and Friends

Mendo Moola
Mendocino Local Smart Money

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Mulligan Books sponsors…

Benj Thomas

Jazz/American Music
Saturdays at 4
KMEC Local Power Ukiah 105.1 FM

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Rent-A-Book

-$2 a week-

Current Hardback Bestsellers

Use Your Store Credit

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Current Hardback Bestsellers For Rent (Partial List)

Star Island (Hiaasen)

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Larsson)

NEW! Changes (Butcher)

NEW! Caught (Coben)

NEW! Oprah (Kelly)

NEW! Women Food and God (Roth)

NEW! Open: An Autobiography (Agassi)

NEW! Imperfect Birds (Lamott)

NEW! House Rules (Picoult)

NEW! 61 Hours (Child)

NEW! Lucid Intervals (Woods)

NEW! Kisser (Woods)

The Lost Symbol (Brown)

The Lacuna (Kingsolver)

The Help (Stockett)

Too Big To Fail (Sorkin)

What The Dog Saw (Gladwell)

Nine Dragons (Connelly)

An Echo In The Bone (Gabaldon)

Blood’s A Rover (Elroy)

Pursuit Of Honor (Flynn)

South of Broad (Conroy)

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Mulligan Books is dedicated to the memory of Roy Kepler and the old Kepler’s Bookstore in Menlo Park within which I spent numerous hours learning how the world works, and more importantly, how the world should work; and to the old East West Books in Menlo Park within which I learned that there was much more to the world in us than what we think we see outside ourselves.
~ Dave Smith

BOOKSHOP MANIFESTO
(Thanks to Gallery Bookshop Mendocino)

WE BELIEVE IN THE BOOK. We believe in quieting the noise and listening to the stories. We believe in traveling far and wide between paper pages. We believe in touching the words, scribbling in the margins, and dogging the ears. We believe in surrounding ourselves with books long finished and books not yet read; in revisiting our younger selves each time we pull old favorites off the shelf. We believe in five-year-olds inking their names in big letters on the flyleaf. We believe in becoming someone else for four hundred pages. We believe in turning off the screens and unplugging the networks once in awhile. We believe in meeting the author, reading the footnotes, looking up the words and checking the references. We believe in holding our children on our laps and turning the pages together. We believe in standing shoulder to shoulder in comfortable silence with our fellow citizens before a good shelf of books; we believe in talking face to face with friends and strangers in the aisles of a good bookstore. We believe that together, readers, writers, books and bookstores can work magic.

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Condition Guidelines For Gently Used Books We Accept For Store Credit
(Thanks to Powell’s Portland)

We accept books for Store Credit (and sometimes cash) that we can resell, based on their expected retail value. That retail value is derived from the books desirability, current and historical market values, in-print prices, and our current stock needs.

What we buy We will look at any book, but the more current, the better, and classics… as needed.

What we don’t buy With so many books in the world, and our own stock continually changing, it is impossible to say exactly what we’ll be interested in at any one time. However, we can say exactly what kinds of books we are not interested in. Those are:

• Books in poor condition
• Family bibles
• Outdated textbooks
• Old encyclopedia sets
• Westerns except for L’Amour
• Adult series romances (Harlequin, etc.)
• Many book club editions
• Hardback fiction once the paperback is published
• Magazines
• Original software users manuals

Condition problems are the number one reason we pass on books.

No rips, tears, stains, or odors Our general guideline is that any title with a cover tear of more than a quarter of an inch or any title with multiple rips or tears to the edges will be passed on condition. Some books may not have obvious rips or tears but are still generally beaten up or in worn condition or may be covered in unsightly stickers or price markings from other stores. Books with tape repairs to any portion of the interior or exterior will also be passed on. For dust jackets, the same rule of thumb should apply albeit with a slightly less demanding eye, and it’s possible that we will keep a book at a lower bid even if the dust jacket is in poor condition. All of the above are reasons for books to be passed on.

