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DCKit

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3. They've been scanning like crazy for the past decade, at least.

Reply to Junkdrawer (Reply #2)

Sun May 19, 2013, 09:35 PM

May 2013

There's also 'The Guttenberg Project'... more free stuff than anyone could read in a single lifetime.

I don't recall where I found it, but there's also a group that has free audio books (anything no longer copyrighted).

There's a lot out there, you just have to look for it.

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The World is NOT 6000 yrs old. It's actually 18 yrs old.... [View all] Junkdrawer May 2013 OP

I can't read anything longer than a DU OP on the computer screen. DCKit May 2013 #1

When my wife got her PhD (~1993), see used the microfiche stacks in the Library of Congress.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #2

They've been scanning like crazy for the past decade, at least. DCKit May 2013 #3

AudiobooksForFree.com ??? Junkdrawer May 2013 #4

It's Librivox that I'm thinking of. DCKit May 2013 #6

So my son, who got his masters of library science, loves books.... rgbecker May 2013 #5

How far back? Do they cover the cited period ('45 to '50)? Junkdrawer May 2013 #8

I think you'll have to refer to the big green books, as before the internet's birth 18 years ago! rgbecker May 2013 #11

always ask a librarian... Junkdrawer May 2013 #12

Yes. RainDog May 2013 #14

It's somewhere between 40 and 50 years old. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #7

In your dreams.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #9

Sorry. I know it's tough to deal with Warren DeMontague May 2013 #10

Our universes fade away with the last expiration... sanatanadharma May 2013 #13

Yes, we can't do anything BUT exist. Warren DeMontague May 2013 #15

archive has lots of free stuff sigmasix May 2013 #16

BTW: My boy calls me a Tull nerd.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #17