Free E-Books
So let's start this Quest with hunting Free BooksBecause Books are still the best Source of Knowledge (!)
gutenberg.org (american gutenberg-project)
Project Gutenberg offers more than 50K free E-Books in different languages (enlish, german, french, etc.) and in different formats (epub, PDF, etc.).Most of them are Classic Books:
So you will find large Collections of books by Charles Dickens (UK),
Mark Twain (USA), E.A. Poe (USA), etc. in english, german, etc.
But also collectios of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Germany),
Gottfried Keller (Switzerland), etc. in german, english, etc.
And collectios of Alexandre Dumas (France), Jules Verne (France),
Honore de Balzac (France), etc. in french, english, etc.
You can also browse Genre-Bookshelfs like:
Philosophy, Science, Crime, Horror, Humor, German Books, etc.
Internet Archive: eBooks and Texts
The Text-and-eBook-Section of the Internet Archive is probably the largest collection of free eBooks in the web. It offers literally millions of eBooks and Texts for free. Some are only for online reading or "borrowing" (whatever that means). But there are still tons of eBooks and Texts for free download, mostly in epub or PDF.TIP: In case of doubt prefer PDF because on average you'll find less bugs there
Here you can find similar books as in the american gutenberg project (look above) but at a larger number....
You can find classic books
like Walden by the american naturalist writer Henry David Thoreau
but also collections of all kinds of of classic magazines:
Halloween Tip: The famous, creapy and "undead" Weird Tales Magazine
....which suprisingly is still "alive" :-P
Many of the famous horror, scifi and fantasy authors of the 20's - 50's
published here:
H.P. Lovecraft, Seabury Quinn, Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, etc.
On this page you find a collection of classical episodes for free download
<<<< I.A. FREE DOWNLOAD (epub, PDF)>>>>
mobileread.com - (downloads)
EN: MobileRead is an international, multi-language eBook-Community with free download. You can download eBooks without registration. There are different filter-options: eBook-Formats, genres, etc.DE: MobileRead ist eine internationale, mehrsprachige eBook-Community mit freiem Download. Man kann eBooks herunterladen ohne Registrierung. Es gibt verschiedene Filter-Optionen: eBook-Formate, Genres, etc.
projekt-gutenberg.org (german gutenberg-project)
EN: The German Projekt Gutenberg offers ca. 10000 books in public domain for online reading. Most of them are german or international Classic Books in german language.DE: Das deutsche Projekt Gutenberg bietet etwa 10000 Bücher in Public Domain zum online lesen. Die meisten davon sind deutsche oder internationale Klassiker in deutscher Sprache.
Free Comic-Books
Many people don'nt know, you can get free Comic-Books in the InternetBut there's a lot of cool stuff out there :)
viewcomics
One of the free sources for Comic-Books is viewcomics.Here you can read lots of free comics online.
Like Disney's Adventures of Donald Duck, Pink Panter Classics, etc.
And much more funny books from all comic-genres....
Money-Saving DIY-TIP:
There's no official download-function on viewcomics.
But if you want to save your favourite Comic-Book to your Harddrive,
Just follow theese four simple Steps:
1. Make a Screenshot of every Page with your Browser or any free Screenshot-APP
and save it as JPG
2. Cut the side-bars etc. off with a simple free Foto-Editor like XnView
3. Copy the created Pics on a Text-Document using the Free Office Suite
LibreOffice
4. Save the created Document as PDF
Free AudioBooks
The second-biggest section of free books in the Web are free AudiobooksAnd the best source for free Audiobooks actually is YouTube
You can find more and more channels with free Audiobooks there
And the average quality is also becoming better :)
Greatest AudioBooks (YouTube)
One of the biggest Channels for free English AudioBooks on YouTubeactually is the Greatest-AudioBooks-Channel.
Here you can find hundreds of Free Audiobooks for Free Streaming.
Like....
Halloween Tip:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irwing (Full, EN)
Ca. 1.5 Hours of Classic Mystery and ca. 92.000 Views on YT :)
Watch and download on YouTube >>>>
Or....
Christmas Tip:
The "German House-Fairy-Tales" (Deutsche Hausmärchen)
Collected by the Brothers Grimm (AB: Full, EN)
In Fact some of them (including Red Riding Hood) are originally from France.
They came with the Hugenots, which flew form France to Germany.
