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Originally Posted by jswinden
If you cannot find the book then you should tell your professor. Shame on professors for requiring books that cannot be purchased or located for use..
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She already said she chose the topic/book, not her professor.
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Originally Posted by jswinden
Have you looked in the college library? I think a book that old should be in a decent college library. Students cannot afford to be choosy, they need to get their information in whatever format they can find it, and sometimes that means reading a borrowed library book..
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...and you think she hasn't tried? She did get a scanned copy.
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Originally Posted by jswinden
As far as availability of certain books in foreign lands, Amazon perhaps has their own policies. I suspect the reason has more to do with USA and foreign laws and with the publisher's policies than it does with Amazon's policies. Don't forget that Romania was a communist country with a dictator not that many years ago, so I wouldn't be surprised if the USA highly restricts what can and cannot be traded there. True many years have passed since then, but USA policies often take decades to reflect those changes. For example, the Cuba missile crisis occurred 50 years ago and yet we (in the USA) still have a lot of trade restriction with Cuba..
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How did we get from changing the format of an ebook to the Cuban missile crisis?
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Originally Posted by jswinden
Bottomline is that the book is most likely available in Romania in some legal format. You just need to get off you backside and go find it. A huge part of being a student is to learn how to find and use the information you need.
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I don't think the OP was looking for another Dad to pontificate at her!
So if I can sum up your reply... 'yell at your professor, don't be lazy, learn some history, and get your a$$ in gear'. I'm sure she found that helpful!
Hey moderators, anyway we can end this thread?