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Old 11-14-2008, 11:21 AM   #1
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As a variation on the recent recommendation game thread, what 10 free ebooks would you recommend?

(I'm still thinking about my list, so I'll post it soon! )

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Old 11-14-2008, 11:25 AM   #2
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Series by Peter Watts:
Starfish
Maelstrom
Behemoth
Blind Sight

Mistborn
Farthing
Time Cavern

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Old Testament
New Testament

All of Steve Jordan's books
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Old 11-14-2008, 12:40 PM   #3
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1 Pride and Prejudice
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21430

2 Complete Sherlock Holmes
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12677

3 David Balfour (Kidnapped and Catriona)
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24381

4 The Canterville Ghost
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27657

5 On Basilisk Station
http://www.webscription.net/p-304-on...k-station.aspx

6 1632
http://www.webscription.net/p-379-1632.aspx

7 Sheepfarmer's Daughter
http://www.webscription.net/p-587-sh...-daughter.aspx

8 This Scepter'd Isle
http://www.webscription.net/p-414-th...terd-isle.aspx

9 There Will be Dragons
http://www.webscription.net/p-412-th...e-dragons.aspx

10 An Oblique Approach
http://www.webscription.net/p-300-an...-approach.aspx


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As a variation on the recent recommendation game thread, what 10 free ebooks would you recommend?

(I'm still thinking about my list, so I'll post it soon! )

/JB
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Old 11-14-2008, 01:04 PM   #4
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In no particular order...

Overclocked by Corey Doctorow
Agent to the Stars by John Scalzi
Animal Farm by George Orwell
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
1984 by George Orwell
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Old 11-14-2008, 01:58 PM   #5
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In no particular order:

Sunzi, B.C., The Art of War
Wilde, Oscar, The Picture of Dorian Grey
Cervantes, Miguel De, Don Quixote
Defoe, Daniel, Robinson Crusoe
Dumas, Alexandre, The Three Musketeers
Poe, Edgar Allan, Works I-V
Joyce, James, Ulysses
Stoker, Bram, Dracula
Shelly, Mary, Frankenstein
Tolstoy, Leo, War and Peace

May I add 10 free books for those who´d like to read German authors or read in German?

Büchner, Georg, Dantons Tod (Danton´s Death)
Bürger, Gottfried August, Münchhausen (Munchhausen)
Kafka, Franz, Der Prozess (The Trial)
Mann, Thomas, Der Zauberberg (The Magic Mountain)
May, Karl, Winnetou
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus spake Zarathustra)
Schiller, Friedrich, Wilhelm Tell
Storm, Theodor, Der Schimmelreiter (The Dykemaster)
Gebr. Grimm, Märchen (Fairy Tales)
Thoma, Ludwig, Der Münchner im Himmel (famous Bavarian humour, no translation in other languages)
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In no particular order:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Sherlock Holmes Omnibus by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr J.G. Reeder Omnibus by Edgar Wallace
The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace
Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne
1632 by Eric Flint
Ring of Fire by Eric Flint
On Basilisk Station by David Weber
Oath of Swords by David Weber
My Own Kind Of Freedom by Steven Brust
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