Donations: Books The Prison Book Project maintains an inventory of donated books that we receive from individuals and through book drives organized on our behalf. If you would like to donate books or to organize a book drive for us, please contact us at prisonbookproject@riseup.net, or 413-584-8975 ext. 208. PLEASE do not mail books to our post office box without contacting us first. NOTE that due to prison regulations, we can only accept soft cover books with intact front and back covers. No hard cover books, please. Dictionaries continue to be the books that prisoners request most often. You or your group might consider donating a case of English or Spanish-English dictionaries to us. We also welcome gift cards to local bookstores, particularly Food for Thought Books in Amherst! We are always in need of these books: Dictionaries (English and Spanish/English) and Thesauri GED study guides African and African-American, Asian and Asian-American, Latino/a and Latin/a-American, and Native-American fiction, history, and studies How to start a business How to and repair manuals (automotive, carpentry, electric, HVAC) How to draw and paint Fantasy, science fiction, and westerns Spirituality and religion, particularly Buddhism, Paganism, and Wicca Drug and alcohol addiction recovery Yoga and meditation Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender fiction, history, and studies