06-27-2011, 03:15 AM | #1 |
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What is your favorite book available in the MobileRead library?
The title says it all. I have already downloaded the classics that I am familiar with but I am interested in which ones are everyone's favorite(s).
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06-27-2011, 11:17 AM | #2 |
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My favorites are the individual titles & compilations of classic authors:
Jane Austen Charles Dickens H. Rider Haggard Edgar Rice Burroughs Henry James These are beautifully prepared ebooks. A huge thank you to the MR folk who have produced these editions, and are continuing to add to our library! |
06-27-2011, 11:26 AM | #3 |
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The range is so large in the MR Library. That's like asking what's your favourite book available at Barnes & Noble.
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06-27-2011, 11:31 AM | #4 |
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I haven't explored the MR library too much, yet. Are these books that the MR members have converted from print to ebook form? So they're typically out of copyright?
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06-27-2011, 11:32 AM | #5 |
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My favorite is The Thousand Nights and a Night.
Now, if only something similar existed for Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Last edited by DiapDealer; 07-13-2011 at 11:30 PM. |
06-27-2011, 11:37 AM | #6 |
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Yes - these are ebooks created by MR members - of books that have entered the Public Domain - and can be shared freely.
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06-27-2011, 12:47 PM | #7 |
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It's difficult to name but a few, but nevertheless:
in English (with thanks to Harry and Paul): Sherlock Holmes Omnibus all Jane Austen in deutsch (mit Dank an Alaska und J.U.): die Dostojewski-Bücher |
06-27-2011, 01:38 PM | #8 | |
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Here's mine, where I reveal my inner 10-year old: For the lover of Prisoner of Zenda or the novels of Harold MacGrath, there's Graustark. Set in one of those obscure Balkan principalities, it has swords, fancy uniforms, disguised identities, dungeons, deceit, revenge, maidenly blushes and a chaste kiss or two. Ah! I haven't read it in years, but it resides on my devices for that rainy day when nothing else will do. Thanks to crutledge for the upload. |
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06-27-2011, 01:54 PM | #9 | |
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On this basis I would say Three Men in a Boat and any of the books by Lord Dunsany. |
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06-27-2011, 01:56 PM | #10 | |
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06-27-2011, 07:31 PM | #11 |
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Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo.
Wallace, Edgar: Just Men Omnibus. Four Just Men in particular. Piper, H. Beam: Little Fuzzy. A classic 1st contact SF novel. I am also a big fan of the illustrated ebooks, search for illustrated in the title. |
07-13-2011, 10:21 PM | #12 |
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my life leon trotsky (thanks, seagull)
civilization and its discontents (thanks, Sonist) |
07-13-2011, 11:08 PM | #13 |
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Thorne Smith - The Night Life of the Gods
Raymond Chandler - The Long Goodbye I've only read a few of the many GK Chesterton, so it's too early to choose one. |
07-14-2011, 12:13 AM | #14 | |
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It is way too hard to just choose one or a few. It seems like all the ones I have chosen have been great, so far. I enjoyed the cozy mysteries of Chesterton, G.K.: Father Brown Omnibus uploaded by HarryT . I did just find this one uploaded by Jellby, Galsworthy, John: The Forsyte Saga, that looks to be something I'll enjoy.
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