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ebook sites
(updated April 4, 04)
1. FictionWise,
multi formats one stop
shopping site, include non fiction and exclusive short fictions.
2. BlackMask,
the best free ebook site in several
formats.
3. PeanutPress, award winning ebook store
for PDA, friendly DRM solutions.
4. Execubook,
eSummaries that deliver wisdom. Perfect for PDA users.
5. eBookAd, many indies label are here
6.
Univ. of Virginia
Library, Free ebooks
7. FreeeLiterature dot com,
classics for free
8. Memoware, free documents from
volunteers.
9.
ESSPC, great place to
start your collection (Free)
10.The Online Book Page,
from U.Penn. new
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Recommended eBooks from my ebook shelf
(April 04)
(email me for 10%
off coupon)

1.
Don't Know Much About History
2.
Dirty Little Secrets
3.
Killing The Buddha
4.
The Get With the Program! Guide to Fast Food and Family Restaurants
5.
Flirt Coach
Pocket
PC eBooks
Bestseller List
(Jan-Mar 04)

1.
Star Trek Series
2.
Angels and Demons
3.
Holly Bible NIV ed.
4.
The
Da Vinci Code
5.
Deception Points
6.
Letters to Penthouse XIX
7.
Letters to Penthouse XVIII
8.
Resolutions
9.
7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom
10.
Against All Enemies
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http://cebooks.blogspot.com
12/18/2002
David Rothman's
TeleRead:The backwards West?
One of the reasons why TeleRead favors national digital libraries, plural, is that different countries have different values. Certain Americans, for example, would consider many Moslem countries to be backwards and blame the religious environment for the poverty of the typical Arab.
But who says that the West is in all respects the paragon of intellectual freedom? ... A reverse brain drain is happening. Some Western scientists are coming to China for greater freedom within their niche. Bottom line? More economic power for China in the long run at the expense of the States--thanks to our backwards policies toward even therapeutic cloning. So much for the stereotypes. What's more, centuries ago, certain Moslem rulers were far more enlightened than Christian counterparts at the time, as shown by Islam's treatment of Jewish intellectuals and merchants in Spain...
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