eBooks for eReader

Since attaining functional literacy I have been an avid reader. One of my favorite sources of reading material is Project Gutenberg, an online library home to

thousands of free public domain ebooks. Occasionally I convert them to Palm's .pdb format with eBook Studio for Mac; the resulting ebooks can be read on

almost any computer with the free eReader software. Below is a growing list of ebooks I've converted along with brief reviews and summaries.

• What Is Free Trade? by Frederic Bastiat

Definitive work by a man often held in high esteem by classical liberals and libertarians.

• Adventures in New Guinea by James Chalmers

Missionary in Papua New Guinea while cannibalism and various other aspects of pagan tribal life were rife.

• The King in Yellow by Robert Chambers

A collection of entertaining stories, some of which were apparently influential on the supernatural tales of H.P. Lovecraft.

• Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers by W. A. Clouston

Collection of various famous Persian poets' works as well as multiple tales and fables of antiquity, foten drawing links to more modern stories.

• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

About a boy who enlists in teh Civil War, flees battle once but ends up as a hero.

• Father Damien by Robert Louis Stevenson

A letter written in defense of Father Damien who aided lepers on Molokai, Hawaii, before succumbing to the disease.

• What Prohibition Has Done to America by Fabian Franklin

Documenting the idiocy that was Prohibition with points to apply to the current War on Drugs.

• With the Boer Forces by Howard C. Hillegas

Illustrated book about life with the Boers fighting the British.

• Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

Perhaps one of the first tales of a midlife crisis.

• With the British Army in The Holy Land by Henry Osmond Lock

As the title says, during World War I.

• Travels in Africa by Mungo Park

A fascinating travel diary by the Scot explorer who single-handedly roamed about West Africa with all manner of amazing tales

• Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer

Crime fiction with a dated stereotyped Asian mega-villain.

• Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini

A great tale of revenge during the French Revolution

• Bolshevism, The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by John Spargo

A committed Socialist who nevertheless was aware of the evil that is Communism.

• Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

A famous and fun work of fiction.

• Anson's Voyage Around the World by H.W. Household

An explanatory title.

• Psmith in the City by P.G. Wodehouse

Humorous writing about Psmith having at the his manifold foes

• The Book of Snobs by William Makepeace Thackeray

A dated classification of snobs, many of whom one can recognize even today

• The Burglar's Fate and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton

A true crime story by the man who became synonymous with private detectives.

• Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

Country girl moves to the city, shuns works, becomes a mistress, falls for and marries an older guy who wrecks his life for her, and ends up a star while the older

guy kills himself in poverty.

• The Dash for Khartoum: A Tale of Nile Expedition by G.A. Henty

British boys' adventure book from the Victorian Era.

• The Great Hoggarty Diamond by William Makepeace Thackeray

An inherited diamond leads to both class success and downfall.

• The Gods of Pegana by Edward Dunsany

A new mythology of somewhat dull poetry.

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