I had a textbook about Animal Flight Mechanics in my wishlist for 2 years. It is a fantastic book with lots of color pictures, but the text could have used a better editor, or two, so it went out of print. Being the only dedicated book on it's subject, it became highly sought-after by us enginerds, and the price shot up into the hundreds.
Fast forward two years, and I bought it last week from a used bookstore in DC that sells on Amazon. Price? $1.99 plus $5 s+h.
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Date: 2010-01-21 01:43 am (UTC)There's always hope
Date: 2010-01-21 01:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-21 04:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-21 04:53 am (UTC):wants:
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Date: 2010-01-21 08:25 am (UTC)I had a textbook about Animal Flight Mechanics in my wishlist for 2 years. It is a fantastic book with lots of color pictures, but the text could have used a better editor, or two, so it went out of print. Being the only dedicated book on it's subject, it became highly sought-after by us enginerds, and the price shot up into the hundreds.
Fast forward two years, and I bought it last week from a used bookstore in DC that sells on Amazon. Price? $1.99 plus $5 s+h.
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Date: 2010-01-21 03:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-21 03:31 pm (UTC)Jumping spider, right? So, so cute!
(Yes, I think jumping spiders are cute. Sue me... :-P They wash their feet like cats. All 8 of them. It made me squee. :-)