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Thursday, November 3, 2011

{wishlist} manybooks.net

Some of the titles on manybooks.net (a great free source of older books in multiple e-formats including for Kindle) make me laugh so much. How about... 

 
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One could so easily write one's own adventure using these titles.

And how did she feel? Apparently ""I feel just like bucking," the maiden replied."

Incidentally, manybooks.net has a useful RSS feed for tracking their latest additions.

6 comments:

  1. skiourophileNovember 5, 2011 at 12:31 PM

    I'm going to add the ones I find in my feed:

    The Man Who Pleases And The Woman Who Charms (John A. Cone): http://manybooks.net/titles/conej3576135761.html

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  2. skiourophileDecember 10, 2011 at 7:50 PM

    Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady (Hester Chapone; 1820): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/chaponeh3589035890.html

    Aunt Jane’s Nieces on the Ranch (Edith van Dyne [aka L. Frank Baum]; 1913). Now there's a familiar name! http://www.manybooks.net/titles/dyneedit3585935859.html

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  3. skiourophileDecember 14, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat (Captain Quincy Allen; 1913): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/allenqa3583135831.html

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  4. skiourophileDecember 14, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    Bill Bolton—Flying Midshipman (Noel Sainsbury; 1933): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/sainsburyn3585835858.html

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  5. skiourophileFebruary 15, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    The Story of a Doctor's Telephone: Told by His Wife (Ellen M. Firebaugh; 1912): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/firebaugh3875238752-8.html

    A Vindication of Natural Diet (Percy Bysshe Shelley): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/shelleyp3872738727-8.html

    The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy
    Or The Rise, Progress and End of the Fourth World-Empire (William Edwy Vine; 1916): http://www.manybooks.net/titles/vine3872138721-8.html

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  6. skiourophileMarch 10, 2012 at 2:56 PM

    Ralph, the Train Dispatcher: The Mystery of the Pay Car (Allen Chapman; 1911): http://manybooks.net/titles/chapmana3896938969-8.html

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