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What are the best free "e-books" available online?
GeronL

Posted on 09/26/2009 7:41:33 PM PDT by GeronL

For someone who might have missed some classics or have just decided to stop being a DUmmie... what free ebooks would you recommend?

From any source, could be from Mises "library" or from Gutenberg.

Links if you got them!


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Thanks. And conservative leaning ebooks are very much appreciated.
1 posted on 09/26/2009 7:41:33 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

http://www.scribd.com do a search of differnt topics and see what comes up.


2 posted on 09/26/2009 7:46:08 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Romak 7.62X54MM, AK47 7.62X39MM, LARGO 9X23MM, HAPINESS IS A WARM GUN BANG BANG YEA YEA)
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To: GeronL

Take your pic from almost 30,000 volumes. Some in HTML (with pics) and some in .txt format.

All free downloads.

If you like classic literature, history or unusual books this is the place.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Good Example:

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds -by Mackay

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/dvii.html

The Mississippi scheme — The south-sea bubble — The tulipomania — The alchymists — Modern prophecies — Fortune-telling — The magnetisers — Influence of politics and religion on the hair and beard — The crusades — The witch mania — The slow poisoners — Haunted houses — Popular follies of great cities — Popular admiration of great thieves — Duels and ordeals — Relics.


3 posted on 09/26/2009 7:47:42 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may. -Sam Houston)
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To: GeronL

http://manybooks.net/authors/randayn.html

Ayn Rand Anthem


4 posted on 09/26/2009 7:48:26 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: GeronL

If you have a Touch/iPhone-

http://www.lexcycle.com/


5 posted on 09/26/2009 7:48:38 PM PDT by seton89
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To: GeronL

The Bible.

Also see http://www.conservativebooks.com or http://www.bamm.com.

Read the speeches of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. They’re online.


6 posted on 09/26/2009 7:51:41 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: GeronL

Unless you’re a regular user of the library, here’s a little-known secret: Your local library probably has scads of “free” ebooks. Anyone in Texas can get a library card at the Houston Public Library and probably other large city libraries. The amount of info online, including ebooks and research material (old newspapers), is phenomenal.

I await other responses to your inquiry.


7 posted on 09/26/2009 7:52:34 PM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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Whatever you do, stay away from Ayn Rand. It will rot your brain. There used to be a site called Gutenberg Press that had a lot of free books. Not sure if still there. I think that is where I discovered The Song Of Hiawatha wasn’t just the “by the shores of gitcheegoome” poem. If you can find it, The True Believer, by Eric Hoffer(?) is to die for.

parsy, who is way behind on his reading


8 posted on 09/26/2009 7:52:57 PM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: GeronL

Here’s link. 30,000 of em.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

parsy, who found it!


9 posted on 09/26/2009 7:54:17 PM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: GeronL

I don’t read a lot but noticed just about all the classics are available from multiple sources for free reading. I also just noticed the other day that the Sherlock Holmes stories are also online.


10 posted on 09/26/2009 7:55:14 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: GeronL

http://www.bartleby.com/


11 posted on 09/26/2009 7:55:36 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: parsifal

lol!


12 posted on 09/26/2009 7:55:46 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Jet Jaguar

I definitely have Anthem!


13 posted on 09/26/2009 7:56:11 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: parsifal
Whatever you do, stay away from Ayn Rand. It will rot your brain. ...If you can find it, The True Believer, by Eric Hoffer(?) is to die for.

LOL - Ayn Rand writes about not becoming what Hoffer calls a True Believer!

14 posted on 09/26/2009 7:56:13 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

! did not know about bartleby and scribd


15 posted on 09/26/2009 7:57:05 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: combat_boots

Reagan is THE man!


16 posted on 09/26/2009 7:57:28 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Auntie Mame

I did not know that Auntie Mame. I just bought a new 4GB flashcard too!


17 posted on 09/26/2009 7:58:05 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: parsifal

D*mb *ss parsifal! Texas fossil already had it linked. Next time, read some of the replies BEFORE you make an idiot out of yourself!

parsy, the red-faced


18 posted on 09/26/2009 7:59:18 PM PDT by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: GeronL

Order a cheap copy of Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater from Amazon. I started with it in 1962 and the rest is history.


19 posted on 09/26/2009 7:59:19 PM PDT by PaleoBob
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To: GeronL

http://warezun.com/ebooks-tutorials/699311-ebook-earth-abides-george-r-stewart-1949-a.html

Earth Abides by George Stewart is a great one.


20 posted on 09/26/2009 7:59:48 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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