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AlanM · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:56 am Post subject: Free Books to Download

Google has a wonderful resource available which enables you to download whole books (which are out of copyright).

http://books.google.co.uk

First up we have
The History of Glasgow: From the earliest accounts to the present time - John Gibson 1777

and
Rambles Round Glasgow from 1860
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Dr Scallopboy · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 11:21 am Post subject:

Nice one Alan

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james73 · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:

James H
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wee minx · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 12:48 pm Post subject:

Wow..brilliant..I'm off to read the Pilgrims Progress..haven't read it since I was 10

HollowHorn · Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject:

Be aware that in some books, a fair few pages are missing from the original. Other than that, batter in. (Plain text is available in most cases)
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AlanM · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:17 am Post subject:

More e-books, these are from the Glasgow Digital Library at Strathclyde University

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/glasgowebooks.html
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Hugo Drax · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

Mods - can we please have a sticky to capture these great resources people are posting?
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HollowHorn · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject:

Coff coff.

http://urbanglasgow.co.uk/about548.html
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Hugo Drax · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject:

I though I had seen something like that before. Ah senility don't you love it.
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AlanM · Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject:

keeps it nice and tidy if its all in one place

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