Individual Topics/Miscellaneous

Alchemy e-books The text is plain, but an amazing array of illustrations on this unusual site more than compensate. Most works are in English, but six other languages are also represented. A huge site, from alchemy authority Adam McLean. (Alchemy was a mystical proto-science based on philosophical longings. The truly scientific parts of alchemy are represented in modern day chemistry).
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html

American Indian tales - Coyote Stories/Poems Native American stories from the American Indian Heritage Foundation, online in HTML.
http://www.indians.org/welker/coyote.htm

Americana
Earthbound - Stories from a Ghost Town Authentic period tales from Jerome, Arizona. A real treat, online in HTML, with great historical pictures.
http://www.jerometimes.com/earthbound.html
(Read about the fascinating story of Jerome itself at http://www.jerometimes.com/ )

Books for Phones & iPods
Freebooks for phones
This text-to-phone site enables you to progressively download free classic literature (Poe, Verne, H.G. Wells, Conan Doyle, Brothers Grimm and many others) to your mobile phone (Am.=cell phone). You can also rotate the text to read in a more useful "landscape" format if desired. Moreover you can even request most of the books from Project Gutenberg.
http://www.tx2ph.com

New BooksInMyPhone
Hundreds of classic books to read on your mobile/cell phone. Most in the public domain, some with Creative Commons licences. Please consult the FAQ & Getting It Into Your Phone sections on how to use, & also check the terms and Conditions of Use.
http://www.booksinmyphone.com

New Ebookhood This website allows you to convert texts, documents and webpages to the iPod Notes format, or to plain text, and share them. You can then read them on the iPod, mobile (cell) phones or other devices. An associated community has already converted hundreds of titles, an eclectic assortment viewable by author, title and language.
http://ebookhood.com/

British Women Romantic Poets
Project E-text editions of poetry by British and Irish women written (not necessarily published) between 1789 and 1832, a period traditionally known in English literary history as the Romantic period. A digital initiative of the University of California, Davis, from the Shields Library. Available in HTML & SGML.
http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/BWRP

Chemistry This useful site from Alexander Ragoisha of Byelorussia offers free Full-Text Journals in Chemistry. Most are English language, with a section in Russian. Usually in HTML and/or PDF.
http://www.chemistry.bsu.by/abc/current/fulltext.htm

Children's/Young Adult Books
A variety of famous classic titles.
http://www.bookspot.com/onlinebooks/childrens.htm

Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project Children's illustrated literature. Hundreds of children's books online. Because of the high picture content each page is presented as a separate image file (jpeg), or the whole book may be downloaded as a compressed (zip) file to read offline. In English, with some translated variously into Chinese, Farsi, Finnish, French, Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Maori, Polish, Romanian or Swedish.
http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/

New Erasmus James and the Galactic Zapp Machine. Erasmus (Raz for short) zaps across the galaxy in his dad's new invention, to a very strange world indeed. Kids aged 8+ should enjoy this fun-filled and imaginative tale, courtesy of board-shorted Oz author DC Green. In PDF format.
http://www.barrelbooks.com/

Comics
Free daily comic strips with back archives. Related goodies for sale. They have Ginger Meggs!
http://www.comics.com

Lots of e-freebies from DC.
http://www.dccomics.com

Computing

New Free Linux-related e-Books A comprehensive list of free Linux related e-books, available from multiple sources. List originally compiled by the legendary "pavs". Invaluable for Linux fans.
http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2008/01/06/learning-linux-2/
Dan Preston's Infoheaven site offers his e-book "How To Buy The Perfect Computer" free. For those who join his mailing list or purchase books, other free items are available. http://infoheaven.bravepages.com/DansEBOOK/PerfCPUindex.htm

Free Windows Security e-books. These individual chapters or entire books are dowloadable in .pdf format. You need to register to access them.
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/ebooks

Computer programming e-books, on a large range of topics including Abap, Java, Linux, Php, Oracle & Vb.net. In.pdf format. Note that you need to join the site, establish an account & supply personal details before downloading titles.
http://www.ebooknetworking.com See also http://www.downloadfreepdf.com/

