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I have about 2,500 books on my hard drive. They are generally works from famous authors that are in the public domain.

I did at one time have a web site strictly for the purpose of giving all of them away but ran into a little problem. Formatting them took about a week of spare time each on average. If I figure correctly, that would require about 50 years. When finished, I would be just short of 120 years old.

Anyway, here are a couple. I will add a few more.

Also, into the mix I’ll throw in a few public domain books on how to make money on the web. Perhaps they should really be called extended essays. The writing was so abominable I just gave up trying to edit them into something interesting. For these, I do not vouch. They may contain valuable information or may not.

I have so few that, to keep the greedy returning, I’m going to ration them out. Don’t complain. They come with a full refund guaranteed.

Have at ‘em.

Billy Budd by Herman Melville

This is a powerful morality study. There was an excellent movie starring Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas and British actor Terence Stamp in his film debut.

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke

John Locke was an English philosopher (1632-1704). He was somewhat influential in the thinking of the Founding Fathers, although he is usually given too much credit and Hume too little.

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Words to live by.

Here I offer three classics from one of America’s greatest poets. We have all heard of them but surprisingly few have actually read them. Here is your chance. They are certainly worth the time.

The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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