What I actually did about my textbooks

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Course	Book Title	Author	ISBN	Bookstore Price (New)	What I Did
CH E 243	Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach	Cengel, Yunus A.	0073107689	$149.35	Borrowed from friend
CME 265	Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes (with Workbook)	Felder, Richard M.	0471720631	$144.00	Bought new
ENGL 199	The Little, Brown Compact Handbook	Aaron, Jane E.	0321235835	$45.85	Bought new
	Kitchen Confidential	Bourdain, Anthony	0747553556	$19.95	Bought new
MAT E 256	Elements of X-Ray Diffraction	Cullity, B. D.	0201610914	$182.90	Bought used from bookstore, $137.20
	Physical Metallurgy Principles	Reed-Hill, Robert E.	0534921736	$139.40	Bought new
MATH 201	Fundamentals of Differential Equations	Nagle, R. Kent	0321145720	$136.55	Bought from Nick, $85
	Fundamentals of Differential Equations - Solutions Manual	Nagle, R. Kent	0321173198	$39.45	Borrowed from forgottenlord
SOC 366	Work, Industry & Canadian Society	Krahn, Harvey J.	0176169482	$56.05	Bought used from Subtitles, $42.00
(taxes extra) Total:				$913.50	$613.40
				Saved:	$300.10

I rock! All of the books I bought used are in as-new condition.