Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Welcome to the Bookshed Volunteer Project

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  • WELCOME to the Amherst Bookshed
  • Bienvenue a le Amherst Bookshed
  • Bienvenidos al Bookshed de Amherst
  • مرحبا بكم في كشك أمهرست للكتب

Welcome to the Amherst Bookshed a space for reading about literature hosted at the Amherst bookshed at the Amherst Recycling Center in Amherst, MA.


Bienvenue a le Bookshed de Amherst un endroit pour le lecture disponible dans le Amherst Bookshed pour le Centre de Recyclage dans Amherst, MA.


Bienvenidos al Bookshed de Amherst un espacio para leer de literatura disponible en el Amherst Bookshed por el Centro de Reciclar de Amherst, MA.

This is a collaboration project initiated by Amherst Outreach Program, a ServiceNet program, as part of its community outreach activities in Amherst.
In addition to have more free books available for readers in the area especially students, the goal of this project is expected to help in the recycling program of Reduce/Reuse/Recycle the city has pioneered over the years.

This project is registered as part of the global movement '350.Org' to reduce the Carbon Emission (see http://www.350.org/node/10930)

How the Book-shed Project works:
Every two weeks our team of volunteers (five, so far) will pay a visit to the Book Recycle Ctr and decide on what books to have on the assigned shelves for this project. For example, in the coming 2 weeks, the theme will be Education; Nature; Food (we have 3 assigned shelves).
The second step is to announce the books we have in our section here on this Blog and circulate widely so more people be aware of it and able to go pick them.
After 2 weeks on the shelve and if was not picked up by any of the readers, the book sadly will go to its final grave and get made into recycled paper.

So, we encourage you to share this Blog among your network and let them be aware of the diverse free books waiting for them!



Blog Maintainers
Eddie, David, Brandon & Mohamed
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Here are brief review for one of the books available now @ the Bookshed:
* Moodswing: Dr. Fieve on Depression: The Eminent Psychiatrist Who Pioneered the Use of Lithium in America Reveals a Revolutionary New Way to Prevent Depression Book Description (http://www.enotalone.com/article/19010.html)


Fifteen years ago, this groundbreaking book provided new hope for those whose lives were devastated by moodswings and depression. Now, in this newly revised and updated edition, Dr. Ronald R. Fieve, the pioneer in the treatment of depression in America, offers an even brighter prognosis. Major advances in drug therapy have provided dramatic chemical "cures" that alleviate symptoms faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost that ever before.

In this revised and expanded Moodswing, Dr. Fieve sheds new light on the causes and symptoms of specific mood disorders, including manic depression, seasonal depression, and PMS. Then, through case studies, he illustrates the effective use of the latest diagnostic methods and drug treatments. He also provides fascinating information on:

Why creative types are often prone to manic-depressive disorders - the results of a fifteen-year follow-up study.

How manic depression, alcoholism, and substance abuse go hand in hand.

How presidents, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights, and Wall Street wizards can benefit from "manic advantage," but crumble when their moods crash.

The revolutionary uses of one of psychiatry's greatest wonder drugs: lithium, as well as new material on the latest antidepressant drugs.
The teenage and adult suicide is on the upswing and what friends and family can do to prevent it.

Why traditional psychoanalysis in the treatment of depression is, in many cases, no longer necessary.
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P.S
During our weekly visit to the Bookshed site @ Amherst Recycling Ctr we found good indicators to the success of this project. The following books were gone from Bookshed assigned shelves:



  • Self and Society: A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology
  • The End of History and the Last Man
  • Landscape Design Software
  • Techniques and Materials of Tonal Music (Hardcover)
  • The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry
  • Learn French the Fast and Fun Way!
  • Sexuality and Homosexuality: A New View
  • Sexual Preference, Its Development in Men and Women
  • Annual Review of Sociology. Volume 5, 1979.
  • Education of Exceptional Learners Second Edition
  • The Tofu Cookbook
  • 1001 All-Natural Secrets to a Pest-Free Property -
  • Ego psychology theory and practice
  • Healing Heart, Antidotes to Panic and Helplessness
  • Infant Psychiatry: A New Synthesis
  • The History of Lesbian Hair
  • Moodswing: Dr. Fieve on Depression: The Eminent Psychiatrist Who Pioneered the Use of Lithium in America Reveals a Revolutionary New Way to Prevent Depression
  • Attacking Anxiety & Depression A comprehensive, cognitive behavioral based solution fostering strength, character and self-empowerment Includs Sessions 1-15 (CD AUDIO BOOKS) (Attacking Anxiety & Depression, 1-15) (Audio CD)
  • Diversity and Unity in Early North America (Rewriting Histories)
  • Drugs and the Human Body
  • VICE VERSA: Bisexuality and the Eroticism of Everyday Life
  • Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal
  • Fitness Is Religion: Keep the Faith
  • Ethnomusicology, Vol 49, Number 1, Winter 2005
  • Social Environment and Human Behavior: A Diversity Perspective
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