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Best Places to Get Free Books – The Ultimate Guide. When we were reviewing 10 of the best online resources for free books, we had a LOT of readers chime in with their own favorites as well. Thank you for all your helpful contributions! In fact, we had so many suggestions, we have enough to compile a huge list from them, so here they are in no particular order: ManyBooks – Free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, or eBook reader – Thanks Tony Bryan & abben BookCrossing – Where real books are released into the wild to be found by others – Thanks EngtechLibraryElf – The perfect companion to a public library system – Thanks EngtechScribd – Open library to publish and discover documents online – Thanks CincauHangus Word Public Library – 400,000 PDF ebooks for download – Thanks EllenFree Tech Books – Free computer science and engineering books (+ lecture notes) – Thanks EllenBookins – Swap real books with other readers – Thanks Jimbob WellToldTales – Free short story podcasts (like audiobooks, but shorter) – Thanks Kevin C.

Google+ Books. Ebookee: Free Download eBooks Search Engine! Free eBooks at Planet eBook - Classic Novels and Literature You're Free to Share. FullBooks.com - Thousands of Full-Text Free Books. eBooks and Education. eBooks are electronic forms of text. eBooks are texts that have been “published” in a digital format that displays on specialized reading devices or computers. There are now over 5,000,000 eBooks available online for free. It is now possible to have a library in every classroom or even in your pocket. Online eBook Libraries: This section contains informational links to a large number of exciting free online libraries. This section includes Libraries for Children, Book Note Libraries, Foreign Language Libraries, Libraries for Teachers, General and Special collection libraries, and eBook search engines. eBooks Educational Applications eBRS: eBook Reading Strategies: Effective Reading Strategies applied to eBooks.

FL Recommended Reading List: This is a listing of one state's reading list for elementary and secondary schools with links to over 70 books on the list that are currently available online for free. Not ebooks, but related Books: eBooks in Education. Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free. Down­load a Free Audio­book from Audi­ble and also AudioBooks.com Down­load hun­dreds of free audio books, most­ly clas­sics, to your MP3 play­er or com­put­er.

Below, you’ll find great works of fic­tion, poet­ry and non-fic­tion, by such authors as Twain, Tol­stoy, Hem­ing­way, Orwell, Von­negut, Niet­zsche, Austen, Shake­speare, Asi­mov, HG Wells & more. Also please see our relat­ed col­lec­tion: The 150 Best Pod­casts to Enrich Your Mind. Fic­tion & Lit­er­a­ture. Free Library. Welcome to Open Library! Digital Books, E-books, Enhanced E-books, E-readers, E-book copyright, E-book Retailing. OnRead.com - instant free e-book download. Read books online via this free e-book library. Become a literary critic and write your own review to any book.

150 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection. Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. Below, find a meta list of 200 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions. Also see our online collection, 1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities. Art History A Textbook of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke, Rutgers Biology Anatomy and Physiology – Edited by various profs at OpenStaxBiology – Edited by various profs at OpenStaxBiology Pages, John W. Business and Management Business Ethics by Jose A. Chemistry Chemistry, Grades 10-12, Created by the FHSST Project (Free High School Science Texts)Chemistry Virtual Textbooks by Stephen Lower, Simon Fraser UniversityCK-12 Chemistry (Grades 9-12) by multiple authors. Classics Computer Science & Information Systems Earth Science CK-12 Earth Science for Middle School by multiple authors.Earth Systems, an Earth Science Course (Grades 9-10).

Economics & Finance Education Electrical Engineering Engineering History Languages. Ebooks from independent authors and publishers. Millions of Free PDF eBooks! Free PDF Search Engine. Top 25 Free e-books Sites, the Definitive List. Recently Amazon spiced up the e-books industry with the release of its second generation e-book reader the Kindle 2. Then last week, Amazon also announced the availability of its Kindle for iPhone application.

With these two products Amazon hopes to beef up the sales of its e-book catalog. Although e-books are good source of portable reading materials, Amazon’s price tag on its e-book titles may turn off some of you. You’re in luck because Amazon is no the only site where you can get yourself some good e-book titles. In fact, we have compiled 25 of these sites that offer free e-books download. OnlineComputerBooks – contains details about free computer books, free ebooks, free online books and sample chapters related to Information Technology, Computer Science, Internet, Business, Marketing, Maths, Physics and Science which are provided by publishers or authors on their websites SnipFiles – offers free software and book downloads in PDF or Word format.

Free eBooks. Free Downloads Center - software and free game downloads. LibraryThing | Catalog your books online. Web Directories List - 20,000 Up-to-date Directory Listings (free & paid). Free ebooks download, free ebooks - KnowFree 2.0. 25 Banned Books That You Should Read Today. Almost since the dawn of publishing, books have been banned for one reason or another. Many notable banned books are also compelling reads from classic or contemporary literature. This list summarizes 25 of the most controversial banned books from throughout history. #1 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Harper Lee's only novel is considered by many to be among the greatest works of fiction in American literature.

. #2 American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis Ellis is a frequent target for protests due to the nature of his writing, but none has faced the level of opposition of American Psycho. . #3 And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson This picture book tells the true story of Roy and Silo, two male penguins in New York City's Central Park Zoo. . #4 The Awakening by Kate Chopin Chopin's story of Edna Pontellier asserting her independence was a pioneering work of feminism when it was published in 1899. . #5 The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. . #6 Candide by Voltaire D. Training, Tutorials, and Tips for MindManager for Windows.