Realtime Publishers offer some valuable free Windows titles in Microsoft .lit or Adobe PDF formats.("Real-time publishing" is the concept of posting a book as chapters/volumes are written, making up-to-the minute information available. You need to register to read the books - registered users will be notified via email when new chapters/volumes are added or existing content modified. Series include The Definitive Guides (for technical professionals), The Shortcut Guides (for the busy administrator and developer), and The Savvy Consumer Guides for consumers.
http://cc.realtimepublishers.com/

Useful Internet & Computer Tips - Volume 1 - Revised. 250 useful tips and definitions, in PDF (Portable Document Format). A 1.08 MB book for the Adobe Reader. Especially handy for beginners or to check out that odd mysterious term.
http://www.ebooks-ms.com/k_computer_and_internet.html

New Free Microsoft Technical books. Courtesy of Microsoft Press to publicise Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5, three introductory books on Microsoft LINQ, Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX and Microsoft Silverlight 1.0 are available here free for download, in PDF format.
http://blog.codebeach.com/2008/01/free-ebooks-from-microsoft-press.html

Cooking
The USENET Cookbook Main dishes, appetizers & snacks, bread/pasta, beverages, cookies or cakes, sauces, salads, soups, deserts, vegetable dishes etc. Vegetarian alternatives offered. Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage. Copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. {Copyright (c) 1987 USENET Community Trust}.
http://www.lysator.liu.se/etexts/recept/main.html
Recipies at : http://recipes.eserver.org/ Be prepared for vegetarian bias in meat eaters recipies.

Or take a look at this helpful foodies page:
http://micks-picks.tamu.edu/Cuisine.html

Tripp Central Karen & Trevor provide a smorgasbrod of food-related links. An amazing food heaven. From Amish recipies & ancient Roman Dishes to Young Robert's Cajun Food, it's all here. http://www.trippcentral.ca/recipes.htm

e-Cookbooks.net. A number of free samples are available from this commercial site, as pdfs for Adobe Acrobat Reader.
http://www.e-cookbooks.net

New Farmer Dave's free lamb recipes Farmer Dave is a real Queensland outback farmer - and past Australian Big Brother contestant (2006). His website includes a cosmopolitan array of recipes. Click on the "Cooking Lamb" tab to access (despite the tab name, they include desserts and other non-lamb items). His Mum's ones are terrific too.
http://www.farmerdavedirect.com/

Current Affairs
From prolific writer Shmuel (Sam) Vaknin: lively, controversial musings on issues in economics, politics, the Balkans, international affairs, history, psychology and more. Download as MS Word, RTF or PDF files.
http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html

Digital Issues

"Get Digitized" e-book Clueless about all things digital? I mean, absolutely no idea, really? Or just unsure about one or two devices or applications? This 40 page illustrated primer will give you the basic lowdown on everything from computers and PDA's to WiFi, BlueTooth and that mysterious acronym VoIP. This e-book is a large (2.2 megabyte) PDF, a file format suitable for downloading to read offline at your leisure with the Adobe (Acrobat) Reader software. Broadband recommended!
http:// www.switchingtomac.com/get_digitized_ebook.pdf


Digital Signal Processing Library A useful select library for those interested in electronics,
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) projects, mathematics for programmers and related topics. It links to titles that are free to download or read online. Some in PDF format, or zipped, others in HTML for your Web browser. Most books are available in individual chapters. Thanks to Refik Hadzialic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. NB: strictly for private use and study. Please respect the generosity of these authors.
http://www.e-dsp.com/books.php

E-book publishing This fledgling e-publisher/bookstore also offers some free inspirational/New Age titles, free covers for e-authors & a free e-book on drawing. In PDF at:
http://www.ebookpublishing.us/free.htm

Economics The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) "groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy", and doesextensive economic and social research. You can get some summary information from OECD publications free here (or pay for full texts as .pdf downloads, or order print copies from their bookshop).
http://new.sourceoecd.org/

New As a protest against the exorbitant price of many textbooks, California Institute of Technology economist R. Preston McAfee has written his own free PDF e- text, Introduction to Economic Analysis (it can also be bought in printed form for a relatively modest US$30). Get it by clicking:
http://www.mcafee.cc/Introecon/IEA.pdf NB: This is a direct download - no preliminary page.

