Looking for the next great book to sink your teeth into? Look no further. Below are over 100 links to websites that provide free e-books on a huge variety of topics.
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Browse works by Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and other famous authors here.
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1. Classic Bookshelf: This site has put classic novels online, from Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte.
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2. The Online Books Page: The University of Pennsylvania hosts this book search and database.
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3. Project Gutenberg: This famous site has over 27,000 free books online.
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4. Page by Page Books: Find books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, as well as speeches from George W. Bush on this site.
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5. Classic Book Library: Genres here include historical fiction, history, science fiction, mystery, romance and children’s literature, but they’re all classics.
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6. Classic Reader: Here you can read Shakespeare, young adult fiction and more.
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7. Read Print: From George Orwell to Alexandre Dumas to George Eliot to Charles
Darwin, this online library is stocked with the best classics.
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8. Planet eBook: Download free classic literature titles here, from
Dostoevsky to D.H. Lawrence to Joseph Conrad.
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9. The Spectator Project: Montclair State University’s project features full-text,
online versions of The Spectator and The Tatler.
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10. Bibliomania: This site has more than 2,000 classic texts, plus study guides
and reference books.
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11. Online Library of Literature: Find full and unabridged texts of classic literature,
including the Bronte sisters, Mark Twain and more.
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12. Bartleby: Bartleby has much more than just the classics, but its collection of
anthologies and other important novels made it famous.
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13. Fiction.us: Fiction.us has a huge selection of novels, including works by
Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Flaubert, George Eliot,
F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
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14. Free Classic Literature: Find British authors like Shakespeare and Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, plus other authors like Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and more.
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Textbooks
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If you don’t absolutely need to pay for your textbooks, save yourself a few hundred bucks by reviewing these sites.
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15. Textbook Revolution: Find biology, business, engineering, mathematics and
world history textbooks here.
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16. Wikibooks: From cookbooks to the computing department, find instructional
and educational materials here.
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17. KnowThis Free Online Textbooks: Get directed to stats textbooks and more.
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18. Online Medical Textbooks: Find books about plastic surgery,
anatomy and more here.
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19. Online Science and Math Textbooks: Access biochemistry, chemistry,
aeronautics, medical manuals and other textbooks here.
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20. MIT Open Courseware Supplemental Resources: Find free videos,
textbooks and more on the subjects of mechanical
engineering, mathematics, chemistry and more.
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21. Flat World Knowledge: This innovative site has created an
open college textbooks platform that will launch in January 2009.
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22. Free Business Textbooks: Find free books to go along with accounting,
economics and other business classes.
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23. Light and Matter: Here you can access open source physics textbooks.
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24. eMedicine: This project from WebMD is continuously updated
and has articles And references on surgery, pediatrics and more.
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Math and Science
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Turn to this list to find books about math, science, engineering and technology.
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25. FullBooks.com: This site has “thousands of full-text free books,” including a
large amount of scientific essays and books.
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26. Free online textbooks, lecture notes, tutorials and videos on mathematics: NYU
links to several free resources for math students.
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27. Online Mathematics Texts: Here you can find online textbooks like Elementary
Linear Algebra and Complex Variables.
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28. Science and Engineering Books for free download: These books range in topics
from nanotechnology to compressible flow.
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29. FreeScience.info: Find over 1800 math, engineering and science books here.
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30. Free Tech Books: Computer programmers and computer science enthusiasts
can find helpful books here.
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Tech Books:
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Oreilly: Some just sample chapters, but some complete
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Children’s Books
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Even children’s books are now available online. Find illustrated books,
chapter books and more.
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31. byGosh: Find free illustrated children’s books and stories here.
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32. Munseys: Munseys has nearly 2,000 children’s titles, plus books
about religion, biographies and more.
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33. International Children’s Digital Library: Find award-winning books and search
by categories like age group, make believe books, true books or picture books.
