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Bibliomania - Free Online Literature and Study Guides. ManyBooks.net - Ad-free eBooks for your iPad, Kindle, or eBook reader. The Best 100 Opening Lines From Books. Baen Books. Transfer Google eBooks to Nook™ - Books Help. Transfer Google eBooks to Nook™ - Books Help. First time only If you haven’t done so already, install the latest version of Adobe Digital Editions software to your computer and follow the instructions to create an Adobe ID. Note that you cannot install applications onto Google Chromebooks. For this reason, you will have to use a different computer to transfer your ebooks to a Nook™, Reader™ from Sony or other supported devices.

Choose your device Visit Google Play Books from your computer. Under My Books, hover over the title you'd like to transfer to your device and click the Menu icon. Before disconnecting, safely eject the Nook™ from your computer (or unmount the device on Mac). Re-activating Adobe Digital Editions on your device In some cases, you may need to deactivate and re-activate Adobe Digital Editions on your device. Connect your Reader™ from Sony to your computer using the USB cable provided with the device. Visit Google Play Books from your computer. 1. 2. 3.

Visit Google Play Books from your computer. Offline Reading. 8 Kick-Ass Movies You Didn't Know Were Based on Books. Nobody reads books these days. After all, what's the point? There's no way some novel could ever kick as much ass as, say, watching Sylvester Stallone punch a guy's head off his shoulders. Or, could it? Believe it or not, a lot of the most kick-ass movies were adapted from kick-ass books.

No, we're not just talking Lord of the Rings here. The Film:First Blood is a somber reflection of the hardships that faced Vietnam War veterans upon their return to their native country, in which the protagonist blows up a helicopter with a freaking rock. The Book: No really. First Blood was written by author David Morrell, who wrote a lot of books that had pictures of knives on the cover. In the book, Rambo is not the good guy, as he basically flips out and kills a whole town because the Vietnam War drove him insane. That's right; Rambo dies at the end.

The Film: Yes, The Thing. Gah! We'll admit it, those sorta fake-looking puppets freaked us out. The book is called Who Censored Roger Rabbit?