Electronics ee.com A free technical library and professional community for electrical and electronics engineers. Contains over 5,600 documents in a variety of forms. Qualified contributions welcome. Resource areas include aerospace, analogue and digital design, biomedical technology, computer engineering, consumer electronics, digital signal processing, dsp, electric power, microprocessors, nanotechnology, magnetic & electro physics, jobs, meeting, business, research and development, semiconductors, telecommunication, vlsi. In PDF & PostScript. Members need to register, but visitors are also welcomed.
http://www.electronics-ee.com

English language reference

English dictionary. Over 320,000 references & still growing, with both US and British spellings. On this minimalist (no frills) website you can look up words alphabetically or by search. From Mike Harding.
http://www.english-dictionary.us/

English to American Dictionary. Prepared by a Scot who has spent some time in the USA, this fine work helps puzzled English speaking people understand American expressions better .
http://english2american.com/

Etymology. The Online Etymology Dictionary. In HTML. This valuable, attractively presented resource is from historian and author Douglas Harper.
http://www.etymonline.com/

English literature and Classics

New BookGlutton A "social reading" website with unique features, like contextual chat. Registration required. You can select a book or join a group reading a particular title (there are over 1,000 mostly classic titles available, including lots of sci-fi). For online reading only, in HTML. The reader interface can now can be resized to fit a wide range of screen sizes.
http://bookglutton.com/

Elibron Over one thousand titles online in plain text, in English and nineteen other European languages. Also versions for PC/Mac or for Palm, Visor & PocketPC. Free, with paperback and other versions also available for purchase.
http://www.elibron.com/english/lists/free_ebook.phtml

New Free Online Books Another reader participation site, offering around 5,000 public domain titles. Books are online in chapters in plain text, searchable by author, title, genre or keyword. Shades of freemasonry, registration enables progression from a baseline "Reader" through 20 increasingly exalted ranks, with bonus privileges along the way. Grade three gets you 'Booklover" - alas, no thirty-third degree. http://www.freeonlinebooks.org/

Indbazzar More than twenty categories of books here, from autobiographies to westerns and including children's' books. A family resource. To either read online or download as zipped files. http://www.indbazaar.com/ebooks/index.asp

Literature Post A collection of 825 classic books, plays, stories and poems for online reading.
Over seventy authors are represented. In plain text.
http://www.literaturepost.com

New NewFreeBooks New e-books released free online by their own authors. Genres include mystery, romance, saga, self-help & historical novels. Please respect any usage guidelines.
http://newfreebooks.com/

New PublicBookshelf Free romance novels, mystery, horror stories and more. Some non-fiction. Classics and some modern works. For online reading in chapters. Author opportunities too.
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/

Virtual Imprint A select catalogue of free original and classic fiction. Available for download in
MS Reader, Adobe Reader ( PDF), or to read online in your Web browser (in their Virtual Imprint WebBook format - a simple but bookmarkable double page layout. IE 5+ recommended). Their
home page also offers an array of purchasable services for bibliophiles.
http://www.virtualimprint.com/catalog.shtml

A number of famous Irish literary works available free to download as text or RTF files, also some
HTML short stories to read online. Yes, all of the following famous "English" authors were actually Irish - George Bernard Shaw, Bram Stoker (author of Dracula), Jonathan Swift, J.M.Synge, Oscar Wilde.
http://www.ireland-information.com/irishliterature.htm

Brennan Emerson's short stories, philosophy, and some poetry as the title King Marcine. Available as a free download, or purchase a print copy, at:
http://www.lulu.com/content/149000

The Literary Encyclopedia More than a thousand scholars have contributed to this huge
Web reference work, focused on literature in English. With nearly three thousand entries, and well
over 5 million words, there's any amount to learn here about writers, literary works and literary topics, plus numerous links to more. And they throw in a bit of a Books-in-print too!
http://www.litencyc.com/

Gardening

Online Botanical Illustrations For plant & garden lovers and home craft enthusiasts. This lavishly illustrated short book also contains a wealth of supporting hyperlinks. It's a 1.1 MB PDF file. http://www.moplants.com/eBooks.php

General Reference

AllRefer.com Provides a free encyclopedia (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, from the Columbia University Press) & gazetteer, medical encyclopedia & other valuable reference resources.
Thousands of articles available here in HTML, with useful links to related topics.
http://www.allrefer.com

Dictionaries of 14 languages - English, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew,Italian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish &Vietnamese. Also specialised dictionaries including Computers, Law, Science.
http://www.online-dictionary.net/start.htm/

