I am sorry that my travails with course books have turned into such a
mailbox-cluttering, major issue in this forum.
Let me point out that I did NOT find Roderick Phillips' intervention
"offensive", just inappropriate as a matter for general publication to the
world at large.  I did not use the word "offensive", and am not the sort of
brute who would fire off accusations like that, about someone I do not
know, to the entire community.
Naturally I have continued to do everything possible at this end to track
down my textbooks, and my trusty bookstore owner has been successful in
finding them in New Jersey, as has subsequently been posted from other
sources.
Things are looking up, and I hope that we can revert to discussing the
content of books, rather than the difficulty of obtaining them.
Best wishes,
Geoffrey Giles





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