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lchemy e-books The text is plain, but an amazing array of illustrations on this unusual site more than compensates. Includes hundreds of online texts and articles, plus thousands of images, symbols and emblems. Most works are in English, but six other languages are also represented. A huge site, from alchemy authority Adam McLean. (NB: Alchemy was a mystical proto-science based on philosophical longings. The truly scientific parts of alchemy are represented in modern day chemistry).
www.levity.com/alchemy/home.htmlAmerican Indian tales - Coyote Stories/Poems Native American stories from the American Indian Heritage Foundation, online in HTML.
www.indians.org/welker/coyote.htmAmericana
Earthbound - Stories from a Ghost Town Authentic period tales from Jerome, Arizona. A real treat, online in HTML, with great historical pictures.
www.jerometimes.com/earthbound.html
(Read about the fascinating story of Jerome itself at www.jerometimes.com/)Carole Mackin is a Montana writer who has short stories, poetry and an international contemporary novel available free for your reading pleasure, online in HTML at:
www.tofreeforall.info/Biography
Condensed Biography of Henry Ford Born in 1863 on his family's farm, Henry Ford had a natural talent for engineering, an astute business sense, and an entrepreneurial spirit that drove him to begin the Ford Motor Company and consequently become one of the great industralists of his era. This condensed e-book recommended by used cars mega site BuyYourCar.co.uk.
http://www.detroithistorical.org/main/pdfs/HenryFord.pdf
Books for Phones & iPods
Freebooks for phones
This text-to-phone site enables you to progressively download free classic literature, both novels and short stories (e.g. Poe, Verne, H.G. Wells, Conan Doyle, Brothers Grimm and many others) to your mobile phone (Am.=cell phone). You can also rotate the text to read in a more useful "landscape" format if desired. Moreover you can even request most of the books from Project Gutenberg.
www.tx2ph.comBooksInMyPhone
Hundreds of classic books to read on your mobile/cell phone. Most in the public domain, some with Creative Commons licences. Please consult the FAQ & Getting It Into Your Phone sections on how to use, & also check the terms and Conditions of Use.
www.booksinmyphone.comEbookhood This website allows you to convert texts, documents and webpages to the iPod Notes format, or to plain text, and share them. You can then read them on the iPod, mobile (cell) phones or other portable devices. An associated community has already converted hundreds of titles, an eclectic assortment viewable by author, title and language.
http://ebookhood.com/British Women Romantic Poets
Online editions of poetry by British and Irish women written (not necessarily published) between 1789 and 1832, a period traditionally known in English literary history as the Romantic period. A digital initiative of the University of California, Davis, from the Shields Library. Available in HTML, SGML or (since 2007) XML.
www.lib.ucdavis.edu/BWRPNew Business
Doing Business in Asia Ebook If you are interested in doing business in Asia either now or in the future, this succinct HTML e-book features suggestions and tips for success in one of the world's fastest growing and most important economic regions. Thanks to Webscout, provider of offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.
www.webscout.com/business-in-asia-ebook
Chemistry This useful site from Alexander Ragoisha of Byelorussia offers free full-text journals in Chemistry. Most are English language, with a section in Russian. Usually in HTML and/or PDF.
www.chemistry.bsu.by/abc/current/fulltext.htmChildren's/Young Adult Books
Links to a variety of famous classic titles for youth, available online.
www.bookspot.com/onlinebooks/childrens.htmChildren's Books Online: the Rosetta Project Children's illustrated literature. Hundreds of children's books online. Because of the high picture content, each page is presented as a separate image file (jpeg), or the whole book may be downloaded as a compressed (zip) file to read offline. In English, with some translated variously into Chinese, Farsi, Finnish, French, Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Maori, Polish, Romanian or Swedish. Handily separated into suitable age groupings. Wonderful pictures!
www.childrensbooksonline.org/library.htmErasmus James and the Galactic Zapp Machine. Erasmus (Raz for short) zaps across the galaxy in his dad's new invention, to a very strange world indeed. Kids aged 8+ should enjoy this fun-filled and imaginative tale, courtesy of board-shorted Oz author DC Green. In PDF format.
www.barrelbooks.com/Comics
Free daily comic strips with back archives. Related goodies for sale. But what happened to Ginger Meggs?
www.comics.comLots of e-freebies from DC. Wowee, they look amazing online! If Apple would only give me an iPad, it'd be perfect for this site...
www.dccomics.comComputing
Acrobatplanet Essentially a search engine with more, this site provides a search function plus indicated links (especially for technical computing works) and some featured items. For (mostly) serious books in many genres, in PDF format only.
