As you may have noticed, we give you free electronic books throughout our website: as gifts, as rewards, as thank-you tokens, as giveaways, even just like that. They may be few, but they are definitively good, quality electronic books. StriQTly SeleQTed™, as the saying goes. And that's exactly why there are so few: although there are some true gems even among free eBooks, they are only exceptions to the general WYPIWYG rule - What You Pay for Is What You Get. If you want a really wide selection of titles to choose from, no spam, no nag screens, and first-rate contents that are a pleasure to read, commercially available eBooks remain your only option. Anyway, with prices well below hard copy books, and the unique appeal of instant download and on-screen reading, it's no wonder that sales of electronic books are skyrocketing.
In all honesty, we've read quite a bunch of them, and many good ones. But there are a few that are and remain our unconditional top picks:
We all know those stories that are too bizarre to be true - cockroaches in hamburgers, infrared ovens used as hair dryers, kidney snatchers, babies dehydrating to death in parked cars, back-seat axe killers. They are called urban legends. Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by J. H. Brunvand is the definitive word on the subject.
Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes, with its 4,000+ entries is probably the best source for anecdotes on the market.
The Ultimate Book of Investment Quotations is an exhaustive collection of quotations, aphorisms and 'bon mots' on investment coming from not only those in the world of finance and investment, but also from such disparate sources as Shakespeare, the Bible and Hollywood.
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes brings together over 500 nursery rhymes, songs, nonsense jingles, lullabies, and rhyming alphabets traditionally handed on to young children. All the items have been arranged alphabetically, from 'A was an apple-pie' to 'Yankee Doodle came to town'.
From a beloved and trusted spiritual and practical advisor comes a concise plan for making our dreams come true. According to Father Paul Keenan, our dreams are simply Wishes with Legs. With wit, wisdom, and warm humor, he shows us how we can turn idle wishes into dreams that can be realized.
If it has been too long since you read the Omar Khayyám's Rubáiyát, the romantic poetry of Lord Byron, or the soft poems of Emily Dickinson, you will find them in Poetry For The Soul: Enhance the Quality of Your Life.
Over six decades ago Edgar Cayce, the world's greatest psychic, looked forward to the Millennium. What did he foresee? You'll find it in Edgar Cayce on the Millennium.
In A Child's First Bible, many of the most important stories from the Bible are adapted for very young children. These readers (or future readers) are ready to delve deeper into the message of the Bible guided by this cheery ebook.
With illustrations that will appeal to people of all ages, Word for Word: A Cartoon History of Word Origins is a must for anyone who has ever stopped to wonder about the history behind the language we speak.
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