Health

Free Health tip e-books. Topics of these useful mini-books include Acne, ADD/ADHD, addictions,Low-carb dieting, Nutrition and Safe Tanning. In PDF format for the Adobe Reader. http://www.tophealthtips.com/

History

Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
How have the states of Europe changed from century to century in the last two millenniums?
Check it out in the 21 maps of this atlas. Some interesting Roman features too.
http://www.euratlas.com/summary.htm

Free history and philosophy audio books, in mp3 format. Broaden your horizons on your ipod or other Mp3 player These range from Plato to Karl Marx, with an emphasis on works by or on famous American figures from yesteryear. The site name comes from Benjamin Franklin's literary club, called The Junto.
http://www.ejunto.com/

How-To Books

New James Abela Mini-Guides
How to write a report; do academic study; and design a good presentation With PowerPoint. Three useful free "Guides to" mini-books. As PDFs to download, with summaries online. Other helpful links too. Thanks, James.
http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/reportwriting.html
http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/exams/studybook.html
http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/bus/PowerPoint.html

Webooks
This UK website offers over 150 useful free e-books, for reading online in chapters in HTML. Topics are in the business, education, finance, lifestyle, property and travel areas. They also sell PDF download versions, and printed copies. Brief related articles are featured for many of the books.
www.webooks.co.uk

Internet Marketing
Sally's ebooks has free Internet marketing e-books, plus a few sweeteners (literally so, e.g. chocolate, ice-cream & pudding recipes). Presented as zipped files for downloading and reading offline. http://www.sallys-ebooks.co.uk/royal/down.html

New Free-ebook.biz
This recent site is heavily 'web biz promotional' in nature, but has a limited though interesting range of titles from more than three dozen genres. Registration required to access books. Download books as PDFs, zip files and RAR archives.
http://www.free-ebook.biz



Physical Fitness and Exercise

New Classic fitness and weight training e-Books Learn how the original bodybuilding masters trained. Includes Eugen Sandow's "Sandow on Physical Training," Sandow's "Strength and How To Obtain It," and Edwin Checkley's "A Natural Method of Physical Training." As PDF downloads, with useful HTML introductions online. Available under a Creative Commons 3.0 US Licence.
http://homegymessentials.com/

Personal Motivation/Inspiration The 7 Keys to Success. Inspirational text, as a .pdf file for online or offline reading. From Will Edwards of White Dove Books.
http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/newsletter/7-keys-download-page.htm

Mathematics
The Electronic Library of Mathematics contains free online journals, article collections, and
monographs in the field of mathematics. View on-line or download as .pdfs for offline use.
http://www.emis.de/ELibEMS.htm

MathWorld. A comprehensive and interactive mathematics encyclopedia intended for students, educators, maths enthusiasts and researchers. Claimed to be the Web's most complete maths resource.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

"Pseudocolor in Pure and Applied Mathematics", a free on-line e-book in progress with source code by Douglas C. Youvan. In HTML for your Web browser.
http://www.youvan.com/ , mirrored at http://www.pseudocolor.com/

Mathematics e-books, free under restricted licence. Please read the terms and conditions carefully. Free to students using these books for their own study, or for teachers under certain limitedcircumstances (payment required otherwise). Titles include Basic Concepts of Mathematics, Mathematical Analysis I, & An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers. As PDFs. http://www.trillia.com/products.html

Medicine

Medical Dictionary Online. "A free online medical dictionary search engine for definitions of medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare equipment, health conditions, medical devices, specialty terms and medical abbreviations." Note that definitions are brief, and should only be considered as a launching pad for further research. A handy resource, but self-diagnosers should note the disclaimer.
http://www.online-medical-dictionary.org

Medical Encyclopedia An online medical and health encyclopedia containing information on over 1,500 topics, including conditions, diseases, injuries, nutrition, surgeries, symptoms, tests and special topics. Use alphabetically or through the search function. The site also features significant current news stories and a variety of other resources.
http://www.healthopedia.com/

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf. A collection of searchable biomedical books for the Web. Illustrated, in HTML. Medical issues covered include asthma, cancer, high blood pressure, obesity, & retroviruses. There are also more general works on topics including the Cell, Developmental Biology, Glycobiology, Genes and Disease, Immunobiology and Neurochemistry. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books

