Timely. Useful. Sometimes Cranky.

Mulligan Books


November 2009
Local Foods
as offered by
Scott and Holly Cratty’s
Westside Renaissance Market
Ukiah

Mulligan Windows – Bev Smith


Rent~Trade~Buy~Sell~Give
Books/CDs/DVDs
Board Games/Puzzles

More Bang For Your Book Buck

707-462-1555
eMail: mulliganbooks@pacific.net

For the Holidays
~Cooperative Board Games~
(see below)



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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Gently Used Books
Discounted New Books
Cooperative Board Games
All Used Books Rent $1/Week
Current Bestsellers Rent $2/Week

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Hours
Monday – Friday 10 – 6
Saturday 10 – 2
Sunday Usually Closed

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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

We specialize in:
Natural Health and Diet
Community Localizing/Transition
Back to the Land
Meaningful Work
Escapist/Trashy Fiction

 


~The Mulligan Deal~

 


Trade Credit Accounts

Drop off your books and we’ll take good care of them.

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

Use your Trade Credit to purchase or rent books in the store or special order.
No additional cash is required.

Give
Books you bring in that we can’t use,

you can pick back up, or we donate for you.
The hopelessly tattered, stained, used up, and unwanted are recycled.

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.

 


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

Gently Used Books
Half Price or Less

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

 


Shop Locally For Books


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.

Our discounts and your Trade Credit apply to all special order books.
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.

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

Thank you.
Dave Smith
Proprietor

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Dave, Proprietor of Mulligan Books, explains to customer, Jackson,
how 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, while waiting for jury duty at the
nearby courthouse, “to see what people are reading.”

 


Mulligan Books sponsors
Benj Thomas
Jazz Saturdays at 4
KMEC Local Power Ukiah
105.1 FM

 


Rent-A-Book Program

(2 week minimum)

-$1 a week-
Any Used Book

-$2 a week-
Current Hardbacks

(Double The Amount When Using Trade Credit)
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Current Hardback Bestsellers for rent

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest (Larsson)
[
American Pub Date 6/8/2010 - For Rent Now at Mulligan Books]

The Lost Symbol (Brown)

The Lacuna (Kingsolver)

Under The Dome (King)

Superfreakonomics (Levitt/Dubner)

What The Dog Saw (Gladwell)

Outliers (Gladwell)

Blink (Gladwell)

The Tipping Point (Gladwell)

Nine Dragons (Connelly)

An Echo In The Bone (Gabaldon)

Edgar Sawtelle (Wroblewski)

Blood’s A Rover (Elroy)

Pursuit Of Honor (Flynn)

South of Broad (Conroy)

The Angel’s Game (Carlos Ruiz Zafon)

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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
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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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  1. Nice Work. I’d sure like to visit your book store. I graduated from Ukiah High School in 1964. Moved to my grandfather’s farm in Arkansas in 1973. Haven’t been to Ukiah in 30 years but I got real excited when I saw your ad on organictobe.org. I always wanted to bring my kids and show them where I grew up but you get a farm going and the animals are out there every day and travel just doesn’t work out. Mendocinoland is a beautiful world. Now I prune the berries and milk the goats and work on GreenShade. Save electricity by shading airconditioned spaces. See solarincome.com.
    And I’ve never had a TV….. with all those good books to read……. Aubrey (Joe) Enoch

  2. Holy Shit Dave. I just read on and found out you’re THAT Dave Smith. I’ve got a Smith & Hawkin hand weeder thats about 25 years old that is on the dash board of my golf cart (battery power works) so I can just grab it and go to work. When I’m on my knees making things right with that weeder I’m the poster boy for “It doesn’t get any better than this”. Thank you Sir ……….Joe Enoch