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Great Books and Classics - Welcome

Great Books and Classics - Welcome

Perseus Digital Library Internet Archive The widespread success of digital reading devices has proven that the world is ready to read books on screens. As the audience for digital books grows, we can evolve from an environment of single devices connected to single sources into a distributed system where readers can find books from sources across the Web to read on whatever device they have. Publishers are creating digital versions of their popular books, and the library community is creating digital archives of their printed collections. BookServer is an open system to find, buy, or borrow these books, just like we use an open system to find Web sites. The BookServer is a growing open architecture for vending and lending digital books over the Internet. Who Benefits? Developers?

About the Kresge Engineering Library - UC Berkeley The services and collection of the Kresge Engineering Library support the research and teaching programs of the College of Engineering. We are located in 110 Bechtel Engineering Center. » campus map The Engineering Library collects electronic and print materials for research and study in the core subject areas of bioengineering, civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial engineering, materials science and engineering, mechanical engineering, offshore engineering, operations research, and nuclear engineering. The Library has electronic access to about 4,500 engineering-related journals and continues to subscribe to a number of core print titles. Many donors have made contributions toward the acquisition of research materials. Please use the Book Purchase Recommendation Form if you would like to suggest an item to be added to the collection. Other campus library collections that support specialized areas within engineering are:

The Greek Alphabet Phonology and Orthography Oops! Twenty-four letters only? Surely some sounds must be missing? That’s correct. And what about other very common sounds, like [b], [d], [g], etc.? No! There is one more sound in the language which is absent from the alphabet: it is [ŋ], the “ingma”, the last consonant in “king”. All of the above plus much more, including the pervasive phenomenon of palatalization, can be found in this page on the details of Modern Greek pronunciation, which includes sound samples with the author’s voice for all of the presented examples. You may also find useful this page, showing the sounds of Modern Greek against all possible sounds of any language in the world. For your convenience, here is a table to use as quick reference, listing the two-letter clusters that result in new sounds, not included in the Greek alphabet: Arguably, there are also the following pairs, which do not result in unique sounds but are perceived as “one thing” by native speakers of Greek:

Google Book Downloader Library Sun Tzu The Art of War and Strategy Site by Sonshi.com. Welcome to the Sonshi Library...when Sun Tzu's Art of War is not enough. The following lists the foremost thinkers and strategists in world history. All works are unabridged and complete. William Penn "Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims" William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, is among our favorite thinkers. "I find all sorts of People agree, whatsoever were their Animosities, when humbled by the Approaches of Death: Then they forgive, then they pray for, and love one another: Which shews us, that it is not our Reason, but our Passion, that makes and holds up the Feuds that reign among men in their Health and Fulness. Flavius Vegetius Renatus "Military Matters" Vegetius was a Roman of high rank. Vegetius's work is filled with maxims that have become a part of our everyday life. Lao Tzu "Tao Te Ching" Confucius said after having met Lao Tzu: "I know a bird can fly, a fish can swim, and an animal can run. Niccolo Machiavelli "The Art of War" A.T. General William T.

Great Books Index Full-Text Classics - BookSpot.com Feature Bibliophiles can now find their favorite works on the Web -- complete and downloadable. The following sites offer roughly the same selection. Most titles are in the public domain, which means that their copyright has expired. Copyright exists for the life of an author plus fifty years. Bartleby.com In addition to novels like Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" and Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise," you'll find reference titles like "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations," "The Elements of Style" and "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook."The On-Line Books Page This index offers thousands of online books, links to directories and archives, and special literary exhibits.Project Gutenberg Contains classic works from writers ranging from Shakespeare to Sherlock Holmes.Google Book Search If you have a specific title in mind, use the newly launched Google Book Search.

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