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Some - many? - years ago, I joined a book club called the Library of Science. Its offerings were what the name suggests, and over time I have purchased quite a number of books from them. Not too many years ago, the club was purchased by Scientific American, and renamed the Scientific American Book Club. In my judgment, the club (like the magazine it is now named for) has deteriorated, and I am no longer inclined to remain with it. However....
Like many such clubs, SABC offers Bonus Points; every purchase of a book at regular club price earns points, which may be used to buy further books at a lower price. Needless to say, I've piled up a lot of Bonus Points, and my personal ideal of thrift demands that I use them. So, for the past while, every time the catalog has arrived I've leafed through it, looking for something to expend Bonus Points on. These are, almost by definition, impulse buys; I've obtained a number of books that I wouldn't have looked for but whose descriptions looked interesting.
One of these, and the real topic of this post, is Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems, by Paul Selden and John Nudds, which I review under the cut.
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Like many such clubs, SABC offers Bonus Points; every purchase of a book at regular club price earns points, which may be used to buy further books at a lower price. Needless to say, I've piled up a lot of Bonus Points, and my personal ideal of thrift demands that I use them. So, for the past while, every time the catalog has arrived I've leafed through it, looking for something to expend Bonus Points on. These are, almost by definition, impulse buys; I've obtained a number of books that I wouldn't have looked for but whose descriptions looked interesting.
One of these, and the real topic of this post, is Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems, by Paul Selden and John Nudds, which I review under the cut.
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