I apologize for not noticing that a query I had made to one of my associates (about how I could do the ordering myself) had not been returned, so the task fell off my radar. I have just now delegated the entire task for providing these books to my able and capable operations manager, and the books should be on their way shortly.
Sorry about that. Perhaps I'm juggling too many things. {sigh}
update: Argh, just heard back that O'Reilly is closed until the new year for ordering! My timing is apparently ugly.