pdf books

stewart wright

02/01/2009 at 17:09

Hi folks,

i've got some 20+ hour flights coming up and pdf facility on my mp3/4 player... any ideas which is a good/the best source for some pdf books to while away the time?
any recommendations? [some climbing/outdoor ones would be nice..not rum doodle, tom patey, The Doctor or touching the void/game of ghosts/silence or white spider, read 'em too recently!].

peering over the top of my half moon specs, i say cheers, all .

oh, and free and legal, too, please!!

Trevor D Gamble

02/01/2009 at 17:12

Outdoors podcasts from the Outdoors Station from Bob! Flippin' excellent and he's a European award winner for it too! Go to the Backpackinglight.co.uk website for downloads free! Enjoy! http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/

Edited: 02/01/2009 at 17:13

Paddy Dillon

02/01/2009 at 17:16

Rest assured that the good folks over at Cicerone are looking into this sort of thing, and you can expect developments in the future.

stewart wright

02/01/2009 at 17:21

coo, that was quick, fellas!! Ta!

i'll give it a go over the weekend. would still like some books, too, not always easy to hear things on noisy planes....

Parky Again

02/01/2009 at 17:30

www.radioarchive.cc

has lots of radio stuff unsurprisingly.

get some decent in ear earphones and you'll be able to hear everything with the added bonus of shutting out external noise rather than the usual annoying things that just compete with the outside noise and annoy the hell out everyone else.

02/01/2009 at 18:42

http://www.gutenberg.org

Has thousands of books now out of copyright. Generally in html & text.

If your reader can't deal with these files then download a free pdf driver & print your own files.

stewart wright

03/01/2009 at 16:24

found a couple, classics

planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp

and planetebook.com

thanks for your suggestions, folks. now to find some decent in-ear earphones....or maybe eardefenders over existing ones?!?!

Metric Kate

03/01/2009 at 16:31

Some good stuff there, Stewart, thanks for posting the links. The Red Badge of Courage won't keep you going for very long but is a superb short book. For a 20+ hour flight, I'd probably go for War and Peace which is a cracking good read, or dare to tackle Ulysses

Jester*

04/01/2009 at 08:28

Cheers for the link.

stewart wright

04/01/2009 at 15:05

Kate, will check out RBoC ...

a word of advice for anyone thinking of downloading war & peace : get the linked/smart version - you'll need it to remember all the names!

am a bit worried about my subconcious....have got robinson crusoe, gullivers travels and a bunch of depressing russian literature...what is it trying to tell me!?!?