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Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Elric — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 08:28:40 GMT

Any chance of you can make the Lincoln Unmasked you linked us to an epub?

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Tex2002ans — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:37:55 GMT

John James:
No, by "did you make that" I mean "did you create the PDF that is linked there"?

Yes, I took the PDF that you mentioned, and happened to run it through all the above steps... if a digital version is going to be on the internet, I would rather have it be higher quality at least.

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

John James — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:28:32 GMT

Tex2002ans:
John James:
Did you make that?
It was created on February 12th if that is what you are asking.

No, by "did you make that" I mean "did you create the PDF that is linked there"?

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Tex2002ans — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 04:13:47 GMT

John James:
Did you make that?

It was created on February 12th if that is what you are asking. As usual, that PDF should only be used if you own the actaul book! Digital copies are just so much easier to read.

Here is a Lincoln Unmasked PDF:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?yzhs9wekg19m9xi

Meistro:
Does anyone have any suggestions - ignoring my previous request for epub or pdf versions - for great history books which cover, for example, the history of europe, the history of the roman empire... the history of asia... doesn't have to be an overall look can cover one specific time period or be part of a broader overview.... sorry for being so fussy I'm just looking to expand my knowledge in general and get a better idea about the history of the world.

Story of Civilization that I mentioned above, covers a huge swath of history:

I. Our Oriental Heritage (1935)
II. The Life of Greece (1939)
III. Caesar and Christ (1944)
IV. The Age of Faith (1950)
V. The Renaissance (1953)
VI. The Reformation (1957)
VII. The Age of Reason Begins (1961)
VIII. The Age of Louis XIV (1963)
IX. The Age of Voltaire (1965)
X. Rousseau and Revolution (1967)
XI. The Age of Napoleon (1975)

MOBIs (seems like the guy purchased them off of Amazon):

http://www.mediafire.com/?ha7e9w0u8xo7x

EPUBs (looks to be converted using Calibre from the original MOBIs):

http://www.mediafire.com/?rbi6xejqbvlk0

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Neodoxy — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:12:09 GMT

http://library.mises.org//books/Jeff%20Riggenbach/Why%20American%20History%20Is%20Not%20What%20They%20Say.pdf

While the actual historical content is scant and so heavily political that it can be unreadable at times, I know of no other book that conveys so clearly the full subjectivity of telling history.

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

vive la insurrection — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:11:31 GMT

I linked a classic text of history, check it out.

Rome 101:

http://www.amazon.com/History-Roman-People-Allen-Ward/dp/0205695264

Greece 101:

http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Ancient-Greece-Politics/dp/0195372352/ref=sr_1_21?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360886968&sr=1-21&keywords=ancient+greece

Near East:

http://www.amazon.com/History-Ancient-Near-East-3000/dp/1405149116/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360887004&sr=1-2&keywords=ancient+near+east

There:

those are the best 101 texts to get introduced to for ancient history (yes I've read them - and I have read A LOT of history)

As for the Far East, I have no clue on

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

John James — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:03:10 GMT

Tex2002ans:
Well I happened to stumble upon a cleaner version of the book, with some bookmarks, a more accurate OCR, and 6.6 MBs instead of 20.5 MBs.

Did you make that?

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Meistro — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:01:39 GMT

Oppenheimer's The State is pretty good and I think qualifies.

A lot of these suggestions seem focued on American history. Does anyone have any suggestions - ignoring my previous request for epub or pdf versions - for great history books which cover, for example, the history of europe, the history of the roman empire... the history of asia... doesn't have to be an overall look can cover one specific time period or be part of a broader overview.... sorry for being so fussy I'm just looking to expand my knowledge in general and get a better idea about the history of the world.

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

vive la insurrection — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:55:03 GMT

Pretty Vague.

So I guess, here is an old classic by Ibn Khaldun:

http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ik/Muqaddimah/

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Tex2002ans — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:12:35 GMT

John James:
Well, that file is not the only thing in the torrent. Hence "included". But you think you could make a significantly smaller OCR PDF?

Well I happened to stumble upon a cleaner version of the book, with some bookmarks, a more accurate OCR, and 6.6 MBs instead of 20.5 MBs.

http://www.mediafire.com/?3uq3qmbf28e3r3a

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Wheylous — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:21:41 GMT

Why American History Is Not What They Say: An Introduction to Revisionism.

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

John James — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:50:54 GMT

Tex2002ans:
That OCRed PDF is extremely bloated. That guy should be taught a lesson in OCRing.

Well, that file is not the only thing in the torrent. Hence "included". But you think you could make a significantly smaller OCR PDF?

I would hold off and a superior version may pop up somewhere soon. :)

Hmmm.

Dave mentioned the torrents and the main LvMI media pages. Here's the torrents. As for individual media, this might prove a bit easier...

media directory

iTunes U

For more audio, see here.

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Marko — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:00:47 GMT

If it's a recent book, say not more than 8-7 years, there is a 35% chance you can find it online in .pdf format for free. I kidd you not. You could almost be asking in general for history book recommendations, as chances are like I said you'll be able to find 35% of them (the recent ones).

I find I have most success at ebookee but there are many sites like that, where you can look for books for free, mainly in pdf. Some may be found on Scribd. And you can just google. And also torrents. There is a gigantic history book torrent, it has 3GB worth of ebooks (it's not .pdf, but it's free). I know just a few of them, but I've downloaded two dozen from there to check out when time allows. (Also there is Russia Against Napoleon from Dominic Lieven in that torrent which is just incredible.)

Finally I have dozens of history pdf books, most of which I can recommend, part of my digital library. It's a little bit bigger now than what you see in the link, but stil fundamentaly alike, somewhat East Europe-centered. If something like that sparks you interest say so and I can upload some of them for you to download. (I'd upload all of them in a package somewhere just for anyone to DL without being prompted, but unfortunately I'm currently on an UMTS line so I can't have too much traffic.)

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Smiling Dave — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:55:46 GMT

Have you tried this link: http://library.mises.org/media/

All the free audio books.

http://mises.org/books

All the free pdfs and epubs.

http://library.mises.org/books

All the free pdfs and epubs, arranged by author.

Look around for promising titles.

There's a torrent out there for the audio of Durant's book.

Re: any good history books in pdf form?

Meistro — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:35:53 GMT

yah i have no objection really to file type i'm just a cheap person! savings IS the cornerstone of economic growth after all