I'm enrolled in a couple of distance learning classes back in the US at a uni in Washington State. I'm knocking out about 30 credit hours of prerequisites that will assure me acceptance in whatever program of study I choose to enter with no hassle.
Anyways, this post is about getting text books here in Bangkok that I need for my classes. Where do you get your books? I've been down to Chula Books, they have 2 of the 5 that I need this quarter and they say the others are a month out on special order. That's not going to work as classes start in 2.5 weeks. I've also checked with DK books and they may have a better line on one of the 3 remaining books I need but still not the one stop shopping I was hoping for.
Hopefully those of you who have done distance learning already can offer some other suggestions for obtaining US text books here. As a last resort I will have them shipped from the uni's bookstore to my family's house who will then forward the books on to me in BKK. It will be quite expensive though, I hope it doesn't come to this.
Last edited by Eric; 15th June 2008 at 11:58.
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pm me what books you need. If they're available in ABAC's library I can borrow them and get them copied for you. Couple of hundred baht each to get books copied.
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Got two mates doing an OU over here....quite cheap and relatively easy it seems!!!
Eric....as with the contact lenses...I'm happy to help (if I can) with any stuff mailed over here.
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Thanks robi, excellent idea. I'm going to go ahead and list the books I need here in case others at good schools with good libraries, like ABAC, might be able to find some of them for me.Originally Posted by robitusson
1. Fundamentals of Oceanography, 5th Edition, by Keith A Sverdrup, Alyn C. Duxbury, Alison Duxbury
Publisher: McGraw Hill Higher Education; 5Rev Ed edition, March 1, 2005
ISBN-10: 0071117121 ISBN-13: 978-0071117128
2. Artforms, 8th Edition, by Patrick L. Frank, Duane Preble, Sarah Preble
Publisher: Prentice Hall, February 5, 2005
ISBN-10: 0131930818 ISBN-13: 978-0131930810
3. Hear Me Talkin' To Ya': The Story of Jazz By the Men Who Made It, by Nat & Nat Hentoff Shapiro
Publisher: Rinehart & Company, 1955
ISBN-10: 0486217264 ASIN: B000YI2XGW
4. Jazz: The First 100 Years (with Audio CD), 2nd Edition, by Henry Martin, Keith Waters
Publisher: Schirmer; 2 edition, March 2, 2005
ISBN-10: 0534628044 ISBN-13: 978-0534628048
5. Jazz: The First 100 Years CDs (2 CD set), by Henry Martin, Keith Waters
ISBN-10: 0534628060 ASIN: B000VEYRMW
I'll shout for beers or have anyone who can help with this over for a nice Italian dinner.
Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Eric; 4th June 2008 at 14:56. Reason: Edited after splitting from original thread.
Don't have it. They do have.
Essentials of oceanography. 1 2. The new world of the oceans : men and oceanography. 1 3. Oceanography. 3 4. Oceanography : an introduction. 2 5. Oceanography, a view of earth.
None of the other ones either actually. Sorry.
Try Thammasat. They'll copy books for you in the library itself. No need to borrow them.
Thanks robi, I'll try Thammasat.
Browse this list and see if any of the titles are any good to you.
Assumption University Library
Au Electronic & Digital Library : Online Catalogue
Last edited by Eric; 8th June 2008 at 11:08. Reason: Link fixed
Eric....have you tried Googling to see if they're on any torrents???
KK, I did try looking for a torrent of the audio CDs but I suppose some of these books could have been scanned and are now downloadable. Will give it a go.
This is a good thread before I diverted it looking for books so I'm going to split off the posts about the books to a new thread "Where to get text books for distance / online learning." in the resource pool.
^ Tozer downloads a lot of scanned in text books mate...worth a shot I reckon!!!
I have both Oxfords and McGraw Hills rep number if that will help. Direct cell phone lines.
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Sorry mate, I dunno who Tozer is. Can you put us in touch?
That might be very helpful but let me try to run down some other options first. Thanks!
Am finding some of the titles I need at Thammasat Rangsit campus library. Here's a link to their library web site:
Thammasat University Libraries
Here's a few more links that might be helpful for someone.
Kasetsart University Library Network
Chulalongkorn University Library
Mahidol University Library
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