Monday, March 10, 2008

Other Free Australian Books

Other Free Australian Books


Australian Institute of Marine Science Reference library This collection may be read in either HTML and/or PDF.http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/reflib/reflib-00.html
Desert Wave Publishing Based in the Alice (Alice Springs, Northern Territory of Australia for our overseas readers). Provides a number of free PDF e-books in areas such as job search, training, online learning, how to e-publish yourself.http://www.dwave.com.au
New Dictionary of Sydney Take a look at the first outline stage of this ambitious project (reader contributions welcome). There'll be stories about every suburb from Abbotsford to Zetland (not to forget spelling challenges like Woolloomooloo). Sydney's geography, history, and politics, architecture, biographies, great achievements and disasters, urban myths, wildlife both animal and human, humour, sport, crime - every aspect of the leading harbourside city of our Great Southern Land will hopefully be presented as the dictionary grows. A joint project of the University of Sydney and the City of Sydney Council, funded by a five year Australian Research Council grant. Take a look now at: http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org
New Gay Australian freebooks This new site is an reincarnation of Blackwattle Press, a 1990's print endeavour. Organised by Gary Dunne & associates, it features a few downloads in .pdf format, including novels, verse & short story collections.http://www.gay-ebooks.com.au/
Home FinanceFree First Home Buyers Guide, from a financial services company. This e-book stresses the need for financial prudence in home purchase and points to some pitfalls. Available as an .exe file download for reading offline. Warning: may conflict with some security settings. "Exercise caution in your business affairs…" the Desiderata. That goes for home loans too.http://www.rpi.com.au
New Finance and Property Guide A free Australian book about finance and home buying and what to look for in Australian property purchases, by Padraic McCrudden. This book is prepared as an .exe file, which will download from the Web. To read, save the file to your computer and run it (start it) while online.http://www.rpi.com.au/fpg.htm

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