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Goodreads | Recent Updates. 4 Sites with LOTS Of Completely Free Ebooks That Don’t Suck. If you’re a fervent reader and nerd like I am, you’ve probably encountered quite a lot of writing online. However, most of them are either absolute garbage or entirely illegal. It’s hard to find good, legal reads online – unless you know where to look. There are several sites that offer classic out-of-copyright writing, or publishes new e-books online as promotions. If you know where to look, you can feast on these completely free Ebooks for all the time you’ve got, and today is the day we’ll show you where to look. Planet eBook Planet eBook is a classy site that offers classic literature for free.

However, Planet eBook doesn’t just give you any piece of ‘free literature’. Furthermore, if you feel like a book is ‘missing’ from it’s collection, you put it up as a suggestion. All books on Planet eBook can be read on the site, but can also be downloaded as a PDF, both in a 1-page and 2-page version. ManyBooks Classic Reader PublicBookshelf. Welcome to Open Library. FullBooks.com - Thousands of Full-Text Free Books. BookMooch: trade your books with other people. Mental_floss Blog » The Quick 10: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Harry Potter. With Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince coming out in the U.S. later this week, it's time to out myself as a Slytherin Supporter.

Maybe you already knew that. Nothing against Gryffindors - I'm no Voldemort or anything - but I always tend to like the villains a little more than the do-gooders. To celebrate Harry and Co.'s sixth movie (and sixth book), here are a few facts that you may not have known about the gang in gold and red (and maybe a couple about the set in silver and green). 1. It has a sour tone to it, doesn't it? 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. There's obviously a ridiculous amount of Harry Potter trivia out there, and since Harry Potter fever is about to sweep the world again, we might as well share it.

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News Services The Underground Press Switchboards Guerrilla Radio Guerrilla Television Dress Helmets Gas Masks Walkie-Talkies Other Equipment Weapons for Street Fighting. Whichbook. Lucy Knisley - The First Six Books! These are awesome! I love the style. And 'Cho the one that I want' is one of the very best puns I've ever heard. Bravo. (Deleted comment) That's not Hermione's cat. GODDAMN YOU KNISLEY I have no room left on my walls, and yet I want these. so very bad. Awesome, so are you! 桜の季節だし、地震でみんな京都に押し掛けているので、予約は早めにしないと。 When I get my own home there will be a room whose walls will be devoted to nothing but these posters. Fred's shirt on the fourth poster reminds me of that Family Guy scene where Peter has to kill a whole bunch of people on a plane, because he's the temporary grim reaper. "We like being alive, we like being alive. Thats Cedric. These are astonishing and wonderful. Boobs and Showtunes! Amazing, I am floored at how detailed, funny, and original these are!

Seriously, this is amazing. These are amazing!! The last view of Vernon Dursley in the third poster absolutely slays me for some reason. In conclusion, YES, MORE POSTERS PLEASE. Oh dear god, these are fantastic. Oh my god, PLEASE make more!! Book recommendations from readers like you. Free eBooks at Planet eBook - Classic Novels and Literature. Cozy book nook.

The Best 100 Opening Lines From Books / Life / Stylist Magazine. The 100 Best Books of All Time. Many publishers have lists of 100 best books, defined by their own criteria. This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle. For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988.

The sequels covered crime & mystery, horror, and fantasy. Lists[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]