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6618085 No.6618085 [Reply] [Original]

Why the fuck are Cambridge books so expensive? Oxford books are usually like $10-20 while Cambridge books are like $80+ minimum

Its especially apparent with history books

Oxford :
http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-Greece-Hellenistic-World/dp/0192801376

Cambridge : http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0521228042/ref=mp_s_a_1_13?qid=1433091619&sr=8-13&pi=AC_SX110_SY165&keywords=cambridge+ancient+history

>> No.6618096

because oxford is garbage for the poor unwashed masses

that is to say, pretty well suited for the likes of you

>> No.6618114

>>6618096
>you need to buy overpriced books to not be a pleb

Leave. Your presence is lowering the intelligence of this whole board

>> No.6618146

>>6618085

Is there really that much content to write about between the years 525-479 BC? 946 pages? really?

>> No.6618216

Oxford is the cool guy who all the chicks dig, he's smart; cool and hip; attractive but humble; and he doesn't give a damn what doc thinks. Cambridge is just that nerdy kid who sits in the canteen on his own, and pretends to be on his phone when he walks past people.

>> No.6618321

>>6618085
use libgen
heres your cambridge book:
http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=DA84B6DD58179B4247CDCC581D285766

>> No.6618326

>>6618096
Cambridgian spotted i guess?

>> No.6618685

>>6618085
Ugh, yes, I wish they were much more reasonably priced.

I'd love to get the series on the Middle Ages. I suppose $60/book (in paperback) for that set still isn't outrageous.

>> No.6618738

>>6618685
libgen has most of them too, unless you mean you want paperbacks

>> No.6619116

>>6618146
People have written books about single events... 946 pages on a few decades is a brief summary compared to that.

>> No.6619490

Speaking of overpriced books, how is the Cambridge Companion series? I was actually thinking of picking up the companions to Don DeLillo and Thomas Pynchon.

>> No.6619735

>>6618738
They are available at libraries near me, though I would like to own them since they are huge and a great reference.

>> No.6620660

>>6618096
>herp derp *POOOOOOOOOOOOOOT*

Fucking moron.

>> No.6621263

>>6619490
they can be sampled online I think. Read a few and see before buying. They aren't cheap.