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To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway a… more

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Moby-Dick, also known as The Whale, is a novel first published in 1851 by American author Herman Melville. Moby-Dick is widely considered to be a Great American Novel and a treasure of world literature. The story tells the adventures of the… more

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PORTALS IN A NORTHERN SKY envisions a technology that will change the world forever—a vantage point from space that plays back any event of history in real time. Carrying a strong secular life message about philosophy and education, the sto… more

This classic story of high adventure, manic obsession, and metaphysical speculation was Melville’s masterpiece. The tale of Captain Ahab’s frantic pursuit of the cunning and notorious white whale Moby Dick, is packed with drama, and draws h… more

Upon making a surprising discovery in a Corrupted’s lair, Alice finds herself torn between her responsibilities as the hero and her desire to live a normal life. She’s been granted a unique opportunity to leave the entire world of the hero … more

Links checked and updated on May 12, 2013.  If you own a version purchased prior to May 12th, you can contact Kindle support for a free update. I built this list after my father paid several dollars for a classic that was available free on … more

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

Don Benito faltered; then, like some somnambulist suddenly interfered with, vacantly stared at his visitor, and ended by looking down on the deck. He maintained this posture so long, that Captain Delano, almost equally disconcerted, and inv… more

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Includes pictures of Melville and important people and places in his life.Explains the real-life experiences that inspired Melville’s most famous works.*Includes some of Melville’s most famous quotes and letters to people like Nathaniel H… more

Moby-Dick is generally regarded as its author’s masterpiece and one of the greatest American novels. The basic plot of Moby-Dick is simple. The narrator (who asks to be called “Ishmael”) tells of the last voyage of the ship Pequod out of Ne… more

There existed an island of crystalline sand, palm trees, exotic birds, and beautiful flowers. It was an island of solitude and repose, of escape. It was his island, his alone, enduring only in the abyss of Delvin’s mind. She was Glory. B… more

“A colossus among critics… . His enthusiasm for literature is a joyous intoxicant.” —New York Times In this charming anthology, esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom collects the last poems of history’s most important and celebrated poe… more

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) is the only complete novel written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away aboard a whaling ship called Grampus. Vari… more

“Unpredictable and amusing and informative and original, cavorting between biology, history, travel writing, and memoir.”—Mark Kurlansky The Whale by Philip Hoare is a enthralling and eye-opening literary leviathan swimming in similar bests… more

ABOUT THE BOOK After being employed at a variety of odd jobs, none of which provided any lucrative or meaningful work, Herman Melville boarded the whaling ship, Acushnet, in 1841. The ship sailed out of Fairhaven, Massachusetts and headed f… more