Free Linux-related e-Books A comprehensive list of free Linux related e-books, available from multiple sources. This blog list originally compiled by the legendary "pavs". Invaluable for Linux fans.
http://www.acrobatplanet.com/
http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/learning-linux-2/Computer programming e-books, on a large range of topics including Abap, Java, Linux, Php, Oracle & Vb.net. In.pdf format. Note that you need to join the site, establish an account & supply personal details before downloading titles.
www.ebooknetworking.com See also www.downloadfreepdf.com/Realtime Publishers offer some valuable free Windows titles in Microsoft .lit or Adobe PDF formats.("Real-time publishing" is the concept of posting a book as chapters/volumes are written, making up-to-the minute information available. You need to register to read the books - registered users will be notified via email when new chapters/volumes are added or existing content modified. Series include The Definitive Guides (for technical professionals), The Shortcut Guides (for the busy administrator and developer), and The Savvy Consumer Guides for consumers.
http://cc.realtimepublishers.com/Free Microsoft Technical books. Courtesy of Microsoft Press, free Microsoft VB, ADO.NET and .NET books are available here online.
www.techbooksforfree.com/microsoft.shtml
Cooking, Food & Beverages
The USENET Cookbook Main dishes, appetizers & snacks, bread/pasta, beverages, cookies or cakes, sauces, salads, soups, deserts, vegetable dishes etc. Vegetarian alternatives offered. Choose your units of measurement/temperature before proceeding to the Cookbook itself. Permission to copy all or part of this material without fee is granted, provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage. Copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. {Copyright (c) 1987 USENET Community Trust}.
www.lysator.liu.se/etexts/recept/main.html
Recipies at : http://recipes.eserver.org/ Be prepared for vegetarian bias in meat eaters recipes.Or take a look at this helpful foodies page:
http://fcs.tamu.edu/food_and_nutrition/micks-picks/cuisine.phpTripp Central Karen & Trevor provide a smorgasbrod of food-related links. An amazing food heaven. From Amish recipies & ancient Roman Dishes to Young Robert's Cajun Food, it's all here. www.trippcentral.ca/recipes.htm
e-Cookbooks.net. A number of free sample genre cookbooks are available from this commercial site, as pdfs for the Adobet Reader, plus at right lots of yummy individual recipies online in HTML.
www.e-cookbooks.netFarmer Dave's free lamb recipes Farmer Dave is a real Queensland outback farmer - and past Australian Big Brother contestant (2006). His website includes a select array of tried and tested lamb recipes under eight categories of preparation.
www.farmerdavedirect.com/New Quick and Easy Breakfasts Get the most out of the most important meal of the day with these eighteen delicious recipes, from the Lynn's Kitchen Adventures website. You need to subscribe with an email address; then a link to download the e-book will be forwarded to you with an update. Plus, and open to all directly, there are some scrumptious gluten-free recipes available free on this page of Lynn's site.
http://www.lynnskitchenadventures.com/free-quick-and-easy-breakfast-ebook
Legal Sector Jobs for AussiesCrime writing
Stiltjack One crime novel (in PDF and PRC) and one book of five short stories (in PDF, PRC/Mobi and ePub formats) available here, from British author Martin Cooper.
www.stiltjack.co.uk/Current Affairs
From prolific writer Shmuel (Sam) Vaknin: lively, controversial musings on issues in economics, politics, the Balkans, international affairs, history, psychology and more. Download as MS Word, RTF or PDF files.
http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html
Do-It-Yourself/ Home Improvement
DIY Guide to Better Homes Broad rather than deep in content, this guide from the US Home Services Directory nevertheless contains lots of handy tips across a wide range of issues affecting homes and their surrounds. In PDF format, to read online or save for offline use.
http://www.homeservicesengine.com/static/home_services_engine.pdf
E-book publishing This fledgling e-publisher/bookstore also offers some free inspirational/New Age titles, free covers for e-authors & a free e-book on drawing. In PDF or .exe formats at:
www.ebookpublishing.us/free.htmNew E-book library management Open Books: Your Guide to Calibre and eBook Management by Lachlan Roy. Thinking of using Calibre software (it's free!) to manage your free/non DRM e-book collection? This well-illustrated, 21 page guide is easy to understand and covers the basics effectively, with helpful broader background information too. In PDF format.
http://manuals.makeuseof.com.s3.amazonaws.com/MakeUseOf.com_-_Open_Book_Calibre.pdfEconomics The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) "groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy", and does extensive economic and social research. You can get some summary information from OECD publications free here (or pay for full texts as .pdf downloads, or order print copies from their bookshop).
http://new.sourceoecd.org/Education
Christo's lucky Dip English Teacher Resources Free text worksheets downloadable in Microsoft Word (.doc) format. This Australian site also includes many useful education links & other resources for secondary school teachers.
http://christopoulos.Chris.googlepages.com/As a protest against the exorbitant price of many textbooks, California Institute of Technology economist R. Preston McAfee has written his own free PDF e- text, Introduction to Economic Analysis (it can also be bought in printed form for a relatively modest US$30). Get it by clicking:
www.mcafee.cc/Introecon/IEA.pdf NB: This is a direct download - no preliminary page.Electronics ee.com A free technical library and professional community for electrical and electronics engineers. Contains over 5,600 documents in a variety of forms. Qualified contributions welcome. Resource areas include aerospace, analogue and digital design, biomedical technology, computer engineering, consumer electronics, digital signal processing, dsp, electric power, microprocessors, nanotechnology, magnetic & electro physics, jobs, meeting, business, research and development, semiconductors, telecommunication, vlsi. In PDF & PostScript. Members need to register, but visitors are also welcomed.
