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Gutenberg FREE BOOKS:

Coming Home by Edith Wharton http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24349

White Fang by Jack London http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23976

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23979

Spirits in Bondage by C.S. Lewis http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23975

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/23980

365 Luncheon Dishes by Anonymous http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24384

The Community Cook Book by Anonymous http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24387

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awesomely free summer reading

The following are all now sans-copyright, freely available, no DRM, etc. offered by Gutenberg.org. Since they offer txt format, you can download it in a way that makes it readable on most platforms, and easy to  transfer to another platform if you need to. Plus, the below were probably on some reading list you were supposed to read at some point anyway…besides being touchstones of our culture. 

Common Sense by Thomas Paine http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/147

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/175

The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3186

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/174

The Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/128

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GUTENBERG PROMISING looking books:
Egocentric Orbit by John Cory
The Capgras Shift by Sam Vaknin
The Aliens by [pseud.] Murray Leinster
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24518
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca by Homer : http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/24856

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A few articles on saving money

Free, Robust Template for Tracking your Expenses: By navigating a handful of dropdown menus with a few clicks, you can see trouble areas (or unexpected restraint) in your spending.http://www.dumblittleman.com/2007/06/free-robust-template-for-tracking-your.html

Taking your Checkbook Online: As the name suggests, ClearCheckbook is an online checkbook, expense management, and cash flow manager. That may sound intimidating but it’s essentially Quicken on the web complete with graphs, categories and reports. Best of all, it is entirely free and

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2007/02/taking-your-checkbook-online.html

50 Ways to Save at the Grocery Store: I am going to pick 5 tips from their list and I am going write them down. I will then staple that list to my grocery list so that I have a physical reminder of the things I want to implement.

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2007/02/50-ways-to-save-at-grocery-store.html

Items to always buy Generic: Their analysis is based on store’s in New York, however, my wife confirms that these similar to what she sees in the Chicagoland area as well.

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/11/items-to-always-buy-generic.html

Just use Normal Soap - it’s cheaper and it works: In 2005, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel concluded that there is “no added benefit” from using antimicrobial products over plain soap and water.

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/10/just-use-normal-soap-its-cheaper-and-it.html

The Cheap Menu, Feed Your Family for $45 per week: Today I happened to see an actual menu that details a week’s worth of meals large enough to feed 4 people for only $45. To me, that sounds pretty cheap.

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/09/cheap-menu-feed-your-family-for-45-per.html

Reminder: Get your $30 from the IRS for Long Distance Tax Amendment : The Internal Revenue Service, affectionately known as the IRS, is returning $30-$60 to each person/household that paid for Long Distance phone service between March of 2003 and July of 2006.

http://dumblittleman.blogspot.com/2006/09/reminder-get-your-30-from-irs-for-long.html

Watching TV without paying for cable TV service:

http://www.news.com/Watching-TV-on-the-laptop-and-on-the-cheap/2100-1026_3-6213895.html

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gutenberg free books

sounds good gutenberg:

Second Sight by Alan Edward Nourse

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22997

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Jane Austen on Gutenberg free books

Lady Susan by Jane Austen http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22953

Love and Friendship by Jane Austen http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22954

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22962

Persuasion by Jane Austen http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22963

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22964

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Space, Pirates, Jules Verne

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DIY, Sci-Fi, and Classics at Gutenberg free books

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recent Gutenberg free books

The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22456
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection by Alfred Russel Wallace
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22428

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GUTENBERG free books - recent classics posted

A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems by A. B. S. Tennyson
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22322
Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22320

An Essay on Man - Alexander Pope
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2428

The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Homer
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22382

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