Stains: Stains and/or water damage in the form of wavy pages or brittle pages that have since dried from a nasty fall into the tub are also reasons to reject a title regardless of how much or how little it affects the books. If any part of it has had liquid touch it, there’s no need for anyone else to touch it either. Odors: Books are made from organic materials that can and will pick up the scent of things around them. Poor storage such as in basements or garages can result in a musty, if not downright moldy, smell that won’t leave no matter how long you let it air out. Smoke or fragranced storage materials will also be absorbed by the paper and can’t be removed. Regardless of whether these books are in perfect condition otherwise, they can’t be saved and will be passed on.

No writing or highlighting (with the exception of an owner’s name written in front) Writing and/or highlighting of any kind won’t be accepted. This applies to any part of the book including its covers and dust jacket. Please check your books thoroughly before sending them.

No pages falling out or coming loose and no broken spines/bindings Please thumb through any book you are offering us. Beyond the obvious pages that may come loose in this process, you are looking to see if the book naturally falls open or stops at a certain section which is often the indication of a broken spine. Broken spines can also be spotted by noting white crease lines down the spine of a paperback title. Additionally, paperback books with a pronounced angle to their spine may also be passed on. You won’t be able to see a broken spine as easily from the exterior of a hardcover, but you’ll find the same internal symptoms as those described for the trade paperback above.

Mass Markets Due to the cheaper construction of mass market bindings, they will tend to have more condition issues than other titles. Always flip through the book first to check for loose pages. Any mass market title that has a pronounced crease in the spine should not be sent as this is most often a sign that the binding is broken or near enough to breaking that we may not be able to resell it again.

No Ex-Library or Book Club Editions No Advanced Reader Copies, Uncorrected Proofs, or books marked “Not for Resale” All hardcovers originally sold with a dust jacket must include the dust jacket Some titles are not issued with dust jackets, but these are few and far between and usually apply only to computer, technical (as in any higher math, science, engineering, or mechanics), and/or textbook titles. If an ISBN and barcode is printed on the rear cover of a book, this is often (although not always) an indication that a book was published without a dust jacket.

Accompanying media. CDs, DVDs, or any other additional inserts, maps, or the like must be included with any items sold. Please be sure to check that anything that originally came with a book is included with the book when it is shipped.

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Mulligan Books publishes…

The Mystic Horse Chronicle
Beverly Smith
Abandoned animal rescue, food, shelter, education, and communication research

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Cooperative Board Games

All Age Groups

What is a Co-operative Game?

Play as friends, not as enemies… Our games foster the spirit of co-operation. Players help each other climb a mountain, make a community, bring in the harvest, complete a space exploration… They are never against each other.

After all, the initial impulse to play a game is social; that is, we bring out a game because we want to do something together. How ironic then that in most games, we spend all our efforts trying to bankrupt someone, destroy their armies, in other words, to get rid of one another! We soon learn how to pick on the other person’s weaknesses in order to eliminate him or her from the game.

Let’s take an example… A simple, common party game for socializing youngsters illustrates our point. Musical Chairs fosters aggression and elimination. Played co-operatively (see our Games Manual), you will see how hugging replaces pushing, how ability and strength are used to help rather than push out of the way.

People of different ages and abilities should be able to play side by side, each making their best contribution. In a cooperative game, someone young and little can play with others older and bigger and not worry about being wiped out. We are all there at the end of it.

Some cautions… We don’t protect children from not making it to the summit or completing the space voyage. Our games are designed to offer realistic challenges. But the cultural habit of competing and confronting adversaries runs deep. Some players end up fighting the game itself. We suggest that you’ll get better results learning how to get along with Time, Winter, Gravity, and Mountains rather than fighting them.

Aside from all these serious considerations, some people just want to share an enjoyable and challenging time with friends. We feel that co-operative games will prove to be that friendly form of fun.

The challenge… In sum, games are used in various settings and for various reasons. Socialization, entertainment, academic learning, character growth, etc. Whatever your objective, we invite you to realize them by co-operative means. Parents and teachers trying to teach children to share, be kind to living things, and help others out often are troubled by games and recreation programs which undermine these values. Our games provide the opportunity to experience sharing and caring behavior. We simply don’t have enough of such experiences.