http://www.electronics-ee.com/Electronics-directory.phpEnglish language reference
English dictionary for Word Games. Over 320,000 references & still growing, with both US and British spellings. On this minimalist (no frills) website you can look up words alphabetically or by search. From Mike Harding.
www.english-dictionary.us/English to American Dictionary. Prepared by a Scot who has spent some time in the USA, this fine work helps puzzled British English speaking people understand American expressions better, and vice versa.
http://english2american.com/Etymology. The Online Etymology Dictionary. In HTML. This valuable, attractively presented resource is from historian and author Douglas Harper.
www.etymonline.com/Macmillan Dictionary. This helpful offering from the major publisher Macmillans provides a search box facility where you can find the meaning of any word in the English language. There's also an "Open Dictionary" feature for suggesting new expressions you believe are currently in use, and a blog for general English language comments. At:
www.macmillandictionary.com
English Literature and Classics
BookGlutton A "social reading" website with unique features, like contextual chat. Registration required. You can select a book or join a group reading a particular title (there are over 1,000 free, mostly classic public domain titles available, including lots of sci-fi. Access to other titles can be purchased). For online reading only, in HTML. The reader interface can now can be resized to fit a wide range of screen sizes.
http://bookglutton.com/Elibron Over eight hundred e-books online in plain text, in English plus nineteen other European languages. Also versions for PC/Mac or for Palm, Visor & PocketPC. Free; with paperback and other versions also available for purchase.
www.elibron.com/english/lists/free_ebook.phtmlNew Globusz Digital Library A significant and growing collection of modern free e-books, Globusz offers aspiring authors a distribution platform for their latest works and readers the chance to enjoy them free*, thanks to authorial & publisher generosity. You may also give feedback direct to the author. For reading online in your browser, or download as an .exe file. There are more than 20 broad-ranging categories & genres, including a few classic authors. This entry thanks to Offices.net, a provider of New York Office Space and Executive Suites .
*NB: please be aware that these books are NOT copyright-free, and your use is restricted to private reading only.
http://www.globusz.com/Literature Post A collection of 825 classic books, plays, stories and poems for online reading.
Over seventy authors are represented. In plain text.
www.literaturepost.comNew Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes's most important work and one of the most influential philosophical texts produced during the seventeenth century, rigorously argues that civil peace and social unity are best achieved by the establishment of a commonwealth through social contract. Available under a Creative Commons Licence, and thanks to Senior Systems Analyst Steve Thomas of Adelaide University for the HTML rendering.
http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hobbes/thomas/h68l/chapter10.htmlNewFreeBooks New e-books released free online by their own authors. Genres include mystery, romance, saga, self-help & historical novels. Please respect any usage guidelines.
http://newfreebooks.com/PublicBookshelf Free romance novels of every type (including currently popular vampire romance). Some non-fiction. Over 525 novels here, hot to historical, epic to inspirational. Classics and some modern works represented. For online reading in chapters. Author opportunities too.
www.publicbookshelf.com/Virtual Imprint A select catalogue of free original and classic fiction. Available for download in
MS Reader, Adobe Reader ( PDF), .pdb (Palm), & sometimes other formats, or to read online in your Web browser (in their Virtual Imprint WebBook format - a simple but bookmarkable double page layout.
www.virtualimprint.com/catalog.shtmlShmoop A buzzy resource for students, and perhaps a crib for teachers too, especially for writing and evaluating essays and book reviews in literature, US history & civics, biography, economics and music. Bright and breezy (& still officially in beta), Shmoop is a bit slick & facile, but useful for gaining ideas you can enlarge upon. Mobile versions/apps are available for the iPhone, Kindle, Nook & Sony Reader.
http://www.shmoop.com/A number of famous Irish literary works available free to download as text or RTF files, also some
HTML short stories to read online. Yes, all of the following famous "English" authors were actually Irish - George Bernard Shaw, Bram Stoker (author of Dracula), Jonathan Swift, J.M.Synge, Oscar Wilde.
www.ireland-information.com/irishliterature.htmBrennan Emerson's short stories, philosophy, and some poetry as the title King Marcine. Available as a free PDF download, or purchase a print copy, at:
www.lulu.com/content/149000The Literary Encyclopedia More than a thousand scholars have contributed to this huge
Web reference work, focused on literature in English and the people who have written it. With thousands of entries and over ten million words, there's any amount to learn here about writers, literary works and related topics, plus numerous links to further information.
www.litencyc.com/
Gardening
Online Botanical Illustrations For plant & garden lovers and home craft enthusiasts. This lavishly illustrated short book also contains a wealth of supporting hyperlinks. If you have a slow dial-up connection, be warned that it's a 1.1 MB PDF file. Other free titles available here are The Dog-Scaped Yard , Backyard Wedding Makeover, and Holiday Gifts & Decorating Ideas from the Crafter's Garden. All as PDFs.
