Links

Generally Useful Links


 

This here is a collection of links that I found to be generally useful and some of my favs.

Books - Audio and otherwise

Audio Books For Free
The name says it all. Huge selection. Read by professional actors/narrators.
favourite I love it even though I have yet to scratch the surface of this great site.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies
http://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
Desc: An online magazine of literary adventure fantasy.
Comment: includes free Audio podcasts. 

Free Classic Audio Books - Digital Narration for the 21st Century
Free classic audiobook downloads in mp3 audio and ipod audio book format.
favourite What can I say. There is lots and its free. Oh, and I love it.

Guild of the Cowry Catches
http://cowrycatchers.com/
Comment: Official website of series of (great) books by Abigail Hilton.  Some free.  This site is also said to include free Audio podcasts of her books.

Learn Out Loud
"Changing the way the world learns". LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning. Browse over 20,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos."
A great audio location. Lots of free stuff including Great Speeches of History.
favourite I love it even though I have yet to scratch the surface of this great site.

 

LibraVox
acoustical liberation of books in the public domain
The above link is to their full catalogue listing.
favourite HUGE selection of free audio books.

obooko
Desc: Free Ebooks in a wide range of genres and categories for immediate download in PDF, ePub and Kindle formats.

Open Culture - The best free cultural & educational media on the web
Open Culture explores free podcasts, videos and other web media. Get free university courses, foreign language lessons, audio books and more...
favourite

 

Project Gutenberg - Online Book Catalog
From Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books (ebooks). The Project Gutenberg collection was produced by tens of thousands of volunteers.
favourite HUGE selection & free.

 

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Food Links

Asian Online Grocery Stores - Australia

Online as well as physical store.  Location: Qld.
Has food supplies from South Arica, South America, Sri Lanka, India, Mauritius, Thailand, Britain, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, others.

Laris.com.au - Indonesian Groceries
Online Asian grocery store, based in Qld.

Large online store including Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, Cambodian, Laotian groceries.  Delivers Australia wide.

Online as well as brick and mortar outlets (in Queensland, Australia)

Online Asian grocery store.  Based in Melbourne, Vic.



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Images

Art Renewal Center (ARC)

Huge Collection of hi-res artwork.  (not sure if public domain). (Free) registration is required to view hi-res images.
See List of all Artists (by birthdate)
Browse ARC-store - some (not hi-res) images; registration not required.




Public Domain

"Public Domain Pictures.net is a repository for free public domain images. You can download high quality photos or upload your own pictures. Raise money for charity, gain popularity and improve your photographic and graphic skills."
Note: Not a lot of images

"Totally free public-domain images - Largest archive on the Internet with over 494,000 hi-res professional-grade royalty-free images, 100% public-domain and ok to use with Wikipedia" (~ Wikipedia~)


List of possible sites with public domain images. Useful




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