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Book list from CUP.

Book list from CUP.

I have a habit for stopping myself from buying too many books in book stores: When I see a book that I want but am unsure about, I go “Oh that looks interesting” and take a photo of the book instead of buying it. I try to make sure when doing this I always buy at least one or two books so I don’t feel like I’m ripping the store off, but it curbs the worst of the spending spree impulse.

Anyway I was in Cambridge University Press book store yesterday. The following are the books I noted as looking interesting but probably available via my university library:

The books I actually bought were:

I’m currently about halfway through “Learn to write badly”. It’s both very interesting and not at all what it sounds like.