www.moplants.com/eBooks.phpHow to care for your lawn This brief but helpful British e-book is split up into seven separate online PDF files, each covering a major issue such as lawn establishment, lawn maintenance scheduling, and turf troubleshooting. You may also save each PDF chapter to your PC or mobile device, from the base of the book's webpage at:
www.onlineturf.co.uk/static/turf-ebook.aspNew Beginner Gardening Advice Prominent gardener Doug Green recently asked his readers 'What was the best advice they would give to a new beginning gardener?' Here are their responses, collated into a 24 page e-book of useful and practical advice and sound precepts. Suggested by flowers provider SimplyThankYou.com, this is a large (2.4MB), vividly illustrated PDF file. Gardening teaches patience, care and persistence, helps keep you sane, and provides wonder and delight for many people. Download Doug's worthy e-book from the link at:
www.douggreensgarden.com/free-gardening-ebook.html
General Reference
AllRefer.com Provides a free encyclopedia (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, from the Columbia University Press) & gazetteer, medical encyclopedia & other valuable reference resources.
Thousands of articles available here in HTML, with useful links to related topics.
www.allrefer.comDictionaries of 14 languages - English, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish &Vietnamese. As word searches online. Also specialised dictionaries including Computers, Law, Science; even Bible, rhyming, dream interpretation and slang dictionaries.
www.online-dictionary.net/start.htm/
History
Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
How have the states of Europe changed from century to century in the last two millenniums?
Check it out in the 21 maps of this atlas. Some interesting Roman features too, and photo goodies to boot.
www.euratlas.com/summary.htmFree history and philosophy audio books, in mp3 format. Broaden your horizons on your ipod or other Mp3 player These range from Plato to Karl Marx, with an emphasis on works by or on famous American figures from yesteryear. The site name comes from Benjamin Franklin's literary club, called The Junto.
www.ejunto.org/New Historical Text Archive Since 1990, this historical text repository has grown to feature 72 history e-books, plus 757 articles. Many useful links are also available. Books are presented online by chapter, in plain text.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/books.php
Hobbies
Paper and Printing Recipes (and more) This brief but fascinating 1883 text by J. Sawtelle Ford includes contents much broader than the title. It contains nearly two hundred technical solutions to numerous practical issues, from commonplace ones involving paper, inks and printing, to exotic techniques for working with a large range of art or craft materials. From glues to gilding, from preserving pencil marks to engraving Mother of Pearl, they're all here. While some techniques have been superseded, many are still useful and instructive. However, avoid those containing dangerous chemicals unless you are thoroughly trained or experienced in handling the same. Recommended by Custom Printing Custom Greeting Cards . Online in HTML for your Web browser, at:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32400/32400-h/32400-h.htm
Home & Furnishings
Furniture
This US site offers quality furniture at keen discount prices. Check the listing below for their free e-books, including an Illustrated History of Furniture (in HTML for your browser), and other goodies to come.
https://www.thefurniturewarehouse.net/t-ebooks.aspxHow-To Books
James Abela Mini-Guides
How to write a report; do academic study; and design a good presentation With PowerPoint. Three useful free "Guides to" mini-books. Online, and/or as PDFs to download. Other helpful links too. Thanks, James.
www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/reportwriting.html
www.jamesabela.co.uk/exams/studybook.html
www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/PowerPoint.htmlHow To Books (formerly Webooks)
This UK website offers over 150 useful free e-books, for reading online in chapters in HTML. Topics are in the business, education, finance, lifestyle, property and travel areas. They also sell PDF download versions, and printed copies. Brief related articles are featured for many of the books.
www.howto.co.uk/New Inspiration This website offers a select range of pithy, inspirational quotes to motivate your day, give you cause for reflection or pass on to a friend. Arranged by more than 25 subjects, such as leadership, goals, teamwork, encouragement, love and sympathy. There's something for everyone here.
www.inspirationalspark.com/
Internet Marketing
Sally's ebooks has free Internet marketing e-books, plus a few sweeteners (literally so, e.g. chocolate, ice-cream & pudding recipes). Presented as zipped files for downloading and reading offline.
www.sallys-ebooks.co.uk/royal/down.htmlFree-ebook.biz
This recent site has mutated, & now offers links to numerous disparate e-book sources, some offering some free books and others just selling them. Find the freebies where you can.
www.free-ebook.biz
Mathematics
The Electronic Library of Mathematics contains free online journals, article collections, and
monographs in the field of mathematics, plus some mathematical software. View on-line in HTML, or, with a fast connection, download texts as .pdfs for offline use ( NB: these can be very large files). Since 1996; a generous resource from Germany.
www.emis.de/ELibEMS.htmMathWorld. A comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, maths enthusiasts and researchers. Claimed to be the Web's most complete maths resource. Online in HTML.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/"Pseudocolor in Pure and Applied Mathematics", a free on-line e-book in progress with source code by Douglas C. Youvan. In HTML for your Web browser.
