Daily Archive for September 10th, 2009

These are the book and audio packages for two of the languages in the Routledge Colloquials language learning series, namely (Mandarin) Chinese and Persian. I’ve thrown out the boxes, but kept the contents. I don’t know why they ship in such unnecessary large containers with so much empty space, but I guess it’s partly to protect the contents during shipping, and partly so that buyers feel that they’re getting their money’s worth. The boxes do look quite impressive sitting on a bookshelf, although they’re an enormous waste of real estate… » [Expand post]« [Collapse post] [Permalink]