.FREE BOOKS - 100 Plus Legal sites to download literature

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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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