www.youvan.com/Mathematics e-books, free under restricted licence. Please read the terms and conditions carefully. Free to students using these books for their own study, or for teachers under certain limited circumstances (payment required otherwise). Titles include Basic Concepts of Mathematics, Mathematical Analysis I, & An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. As PDFs for download.
www.trillia.com/products.htmlRadio Frequency e-Books A good place to start with this topic, via a downloadable PDF (a large file).
www.ebook3000.com/An-Introduction-to-Radio-Frequency-Engineering_23432.html
Mechanics
Classic Mechanic e-Books A comprehensive Classical Mechanics e-book repository, featuring downloadable course files, notes and lectures. View online, or download as PDFs. Recommended by Used Car Expert, provider of used car prices, and the Warranty Expert, provider of up-to-date car warranty information.
www.freebookcentre.net/Physics/Classical-Mechanics-Books.html
Medicine
Medical Dictionary Online. "A free online medical dictionary search engine for definitions of medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare equipment, health conditions, medical devices, specialty terms and medical abbreviations." Note that definitions are brief, and should only be considered as a launching pad for further research. A handy resource, but self-diagnosers should note the disclaimer.
www.online-medical-dictionary.orgMedical Encyclopedia An online medical and health encyclopedia containing information on over 1,500 topics, including conditions, diseases, drugs & medications, injuries & wounds, nutrition, surgeries, symptoms, tests and special topics. Use alphabetically or through the search function. Other resources include a collection of medical illustrations and diagrams.
www.healthopedia.com/National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf. A collection of searchable biomedical books for the Web. Illustrated, in HTML. Medical issues covered include asthma, cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, & retroviruses. There are also more general works on topics including the cell, developmental biology, glycobiology, genes and disease, immunobiology and neurochemistry. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books
Freebooks for doctors
Site dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet. As at June 2010 offered over 350 books on numerous medical topics, to read online in English, French, German & Spanish; plus a few titles in further languages. Various influenza reports are timely.
http://freebooks4doctors.comHandhelds for Doctors. The mobile meets medicine - twenty sigificant chapters online, in HTML. Read the text free. A paperback version is also available for purchase.
www.handheldsfordoctors.com/book/text/index.htmNew Hematolgy (Br. Eng=Haematology) is a journal available free online from the American Society of Hematology, and in this issue has significant articles on major concerns such as leukaemia, Hodgkin's Disease, aplastic anaemia, haemophilia, sickle cell, platelet disorders and many other blood-related problems. Recommended by Bloodtest.org. Recommended by Bloodtest.org. In HTML, with PDF also available.
http://asheducationbook.hematologylibrary.org/content/vol2010/issue1/New Mesothelioma Cancer Center A US-based website providing more than 3000 pages of information and resources for families of those diagnosed with asbestos-induced cancer (see Mesothelioma causes). The centre also provides several free books via email about the dangers of asbestos exposure, and how to cope with an asbestos cancer diagnosis. They include Lean on Me - Cancer through a Carer's Eyes and 100 Questions & Answers About Mesothelioma. Most resources are currently online in HTML, but will also become available as downloadable PDFs.
www.asbestos.com/Surgery Investigations (2nd edition) A range of laboratory (urine, blood, renal, liver etc), radiological, biliary, gastrointestinal, urological and other major investigations described concisely. This valuable resource by kind permission of Prof. Muhammad Shuja Tahir, FRCSEd, FCPS, Professor of Surgery at Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad. Each section available as a separate PDF.
www.theprofesional.com/webinv.htmNew Asbestos in Britain:The hazards and horror of asbestos in the UK, and some dismaying past behaviour concerning Canadian trade & asbestos, are brought home vividly by this PDF report, recommended by the Mesothelioma Prognosis Center. Read in your browser add-on, or save for offline perusal in the Adobe Reader.
www.hazards.org/haz74/asbestosconcern.pdfNew Anger Management Several e-books on the important issue of anger management are available here, at the handy price of $0.00. As PDF files, with an audio e-book option. They're prepared by professional psychologists.
http://angerplanet.org/
Military History
Richard Jensen offers a large page of links to a wide variety of resources in this subject area, from ancient times to present day. Jensen is a respected American scholar (retired Professor of History) http://tigger.uic.edu/%7Erjensen/military.html
Nostradamus novel: The Greatest Sinner Ever by Eric Mellema. This unusual work has interesting insights into the momentous 16th century. In a dozen or more languages, either as a .pdf or .doc file, or online in HTML.
www.nostredame.info/
Personal & Business Finance
Debt Management
A debt management company provides free downloads on some debt and credit related topics. More may follow. In PDF format, for the Adobe Reader.
www.debtconsolidationcare.com/books/
Personal Motivation/Inspiration
The 7 Keys to Success. Inspirational text, as a .pdf file for online or offline reading, or download a zip file (requires unzipping software such as Winzip). From Will Edwards of White Dove Books.