More than 11 Hours of Fairy Tales and more than 1.4 Million Views on YT :)
Watch and download on YouTube >>>>
Luistersprookjes (YouTube)
On the Luistersprookjes-Channel you find Dutch Versions of Fairy Tales form all over the World. Therefore it's a kind of "Secret Tip" for anyone who wants to learn Dutch the Easy Way (like I did in my youth). Especially for German- and English speaking Folks it's easy to understand when you already know some of the tales in your own language.So as....
Tijl Uilenspiegel (Dutch Version of 1841)
More than 50 Min. of Funny Tales and ca. 24.000 Views on YouTube :)
Watch and download on YouTube >>>>
English Audio Books (YouTube)
Another Channel with many English Audio Books - as the name already tells....Like....
Best American Humorous Short Stories
A large Collection of Classic Humerous Short Stories
With some famous Writers among the Authors - as you can see on the Cover
More than 11 Hours of Funny Stories and ca. 54.000 Views on YouTube :)
Watch and download on YouTube >>>>
Money-Saving DIY-TIP:
There's no official download-function in the Free Version of YouTube.So if you want to save your favourite AudioBook as MP4-File to your Drive,
you need a Downloader for Streaming Platforms like YouTube, Vimeo, etc.
For Android there are many acceptable Free Video-Downloaders to find, but for Windows the Free Versions often are extremely limited in Functionality. So the best Free Video-Downloader for Windows i could find is still the good old build-in Video-Downloader of the Free RealPlayer.
RealPlayer with Downloader - Free download on Filehorse.com
RealPlayer with Downloader - Free download on Computerbild.de (german)
Video-Download Tutorial on blog.real.com
Free Radio
There are thousends of radio Stations all over the WorldThat stream for free over the Internet :)
myTuner radio
One of the best free sources for online-radio.Here you can listen to thousands of free podcasts and radio stations.
In addition to that, you can create custom widgets for your website or blog.
All this even without registration (!)
80's Hits, live from Ismaning, Bavaria
Russian Dance, live from Moscow, Russia
Music & News, live from Vilvoorde, Flanders, Belgium
(Widget with Playlist)
Classic Rock, live from Madrid, Spain
(Widget with Playlist)
Money-Saving DIY-TIP:
There's no Download-Function at most Free Radio-Streams.But if you want to save your favourite Music to your Drive, you can simply record the Output of your Soundcard while you are streaming. One of the best Free APPs for this purpose is the Free and Open Source Software Audacity.
Different Versions of Audacity at the Site of the Project
Portable Version of Audacity - Free Download at portableapps.com
Free TV
There are some nice Websites out thereThat enable you to watch
Public Life-TV-Streams for free
And even without registration
www.squidtv.net
Squid TV is an international Website with a huge Collection of free Live-TV-Streams. Here you can find Streams from all over the Worldustvgo.tv
US TV GO is an US Website with a Collection of free Live-TV-Streams in good quality, that are mainly focused on the USA. Here you can find all kinds of free Streams from the US, includingBBC AmericaThe US-Version of the British BBC
MSNBC Business and Finance, etc.
CNNThe most quoted source on big German TV-Stations
FoxThe only Network that respected the Ex-President's Freedom of Speech
National Geograpic
History Channel
Disney Channel
Comedy Central
etc.
PS: If You are outside the US, you have to use a VPN....
livestreamde.com
EN: On LivestreamDE you can watch German and Austrian TV for free and without any registration.Note: If you are outside of Germany and Austria, you can only watch commercial stations without a VPN....
DE: Auf LivestreamDE kann man deutsches und österreichische Fernsehen sehen - kostenlos und ohne Anmeldung.
Achtung: Außerhalb von Deutschland und Österreich sind nur die Privatsender ohne VPN frei empfangbar.
Free and Open Source Software
For most Tasks there is some free Software in the Web
Snapfiles / Freeware
On the Freeware-Section of Snapfiles you can find a big collection of free software for all purposes.MajorGeeks: Top Freeware Pics
Major Geeks are famous for handpicking and testing their software. So on the "Top Freeware Pics" page of the project you can find all kinds of freeware that really works.Alternative To
AlternativeTo is a crowd-sourced search-engine that shows up free alternatives to popular software or services. The data and the ranking are based on the comments and the voting of users.Portable Apps
PortablApps is a big collection of portable software. This kind of software you can use on all drives, usb-sticks, flash-memory-cards, external harddrives, etc. without installation. The collection includes portable versions of most popular freeware apps like libre office, firefox, vlc-player etc.computerbild.de/download
EN: The download section of computerbild.de offers a big collection of free software with a short understandable (german) description.DE: Der Downloadbereich von computerbild.de bietet eine große Sammlung kostenloser Software mit einer kurzen, leicht verständlichen Beschreibung.