OT: Book wanted (Program Development in Java)

[James Knott]

Henry Spencer wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> 
>>I'm interested in buying the book "Program Development in Java: Abstraction, 
>>Specification, and Object-Oriented Design.".  It's published by Addison 
>>Wesley, 2001.  Author is Barbara Liskov.
>>Unfortunately it's $85.99 and I don't like the idea of buying it without being
>>able to browse the book first...
> 
> 
> Technical books a few years old can be hard to find on a retail shelf. 
> Try the University of Toronto bookstore (College & St. George -- but they
> may be just a wee bit busy now since it's textbook time) or the World's
> Biggest Bookstore (just off Yonge a block above Dundas).  The former is
> not as good as it used to be but it's still useful; the latter has a lot
> of junk but also a fair number of decent books.
> 
> Alternatively, bear in mind that you can browse books in libraries.  The
> U of T Engineering and Computer Science library is fairly well stocked,
> and although you need a university connection to borrow from it, anyone
> can come in and browse in the stacks. 

Another possibility would be those book clearance stores, such as PC 
Maniac.  I've bought books newer than that from them.
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