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34. Lookybook: Access children’s picture books here.
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Philosophy and Religion
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For books about philosophy and religion, check out these websites.
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35. Bored.com: Bored.com has music ebooks, cooking ebooks, and over
150 philosophy titles and over 1,000 religion titles.
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36. Ideology.us: Here you’ll find works by Rene Descartes,
Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, David Hume and others.
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37. Free Books on Yoga, Religion and Philosophy: Recent uploads
to this site include Practical Lessons in Yoga and Philosophy of Dreams.
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38. The Sociology of Religion: Read this book by Max Weber, here.
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39. Religion eBooks: Read books about the Bible, Christian books, and more.
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Bonus : Holybooks.Com
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Plays
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From Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw to more contemporary
playwrights, visit these sites.
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40. ReadBookOnline.net: Here you can read plays by Chekhov, Thomas Hardy, Ben
Jonson, Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe and others.
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41. Plays: Read Pygmalion, Uncle Vanya or The Playboy of the Western World here.
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42. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: MIT has made available all of
Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories.
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43. Plays Online: This site catalogs “all the plays [they] know about that are
available in full text versions online for free.”
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44. ProPlay: This site has children’s plays, comedies, dramas and musicals.
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Modern Fiction, Fantasy and Romance
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These websites boast collections of graphic novels, romance novels,
fantasy books and more.
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45. Public Bookshelf: Find romance novels, mysteries and more.
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46. The Internet Book Database of Fiction: This forum features
fantasy and graphic novels, anime, J.K. Rowling and more.
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47. Free Online Novels: Here you can find Christian novels, fantasy and graphic
novels, adventure books, horror books and more.
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48. Foxglove: This British site has free novels, satire and short stories.
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49. Baen Free Library: Find books by Scott Gier, Keith Laumer and others.
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50. The Road to Romance: This website has books by Patricia Cornwell
and other romance novelists.
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51. Get Free Ebooks: This site’s largest collection includes fiction books.
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52. John T. Cullen: Read short stories from John T. Cullen here.
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53. SF and Fantasy Books Online: Books here include Arabian Nights,
Aesop’s Fables and more.
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54. Free Novels Online and Free Online Cyber-Books:
This list contains mostly fantasy books.
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Foreign Language
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For books in a foreign language like French, Spanish and
even Romanian, look here.
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55. Project Laurens Jz Coster: Find Dutch literature here.
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56. ATHENA Textes Francais: Search by author’s name,
French books, or books written by other authors
but translated into French.
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57. Liber Liber: Download Italian books here.
Browse by author, title, or subject.
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58. Biblioteca romaneasca: Find Romanian books on this site.
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59. Bibliolteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes: Look up authors
to find a catalog of their available works on this Spanish site.
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60. KEIMENA: This page is entirely in Greek, but if you’re looking
for modern Greek literature, this is the place to access books online.
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61. Proyecto Cervantes: Texas A&M’s Proyecto Cervantes has
cataloged Cervantes’ work online.
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62. Corpus Scriptorum Latinorum: Access many Latin texts here.
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63. Project Runeberg: Find Scandinavian literature online here.
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64. Italian Women Writers: This site provides information about
Italian women authors and features full-text titles too.
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65. Biblioteca Valenciana: Register to use this database of
Catalan and Valencian books.
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66. Ketab Farsi: Access literature and publications in
Farsi from this site.
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67. Afghanistan Digital Library: Powered by NYU, the
Afghanistan Digital Library has works
published between 1870 and 1930.
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68. CELT: CELT stands for “the Corpus of Electronic Texts
” features important historical literature and documents.
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69. Projekt Gutenberg-DE: This easy-to-use database
of German language texts lets you search
by genres and author.
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History and Culture
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Refresh your memory of world history, the classics
and U.S. history here.
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70. LibriVox: LibriVox has a good selection of historical fiction.
