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Free Books: Projects Gutenberg
I used the term “projects” to indicate the existence of project Gutenberg in various countries. The difference is in the different copyright laws, thus resulting in books that are in the public domain...
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Dr. Thorndyke Mysteries
Dr. John Thorndyke is the hero of a series of mystery novels and short stories written by Richard Austin Freeman from 1907 to 1942. Dr. Thorndyke is also a lawyer and combines all of his talents to...
View ArticleProfessor Craig Kennedy Mysteries
Craig Kennedy was a fictional professor of chemistry and amateur detective created by Arthur Reeve in 1910. Kennedy was known for using the latest scientific and technological advances to solve...
View ArticlePolice Conduct Now and Then
I am reading “A Thief in the Night“, a Dr. Thorndyke mystery novel written by Richard Freeman. There was an exchange between one of the characters and a police officer that struck me as an example of...
View ArticleNew Page: Libertarian Fiction
I started a new page to highlight libertarian fiction. This page will be continuously updated.
View ArticleLibertarian Fiction Update
I added a new novel, Wyst: Alastor 1716 by Jack Vance, to the Libertarian Fiction page.
View ArticleMax Carrados Mystery Stories
Max Carrados is a fictional detective featured in a series of stories written by Ernest Bramah. The stories are set in England around the time of the first world war. What makes these stories unique is...
View ArticleRare Books Online from The Kerala State Central Library in India
From the website of The Kerala State Central Library: ‘The Kerala State Central Library or the Thiruvananthapuram Public Library was established during the reign of His Highness Swathi Thirunal...
View ArticlePhilo Vance Mysteries
Philo Vance is the fictional name of a fictional detective created by S. S. Van Dine (the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright). The stories are set in New York in the 1920s and 1930s. Van Dine is the...
View ArticleMules in History
In the 1950s, Isaac Asimov wrote one of the all time great science fiction series, the foundation trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation). The setting was the twilight of a...
View ArticleNew Link: E-Books Directory
I added a link to E-Books Directory under the Free Books heading.
View Article$5 For All Packt Publishing Ebooks and Videos
Packt Publishing specializes in programming books and videos. Their $5 sale ends January 3rd. Note that if you are interested in a particular title, I suggest that you look it up on Amazon first to...
View ArticlePiranhas: Find the cheapest store for your books
Piranhas allows one to search multiple book sellers to find the lowest price.
View ArticleA Plea to All Authors: Please Self Publish
There are few aspects of modern life that I find more frustrating than finding an interesting book on an academic topic that is priced outrageously. An example is The Fed at One Hundred: A Critical...
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Inside Interesting Integrals by Paul Nahin
Nahin, a prolific writer of popular and semi-poplular books on math and engineering, authored Inside Interesting Integrals which was published a couple of weeks ago. The book is a collection of methods...
View ArticleEnglish Translations of Ancient Greek Plays
I stumbled upon two sites with English translations of ancient Greek plays: Bacchicstage Poetry in Translation
View ArticleFree Book: Neuronal Dynamics: From single neurons to networks and models of...
An online version of Neuronal Dynamics: From single neurons to networks and models of cognition by Wulfram Gerstner, Werner M. Kistler, Richard Naud and Liam Paninski is available for free. From the...
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Brief Book Review of The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other...
I dislike writing book reviews but I enjoyed reading The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals, written by Thomas Suddendorf, sufficiently to motivate me to write a short review....
View ArticleThousands of early English books released online to public by Bodleian...
‘More than 25,000 early English texts from 1473-1700 have been released online to members of the public as part of a collaborative initiative led by the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries and...
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Brief Book Review: The Imjin War: Japan’s Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea...
Pros: All aspects of the entire war were covered. Background information about the protagonists, Korea, Japan, China, put the war in historical context. Complicated political maneuvering of all three...
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