www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/newsletter/7-keys-download-page.htmWholesale 29 Leadership Secrets At the base of this intriguing, family-owned, UK wholesaler's clearance page you'll find a free PDF file. It's an e-book by Jack Welch, promising to reveal visionary leadership secrets and proven & superior management tactics. Download at::
www.wholesaleclearance.co.uk/clearance.htmYour Guidance.com offers e-books on Self Improvement, especially regarding the "Law of Attraction". This site, which debuted in December 2008, has texts available as PDFs or compressed (ZIP) files.
www.your-guidance.com/category/free-ebooks/Memorable Quotes. From someone calling himself "Archangel Michael", an illustrated e-book available for download as a zipped file.
http://memorablequotesbook.blogspot.com/2009/01/memorable-quotes.htmlCreate Your Business Listing The Art of Public Speaking, by Dale Carnegie (author of the classic "How to Win Friends and Influence People") is a summation of over 150,000 speeches and almost as many speakers. For your reading enjoyment, as a direct download in PDF format at:
http://mapage.noos.fr/hbiszbest/som/The_Art_of_Public_Speaking.pdf"Self Help" by Samuel Smiles has been an enticing motivational force for readers since its release in 1859. The Self Help" classic e-book encourages readers to reach higher levels of personal and professional potential by promoting the virtues of hard work, perseverance and financial responsibility, using real life examples still relevant today. Download as a zip file from:
http://www.knowledgerush.com/gutenberg/etext97/selfh10h.zipPromotional Products Provided by ePromos Interested in a new level of business skill? Certain Success, the classic e-book by acclaimed self-help author Norval A. Hawkins, explains such principles as personal branding, salesmanship, and success, from the greatest marketing and sales guru of the 1920's. Available for download in PDF form at:
http://manybooks.net/titles/hawkinsn14581458914589-8.html
Pets
e-Booklets about Pets A range of mammals, reptiles, fish and birds are covered in these free illustrated short booklets, courtesy of a Houston, Texas, online " pet superstore". A boon for beginners. Download in PDF format for the Adobe Reader.
http://www.cheappetstore.com/petlibrary.phpPhilosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Alphabetical and searchable by topic. Or, browse online by major theme: viz History of Philosophy, Metaphysics & Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Science, Logic, & Mathematics, and Value Theory. From "A Priori" to "Zeno's Paradoxes", and from Abelard, Averroes (Ibn Rushd), and Aristotle to Zhuangzi (Chuang-Tzu), it's all here. A voluntary effort from over 200 senior academic authors. Since 1995.
www.iep.utm.edu/
Physical Fitness, Health and Exercise
Classic fitness and weight training e-Books Learn how the original bodybuilding masters trained. Includes Eugen Sandow's "Sandow on Physical Training," Sandow's "Strength and How To Obtain It," and Edwin Checkley's "A Natural Method of Physical Training." As PDF downloads, with useful HTML introductions online. Available under a Creative Commons 3.0 US Licence.
http://homegymessentials.com/New Fitness & Weight Loss e-book Described as a $29.95 value, this free e-book is packed full of information to help you get in control of your health & fitness. Simply complete a form and receive by email. Recommended by whole body vibration exercise provider VibePlate.com.
https://www.passport2fitness.com.au/SignMeUp/GymPassport/eBook.aspxNew Growing Stronger The PDF e-book 'Growing Stronger' is a robust guide to strength training for older adults. It's an exercise program from the USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is based upon sound scientific research involving strengthening exercises. You can get this useful book as a direct 515Kb download at:
www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/downloads/growing_stronger.pdf
Real Estate
Jupiter Real Estate Most people regard buying a home as their single biggest potential investment - and debt. This small but useful, free real estate guide shows how to set and achieve your property goals, including finding a property, obtaining finance, and sales negotiation. Includes a very handy glossary. Download the PDF at:
www.platprops.com/downloads/PPBuyersGuide.pdfRomance (see our new Romance page for this heading.)
Science
The Public Library of Science is provided by "a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource." PLoS have pioneered Open Access in the area of scientific journals since the PLoS founders circulated an open-access petition on the issue in 2001. So far there is PLoS Biology (a monthly, launched October 2003, both online and in print) and PLoS Medicine (since October 2004); PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, and PLoS Computational Biology (2005); and PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2007). PLoS now also publishes several hundred peer-reviewed research articles each month, through the interactive PLoS ONE platform. Formats used are HTML & PDF.
www.plos.orgDigital Library of Science Mathematics e-books; plus a few economics, linguistics, philosophy, physics and other titles. In pdf format (use the Adobe Reader or other PDF readers).
www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-otherformats.htmThomas Edison e-books Dozens of titles about the prolific inventor Thomas Edison, a man who developed many devices that have greatly influenced life around the world. His inventions include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Recommended by LEDs provider Electron.com. Mostly online in HTML or as scanned image pages, with several downloadable PDF books too.
www.digitalbookindex.org/_search/search010hstusedisona.aspDevelopment of the Phonograph The fame of Thomas A. Edison rests most securely on his genius for making practical application of the ideas of others. However, it was Alexander Graham Bell who made the phonograph practical along with his Volta Laboratory associates, even though it has been called Edison's most original invention. To learn more about some of the lesser known inventions that have irreversibly shaped communication, check out this free Project Gutenberg e-book. Available in HTML, ePub, Kindle, plain text and some other formats.