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71. The Perseus Project: Tufts’ Perseus Digital Library features titles from
Ancient Rome and Greece, published in English and original languages.
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72. Access Genealogy: Find literature about Native American history,
the Scotch-Irish immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and more.
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73. Free History Books: This collection features U.S. history books,
including works by Paul Jennings, Sarah Morgan Dawson,
Josiah Quincy and others.
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74. Most Popular History Books: Free titles include Seven Days
and Seven Nights by Alexander Szegedy and Autobiography
of a Female Slave by Martha G. Browne.
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Rare Books
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Look for rare books online here.
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75. Questia: Questia has 5,000 books available for free,
including rare books and classics.
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Arts and Entertainment
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This list features books about celebrities, movies, fashion and more.
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77. Books-On-Line: This large collection includes movie scripts,
newer works, cookbooks and more.
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78. Chest of Books: This site has a wide range of free books,
including gardening and cooking books, home improvement books,
craft and hobby books, art books and more.
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79. Free e-Books: Find titles related to beauty and fashion, games, health,
drama and more.
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80. 2020ok: Categories here include art, graphic design, performing arts,
ethnic and national, careers, business and a lot more.
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81. Free Art Books: Find artist books and art books in PDF format here.
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82. Free Web design books: OnlineComputerBooks.com directs you
to free web design books.
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83. Free Music Books: Find sheet music, lyrics and books about music here.
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84. Free Fashion Books: Costume and fashion books are linked
to the Google Books page.
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Mystery
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Here you can find mystery books from Sherlock Holmes to more
contemporary authors.
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85. MysteryNet: Read free short mystery stories on this site.
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86. TopMystery.com: Read books by Edgar Allan Poe,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, GK Chesterton
and other mystery writers here.
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87. Mystery Books: Read books by Sue Grafton and others.
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Poetry
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These poetry sites have works by Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe and others.
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88. The Literature Network: This site features forums, a copy of
The King James Bible, and over 3,000 short stories and poems.
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89. Poetry: This list includes “The Raven,” “O Captain! My Captain!”
and “The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.”
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90. Poem Hunter: Find free poems, lyrics and quotations on this site.
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91. Famous Poetry Online: Read limericks, love poetry, and
poems by Robert Browning, Emily Dickinson, John Donne,
Lord Byron and others.
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92. Google Poetry: Google Books has a large selection of poetry, from
The Canterbury Tales to Beowulf to Walt Whitman.
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93. QuotesandPoem.com: Read poems by Maya Angelou,
William Blake, Sylvia Plath and more.
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94. CompleteClassics.com: Rudyard Kipling, Allen Ginsberg
and Alfred Lord Tennyson are all featured here.
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95. PinkPoem.com: On this site, you can download free poetry ebooks.
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Miscellaneous
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For even more free book sites, check out this list.
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96. Banned Books: Here you can follow links of banned books
to their full text online.
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97. World eBook Library: This monstrous collection includes
classics, encyclopedias, children’s books and a lot more.
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98. DailyLit: DailyLit has everything from Moby Dick to the
more recent phenomenon, Skinny Bitch.
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99. A Celebration of Women Writers: The University of
Pennsylvania’s page for women writers includes
Newbery winners.
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100. Free Online Novels: These novels are fully online
and range from romance to religious fiction to historical fiction.
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101. ManyBooks.net: Download mysteries and other books
for your iPhone or eBook reader here.
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102. Authorama: Books here are pulled from Google Books
and more. You’ll find history books, novels and more.
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103. Prize-winning books online: Use this directory to connect to full-text
copies of Newbery winners, Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer winners.
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104. Smashwords.com
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is awesome... Independently published ebooks, most free, some not.
Love the fantasy section.
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105. Mises Institute:
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For books on libertarian ideals, Mises Institute offers a full library
of free readings here.
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106. Librarist: If you are interested in paper books at low prices
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107. PSI Tek : Random free Books
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