"I tried returning them," Elias said, leaning against a stack of NIVs. "The shipping cost more than the books. I’m a librarian of a very specific, very repetitive library." "Give them away," she suggested.
The next week, Marcus showed Elias a page. He hadn’t read the verses; he had drawn over them. He used the narrow margins to sketch intricate designs of chairs and tables—the things he wanted to build again. buy bibles in bulk
Elias tried. He left a stack at the park; they were gone in an hour. He left a box at the bus stop; it vanished by noon. He started leaving them in "Little Free Libraries," then at the local hospital, then at the prison outreach center. "I tried returning them," Elias said, leaning against