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Yolisto Classics Series: 22 Free Books

Posted On 04/06/2009 23:10:31 by administrator

There's one thing we tell anyone coming to visit us from up North: "Bring books." Finding good, English-language books can be difficult here in Yucatan (though initiatives like the Merida English Library and the Progreso Book Exchange certainly help to get books into the hands of hungry readers). Why not use this as an opportunity to catch up on some of the classics you always MEANT to read, but never quite got around to?

We are happy to present the following 22 classics, all in convenient PDF format. You can read them on your computer, or if you like, they are formatted for print, as well. To save each book, right-click on the link and select "Save Target As."

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
Alice in Wonderland Lewis Carroll
At the Mountains of Madness H.P. Lovecraft
Don Quixote (English Translation) Miguel de Cervantes
Dracula Bram Stoker
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Hamlet William Shakespeare
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Moby Dick Herman Melville
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Arabian Nights Andrew Lang
The Art of War Sun Tzu
The Call of the Wild Jack London
The Communist Manifesto Karl Marx
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells
Ulysses James Joyce

Enjoy, and if there is sufficient interest, we will make this a recurring feature.

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From: Yolisto-Khaki

04/21/2009 11:48:57

beachbum - your English teacher just didn't know how to tell the story right (LOL)... Hamlet should be set in pre-Civil War Atlanta... and the "wanna-be in the in-crowd" brother tells his sister that the rich boy will never marry her because his family will choose his wife. She tells him that he reminds her of the preacher who tells the rest of us to behave while he "tiptoes down the primrose path of dalliance" ... I think Hamlet is hilarious and should be made into a period soap opera! At the very least, it should be read aloud with a THICK At-LAN-ah accent! LOL

From: bchbums1981

04/09/2009 20:33:52 What a great list! As many of us book lovers know it is quite a challenge trying to find recent English books here. Your list will help us with some classics and I just got a link to the entire Twilight series, free to read on line. Here it is: http://janmckingley.googlepages.com/twilightmoviesandbookseriesebook2 Hope you enjoy it and hope we can find some more!

From: Theresa

04/08/2009 21:24:23 How totally cool. Interesting collection of books you have compiled there. I've read 14 of them mostly the stuff from the 1800s amazingly enough. regards, Theresa

From: MrBuzz

04/07/2009 23:54:04

Malcom;
I'm sure you are aware of this Google service but for those who are not...Google Books has many out of print/out of copyright books available in PDF format. There is a very good Advanced Search that will help readers find what they are looking for.
Of local interest, I have downloaded several of the works dealing with early explorations of the Yucatan:
Incidents of travel in Yucatan�??
The American Egypt: a record of travel in Yucatan�??
Rambles in Yucatan: Or, Notes of Travel Through the Peninsula

These titles are along the lines of your Classic Series...except that they are true accounts of life, adventure and discovery in the Yucatan.
MrBuzz

From: beachbum

04/07/2009 18:59:56 This will inspire me to read some of the classics I haven't read and to read again those I love. But I WILL NOT read Hamlet again. An English teacher spent a whole semester on Hamlet.

From: jillian

04/07/2009 15:03:58 I am excited to reread Little Women and try Ulysses yet again. Thanks, admin.

From: Joanne

04/07/2009 10:25:50 Thanks Malcolm! This is awesome and we look forward to reading some of these. Joanne P.S. Are these available for an indefinite period of time or do they "expire"?

From: mary

04/07/2009 00:27:00 Malcolm, don't forget me. My books aren't free but I have lots for sale.

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