Amazon Delivers

Ordered some books from Amazon late last month hoping to get them in before the end of the financial year to claim tax deductions. Only two books shipped and were charged to my credit card before the end of the financial year and they were:

Barfield, O. 2002, History in English Words, Lindisfarne Books. [Paperback, US$9.31]

Vince, J. 2001, Mathematics for Computer Graphics Fast, Springer. [Paperback, US$16.97]

The shipping for this order ended up being US$12.31, definitely not worth the money to ship just a couple of paperbacks. I've got another four books on the way and they're all hardcover so the shipping should be a reasonable fraction of total price. Still should remember to ship the books all at the same time to save on the shipping charge for each order.

The books arrived in reasonable condition albeit slightly dog earred. History in English Words is a fascinating read although it can get a bit tedious due to the archaic language and idioms as it was published in the 1950s. The maths book is a useful reference although I did hope it might be a bit more depth but what can you expect from a book with fast in its title.