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30112
Science Fiction/Fantasy, & Horror
Doctor Who e-books. Never screened, these stories (eight at last count) are a rare treasure from the friendly folk at the BBC. Online, by illustrated pages in SHTML, or in plain text/PDA versions if you wish to print them out.
www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/Online since August 1997, UK-based Infinity Plus publishes some original fiction, but mostly republishes those short stories & other shorter works you're always trying to find again. With extra input from many writers that you may not see anywhere else. As such, this wonderful archive is a boon to devotees. Online in HTML, or you can save them ('Save as...') to read off-line. However please remember they remain copyright for all purposes other than simple reading.
www.infinityplus.co.uk/index.htmSF/Fantasy e-books & assistance for the physically impaired. ReadAssist is an organization of Science Fiction and Fantasy fans with an easy-to-use site streamlined to assist those with physical disabilities. They provide links to sources of both free and purchasable written and audio e-books, in those genres. Further links are to software & hardware of use to those with impaired mobility or vision.
www.readassist.org/Gormglaith, by Heidi Wyss. 76,000 words of radical feminist separatist literature set in what is claimed to be a scientifically plausible future. Aesthetically presented for online reading.
www.gormglaith.comGodspawn, by A. Zoic. A prophetic title with a human clone hero. Written at sunny Balmoral Beach in Sydney, & available in PDF, Word (.doc) and HTML. Worth visiting the site for the stunning audio-visual opening alone (Active X controls must be enabled -if you get a blank site, check your browser settings).
www.Godspawn.com/Grotesque, A Gothic Epic, by Graven. An intense, illustrated Gothic novel about religion and the Black Death. With animated sound effects, online in HTML plus. Excellently presented, but with its gruesome theme not for the faint-hearted.
www.gegraven.comMaggots of Heresy. Fantasy set in an alternate universe, where in medieval Baghdad the women rule and have multiple husbands. There's something to amuse or offend everyone, and possibly provoke some thought, in this new novel by Australian Michael Fridman. As a .pdf download.
www.smashwords.com/profile/view/michaelfridman?ref=aldikoThe Mantooth, by Christopher Leadem. This modern American writer has made this and several other of his SciFi/Fantasy novels available to read free online in HTML, or download in RTF format. There's Oberheim (Voices), Ariel, Salanis, Lost in Love and Space .His site provides some free music too.
www.aragornbooks.com/Search
FreeBookSearch.net This site gives Google alternatives to search for free books by Simple Search (author or title), Advanced Search (will reveal related references), or by Extended Search (five types of files: doc, chm, PDF, RTF and plain text). You can also search by a variety of digital libraries. WARNING: Searches may show pirated files also. Responsibility lies with the user to ensure copyright is not violated. If in doubt, don't download -. digital theft is still theft.
www.freebooksearch.net
New Share Trading & Stock Markets
Tools of the Trade, a Basic Guide to Financial Derivatives For the future Gordon Geckos, this 15 page PDF aims to simplify the enigma of financial derivatives, unravelling some of the mystery for fledgling share traders. Warning, trading in derivatives can be like juggling with live hand grenades, so actually doing it is not at all for the faint-hearted (beware the profound risk of your own personal GFC meltdown). An informative booklet for anyone though, read it and you'll be talking Caps, Collars, Dealers, and Swaption's in no-time (& note the useful lexicon at the end). Download it at:
www.bos.frb.org/education/pubs/toolsoft.pdf
New Social Media
How Blogs and Social Media Are Changing Public Relations Recommended by Social Media Platform provider AgencyPlatform.com, this PDF reports on a three-year-long international survey of public relations practitioners, examining the impact blogs and social media are having on public relations. It shows, inter alia, that the new media are causing drastic change, and encouraging organisations to respond more quickly to criticism.
http://www.prsa.org/SearchResults/view/6D-020203/0/How_Blogs_and_Social_Media_are_Changing_Public_RelSomething different
Welcome to the GUIOPERA, an ambitious and unusual story with an internationalist cast of characters. There's a Pacific Islander who speaks through an illiterate in America, plus French, Italian, Russian & African influences and the proverbial more. To read online. A little bit naïf, a little bit William Burroughs?
http://guiopera.com/
Technical Books
Technical Reports Online
"The Virtual Technical Reports Center". Links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds, as either full-text reports or searchable extended abstracts. Listed alphabetically by institution/centre/group/project/archive etc.
www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.htmlFree tech books Reviews of & links to author/publisher sites offering online computer science/engineering/programming & mathematics books, textbooks and lecture notes. Please note terms and conditions of use on each site...
