Category Archives: Free eBooks
The JAZZ Age – Two free online books
Two great free online books from the Jazz Age. You can view these two books on your iPad or iPhone using the free Kindle App, download them through the Stanza app, or use the Barnes&Noble ereader app and get them … Continue reading
William Gibson Neuromancer ebook
In 1984, William Gibson published Neuromancer. Gibson was influenced by several authors including the 1940′s noir fiction writer Dashiell Hammett who was featured in the previous post. Just as Jules Verne is remembered for predicting technology such as submarines and … Continue reading
Mark Twain died 100 years ago
**UPDATE** MARK TWAIN’s AUTOBIOGRAPHY TO BE RELEASED !!! Mark Twain passed away on April 21, 1910. Many scholars agree that the birth of the American novel occurred with the publication of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was a storyteller, a humanitarian, … Continue reading
The Many Stories of Casanova
The free ebook for today is Giacomo Casanova’s ”Story of My Life”. Recently, the original manuscripts were purchased for 7 million euros and donated to France’s National Library. The manuscript is written in French and, at 3,700 pages, is quite … Continue reading
A Wicked Reporter and his Collection of Japanese Ghost Stories
The free ebook for today is a collection of very famous Japanese ghost stories translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The book , Kwaidan, inspired a 1964 Oscar-nominated film by the same name. Once one of Cincinnati’s well-known writers, Lafcadio Hearn was … Continue reading