Localizing Heroes – Organic Farmers, Small Business Owners and Community Advocates

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I don’t use the Kindle or an e-reader. I can understand why if you’re on an airplane going around the world, you’d want a Kindle. But I think books are great technology. Once they’re produced they don’t use any energy. If their materials are decent and sound, and you take care of them, they’ll last forever. I like the feel of a book, I like to turn pages, I like to see print on paper. The pleasure of going into a bookshop, finding things you didn’t even know you were looking for, discovering things—that’s what we’re losing now. Everyone knows in advance what they want, and they order it online or download it. ~E.L. Doctorow

~ The book doesn’t have to have its battery warmed up, or a wi-fi hotspot to make it work, you can turn down its corners and skip ahead and then back; easier than scrolling. You can keep it on your shelf and consult it in an instant without tedious searching time. And, if it is a particularly good, dull book, you can see its spine hanging over your head, haunting you a little, urging you to read it … more readers have been seduced by spines (“I’ve got to read that Tolstoy”) than have been summoned by iStores. No, the book is a fabulous, seductive technology. ~Adam Gopnik ~

I would like to personally thank the following individuals for their love of books and continued support of Mulligan Books. -Dave

Bev, Cheryl, Evelyn, Eric, Cindi, Marlene, Kevin, William, Judy, Jeffrey, Stephanie, Ryan, Teff, Mary, Jason, Sherrie, Sheryl, Diana, Mike, Isa, Tom, Guinevere, Naoko, Yoshiki, Jessica, Jacquie, Mary Jo, Jennifer, Tim, Eddie, Jan, Dori, Kristie, Ginger, Liz, Paulette, Kip, Carol, Katrina, Bobby, Patricia, Nephele, Bob, Kay, Phyllis, Lucy, Dennis, Dave, Hal, Susan, Jana, Sid, Laurel, Cherie, Nansea, Mari, Lisa, Dara, Spencer, Alex, Poppy, Carole, Daniel, Molly, Trista, Kerry, Holly, Dot, Lily, Jackie, Ruth, Leeya, Els, Allen, Sid, Joe, Scott, Christina, Adriana, Mina, Julie, Phil, Jeanne, Lisa, Rachel, Dorotheya, Beverly, Annie, Janie, Greg, Jamie, Jeff, Pat, Mark, Erin, Ken, Elian, Eric, Linda, Lauren, Sallie, Tracie, Emily, Aaron, Forest, Griffin, Doug, Rebecca, Craig, Irene, Kelly, Patty, Theresa, Ansley, Stan, Terry, Sean, Janice, Eric, Tara, Maleek, Coleen, Ingrid, Jo-Ann, Wendy, Tom, Gail, Don, Sandi, Julia, Henry, Virgilia, Hannah, Will, Marlene, Dan, Sarah, Callie, Margaret, Janet, Tom, Gail, Chris, Cindi, Debra, Charity, Helen, James, Jimmy, Eric, Char, Gail, Kirth, Sean, Al, Brad, Dennis, Tom, Wynd, Bec, Ben, Bette, Anne, Dennis, Marty, Halie, Dan, Judy, Andrea, John, Kristine, Carl, Ellen, Leslie, Susan, Tim, Marci, Linda, Susan, Ike, Carol, Teresa, Jaime, Benj, Susan, Elaine, Kate, Patricia, Jerry, Robert, Mary Lou, Mary Anne, Howie, Krista, Rose, Kim, Star, Marvis, Ham, Maria, Margo, Ed, Michael, Jessica, Helen, Marion, Mary-Margaret, Lynda, Joe, Darca, Terry,  Ann, Marge, Carol, Wayne, Tara, Katie, Eagle, Yoli, Tarney, Jill, Leon, Hafsa, Terence, Stuart, Jan, Justin, Irene, Lynn, Mikell, Lenny, Fran, Diana, Rick, Catherine, Roberto, Ron, June, Will, Elizabeth, Jody, David, Martin, Cara, Charles…

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