www.freetechbooks.com/Freebookcentre.net
A US site linking to thousands of free online technical books on subjects including computer sciences, medicine, physics, electronics & mathematics. Books and articles are readable in your Web browser.
www.freebookcentre.net/
Television
Encyclopedia of Television Includes more than 1,000 essays examining programmes, people, historic moments and trends, disputes, scandals and much more in the saga of the small screen. Also contains histories of major TV networks and broadcasting systems around the world, plus resource materials, photos and bibliographical information.
www.museum.tv/archives/etv/index.html
Travel (including Motoring)
Free Maltese travel e-books
Valletta Guide Maps, Cottonera Cultural Guide, Valletta Official AudioGuide (in 4 languages). Explore Malta's history and rich cultural heritage. All as zip files to download to your computer for offline reading. Thanks to Lawrence Saliba.
www.cultel.com/en/Free+eBooksNew Free travel e-books
From travel writer Mark Moxon, & recommended by courier software for dispatch provider digitalwaybill.com.A goodly range of titles on places as diverse as Australia, Cuba, Ghana, India, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Thailand and more. These are DRM-free ePub and .mobi format e-books. See Mark's site below for how you can read the ePub ones in iBooks on the iPad & iPhone (as well as on open-format e-readers), while the .mobi files can be downloaded to Kindle devices. Mark also does long-distance walks, and has some interesting Tubewalker apps.
www.moxon.net/ebooks/New Japan Travel Guide Explore the beauty, history, progress and cultural treasures of Japan with this free Japan Travel Guide. Attractions, accommodation, transportation, food, shopping, local background & practical information are all included. Recommended for inclusion here by Bristol Airport Hotel provider Acornsbristol.com. Online, in HTML.
www.japan-guide.com/e/e623.htmlAssurance Auto AXA, a Canadian Car Insurance provider, and Barrie Insurance have recommended a classic, nineteenth century tale entitled "The Broad Highway". This story follows hero Peter Vibart, who sets forth down the broad highway (of life?) in search of adventure... a delightfully ironic title for a car insurance provider! Enjoy it in PDF format from:
http://manybooks.net/titles/farnoljeetext04brhgw10.htmlUniversal Currency Converter. (Previous e-book version not currently available).
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USA: Declaration of Independence, US Constitution, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address and much more. US Declaration of Independence available in many formats: for viewing online in HTML, in plain text, in images of an original copy, as a PDF, in PRC format for a Palm device or Kindle, and in Spanish. Also (under the Documents link) a goodly range of important documents relevant to US history from as far back as Magna Charta up to the present day.
www.usconstitution.net/choose.html
Website Development & SEO
New Flash web development e-book Developing User Friendly Flash Content is a white-paper style e-book designed for Web developers who work with Macromedia Flash. The book aims to teach methods of pairing the presentation effects of Flash with the accessibility features of HTML. Recommended by the Posicionamiento web providers Marketing Eficaz. Read it free online, in HTML.
www.flazoom.com/usability/Create Your First Website By 3:45 This Afternoon Cute title, but if you take it literally, start early! That said, forget all those "Dummies" books that are actually very complicated, this really is the one for beginners. Meant especially for those who want to start their own Web businesses, everything is explained in the simplest terms and is accessible to the complete novice. So yes, it is possible to start your own online business from scratch with this freebie, rather easily and in short order. Then comes the harder part that will test your mettle. Download the sample PDF & email for the full e-book from:
http://makeyour1stwebsite.com/ebook_au.htmlRick Rouse provides several free e-books, downloadable as zip files, for webmasters. They include How To Get Thousands Of Links To Your Website and How To Triple Your Website Traffic Every 90 Days under the heading Webmaster Freebies. Also some useful software for webmasters.
www.rlrouse.com/webmaster-freebies.htmlThe Art of SEO
Learn about the art of search engine optimisation in this abbreviated preview of a text produced by some of the internet marketing industry's heavweights. Designed to offer something for new webmaster and guru alike, The Art of SEO explores the theory behind how search engines work, and details advanced strategies and tactics for capturing top rankings. Recommended by the eBrandz SEO reseller program team.New Understanding SEO A concise (288kb) PDF guide that briefly covers a number of major SEO topics, and helps the beginner to "get it". The e-book stresses that SEO should always be regarded as a work in progress- just like a website.
http://pdf-world.net/download.php?id=14825New The Internet Marketing Handbook is a free resource that contains almost 100 tools and learning resources that help to master Internet Marketing, courtesy of SEOmoz and recommended by the SEO expert team at SEO-SEM-Professionals.com. Online & live for your Web browser.
http://www.seomoz.org/dp/the-internet-marketing-handbook
William Blake Archive Literary and visual works by William Blake and his circle. Includes fully searchable and scalable electronic editions of all of Blake's 19 illuminated works. In HTML & SGML. With Biography, Glossary, and Chronology. Sponsored by the U.S. Library of Congress, with some high-powered support.
www.blakearchive.org
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