[Reader-list] searching for free libraries on the net

V Vivek viyyer at sarai.net
Fri Apr 15 13:22:38 IST 2005


hey vivek

one interesting link I found has a lot of assorted material . many 
classics and miscellaneous reading material ranging from technology, 
phliosophy, psychology and Science related.

http://sigbus.nove.bg/pool/books/


Vivek



Vivek Narayanan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to put together a list of links to free books available on 
> the net; we all know about Gutenberg and Bartleby, but I'm 
> specifically looking for books published after 1930 or so, which might 
> have gone up as a result of initiatives by university presses or other 
> groups.  Large excerpts are good, but entire books are better.  And 
> I'm especially looking for links to sites with a number of books on them.
>
> Do send me any links you have, and I will compile and repost the link 
> collection to this list.
>
> As a starter, I offer this, UC Press's public archive:
> http://texts.cdlib.org/ucpress/authors_public.html
>
> It's a very nice collection, including such classic recent stuff like 
> Timothy Mitchell's Colonising Egypt, the collected essays of Robert 
> Creeley, south asian regional stuff, and so on.
>
> Looking forward to hearing more-- let's map this thing out.
>
> Vivek
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