Freebooks for doctors
Site dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet. 550+ books to read online in English, French, German & Spanish, plus a few titles in Catalan, Italian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian & Turkish.
http://freebooks4doctors.com

Handhelds for Doctors. Read the text free. A paperback version is also available for purchase.
http://www.handheldsfordoctors.com/book/text/index.htm

Military History
Richard Jensen offers a large page oflinks to a wide variety of resources in this subject area, from ancient times to present day. Jensen is an American scholar (retired Professor of History) http://tigger.uic.edu/%7Erjensen/military.html

New Mystery Thriller Preview -The Lion and the Covenant. If the history and whereabouts of the Ark of the Covenant are of interest to you, you may be intrigued by this one. How about the "royal secret" of the Freemasons revealed? An illustrated glimpse into a forthcoming story about a startling insider plot - or is it all true? Possibly the upset novel of the next twelve months.
http://www.e-book.com.au/lionandthecovenant.htm

Nostradamus novel: The Greatest Sinner Ever by Eric Mellema. Has interesting insights into the momentous 16th century. In English, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, either as a PDF file or online in HTML.
http://www.nostredame.info/

Personal Finances

Debt Management
A debt management company provides free downloads on some debt and credit related topics. More may follow. In PDF format for the Adobe Reader.
http://www.debtconsolidationcare.com/books/

Pets

e-Booklets about Pets A range of mammals, reptiles, fish and birds are covered in these free illustrated short booklets, courtesy of a Houston, Texas online " pet superstore". A boon for beginners. Download in PDF format for the Adobe Reader.
http://www.cheappetstore.com/ebooks.php/

Philosophy
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Alphabetical and searchable. A voluntary academic effort. http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

New Rare Books

Forgotten Books This is a 'combination" website that links to free online copies of books scanned for Google, and includes an URL to buy a "Forgotten Books" physical copy from Amazon.com if desired. Nearly 1,500 rarer books were represented by mid 2008. Genres include classical fiction, philosophy, science, religion, folklore, mythology and sacred texts, plus esoteric subjects such as the occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic and ancient knowledge.
http://www.forgottenbooks.org/

Research
FreeFullText.com provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all of their online content to be viewed by anyone for free (though some may require free registration).
http://www.freefulltext.com/

Radio Frequency e-Books For the technically savvy, this helpful site provides mostly PDF (Adobe Reader) downloads. Topics include RF Fundamentals, Electromagnetism, Antenna fundamentals & design, Modulation, Spectral & Signal analysis, RF measurement and filters, Amplifier design, Mixers, Oscillators and more.
http://www.rfzone.org/free-rf-ebooks/

Science
The Public Library of Science is provided by "a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource". PLoS will publish its own journals. So far there is PLoS Biology (a monthly, launched October 2003, both online and in print). PLoS Medicine is to follow during 2004. Formats used are HTML & PDF.
http://www.plos.org

E-Library of Science Mathematics e-books plus a few philosophy, physics and other titles. In pdf format (use the Adobe Reader).
http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-otherformats.htm

Science Fiction/Fantasy, & Horror

Doctor Who e-books. Never screened, these Seventh Doctor stories from1992-1997 are a rare treasure from the friendly folk at the BBC. Online, by page in SHTML, or in plain text chapters if you wish to print them out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/ebooks/

Online since August 1997, UK-based Infinity Plus publishes some original fiction, but mostly republishes those short stories & other shorter works you're always trying to find again. With extra input from many writers that you may not see anywhere else. As such, this wonderful archive is a boon to devotees. Online in HTML, or you can save them ('Save as...') to read off-line. However please remember they remain copyright for all purposes other than simple reading.
http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/index.htm

SF/Fantasy e-books & assistance for the physically impaired. ReadAssist is an organization of Science Fiction and Fantasy fans with an easy-to-use site streamlined to assist those with physical disabilities. They provide links to sources of both free and purchasable written and audio e-books, in those genres. Further links are to software & hardware of use to those with impaired mobility or vision.
http://www.readassist.org/

Gormglaith, by Heidi Wyss. 76,000 words of radical feminist separatist literature set in what is claimed to be a scientifically plausible future. Aesthetically presented for online reading.
http://www.literateweb.com/wyss.htm

Godspawn, by A. Zoic. A prophetic title with a human clone hero. Written at sunny Balmoral Beach in Sydney, & available in no less than 11 formats. Worth visiting the site for the impressive audio-visual opening alone (Active X controls must be enabled -if you get a blank site, check your browser settings).
http://www.Godspawn.com/

Grotesque, A Gothic Epic, by Graven. An intense, illustrated Gothic novel about religion and the Black Death. With animated sound effects, online in HTML plus. Excellently presented, but with its gruesome theme not for the faint-hearted.
http://www.gegraven.com

New Maggots of Heresy. Fantasy set in an alternate universe, where in medieval Baghdad the women rule and have multiple husbands. There's something to amuse or offend everyone, and possibly provoke some thought, in this new novel by Australian Michael Fridman. As a .pdf download.
http://anadder.com/maggots

New The Mantooth, by Christopher Leadem. This modern American writer has made several of his Science Fiction/Fantasy novels available to read online in HTML, or download in RTF format. His site provides free music too.
http://www.aragornbooks.com//The_Mantooth.htm

New Oberheim (Voices). Another free SF/F title from Chris. Leadem.
http://www.aragornbooks.com//OBERHEIM_HTML.htm

Technical Books
Technical Reports Online
"The Virtual Technical Reports Center". Links to technical reports, preprints, reprints, dissertations, theses, and research reports of all kinds, as either full-text reports or searchable extended abstracts.
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ENGIN/TechReports/Virtual-TechReports.html

New Free tech books Reviews of & links to author/publisher sites offering online computer science/engineering/programming & mathematics books, textbooks and lecture notes. Please note terms and conditions on each site...
http://www.freetechbooks.com/

New Freebookcentre.net
A US site linking to free online technical books on subjects including computer sciences, medicine, electronics & mathematics. Books and articles are readable in your Web browser.
http://www.freebookcentre.net/

Television
Encyclopedia of Television. Includes more than 1,000 essays examining programmes, people, historic moments and trends, disputes, scandals and much else in the saga of the small screen. Also contains histories of major TV networks and broadcasting systems around the world, plus resource materials, photos and bibliographical information.
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/index.html

Travel Universal Currency Converter. (Previous e-book version not currently available).
http://www.xe.com/ucc/

New Free Maltese travel e-books
Valletta Guide Maps, Cottonera Cultural Guide, Valletta Official AudioGuide (in 4 languages). Explore Malta's history and rich cultural heritage. All as zip files. Thanks to Lawrence Saliba.
http://www.cultel.com/en/Free+eBooks


IIT - Information Interactive Technology This Netherlands-based site offers some classic e -books include Wodehouse humour, Sherlock Holmes and a serious essay About Violence and Democracy. There are also mini travel guides for all European countries. In PDF, use the Adobe Reader. Patience may be required; this site is slow to download for modem users.
http://www.ebookseguides.com

U.S. Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, all Amendments, the Monroe Doctrine, the Emancipation Proclamation & the Gettysburg Address. Fully indexed. Available free as a downloadable zip file (requires a zip utility to decompress). Download the freedom.zip (40kb) under the sub-heading Freedom documents, from R.E. Harvey, at:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/r_harvey

U.S. Rightwing Christian Fundamentalism The Institute for Christian Economics is a Texas-based, U.S. Christian fundamentalist site. Many "bible-based" religious & social titles are offered, plus a substantial foray into conservative and pro-free market economics & politics. Books are available in HTML or the DjVu compressed file format. The site authors recommend the latter, which they claim is superior to & less memory-hungry than PDF for representing original works. A free DjVu reader may be downloaded from the site.
http://www.freebooks.com/

Website Development Rick Rouse provides several free e-books, downloadable as zip files, for webmasters. They include How To Get Thousands Of Links To Your Website and How To Triple Your Website Traffic Every 90 Days under the heading Webmaster Freebies. Also some useful software for webmasters.
http://www.rlrouse.com/freebies.html

William Blake Archive Literary and visual works by William Blake and his circle. Includes fully searchable and scalable electronic editions of all of Blake's 19 illuminated works. In HTML & SGML. With Biography, Glossary, and Chronology. Sponsored by the U.S. Library of Congress, with some high-powered support.
http://www.blakearchive.org