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Ambleside Online's Book ResourcesWe tried not to use any books for this curriculum that are unavailable. With a very few exceptions, the books are either still in print or are online. When an out-of-print is recommended, an alternative is always posted. Free Online EtextsMost of the books are available free online. On the booklists for each year, if a book is linked, clicking on the title will bring you to the free online etext. You can print it out or read it from the computer monitor screen or PDA. Some moms print out a chapter at a time to prevent their fast readers from reading ahead. The Online Book Page should be your first stop when looking for etexts. They list by author and title and list new books all the time. List compiled by AO member Kris C. in MA: Also, Google has a book search. This way, when looking for a specific book, you can get hits for online full texts only rather than all the booksellers and other references to the title. Here, too. Please note that it is not our intention parents to feel pressured to pay inflated prices for an out-of-print book. No book is so instrumental to providing a CM education that you need pay a lot of money for it. If a book is so hard to find that copies are going for a king's ransom, there is always a book that can be substituted. Valerie's Living Books has an article that addresses this. We suggest you read it before you stress about cowing to price-gouging to get your hands on a book because you saw it on our booklist. :-) Free Audio BooksThe newest trend in online etexts is free audiobooks. This concept seems to be still in its infancy, so selection is limited, but expect to see more sites and books appear in the near future. For starters, these sites seem to be actively building their collections: Where to Find Hard Copies ("real books")Most books can be found in public libraries. Most of the books can also be purchased. The book to purchase is always the unabridged complete edition (beware of Landoll classics that say "complete and unabridged" on the front cover, but are not unabridged or complete). Books still in print can be ordered from any large bookseller such as: Paperback Book Swap is a database for trading books (not just paperbacks). You post which books you want to get rid of, and which books you want. You send off the books that people tell you they want, and you receive the books on your list in the mail. All you pay is shipping to mail the books out. This is quickly becoming the most popular option for AO users. It's only for those in the USA, but BookMooch is a similar program that's available worldwide. Half.com sells used books at bargain prices If a book is not widely available at the common bookstores (Hillyer's Child's History of the World, Parables of Nature), and is only available from specific booksellers, a link is provided from the booklist for ordering information. Out of print books can sometimes be found at the various online used book websites: Abe Books There are also email lists for buying and selling CM-type books: These buy/sell groups don't usually list hard-to-find books, but they may still be helpful for those just starting their book collections. Go to book sales. Call schools and libraries and ask when they have them, or get notified of sales by going here and joining. If a book is out of print and is listed as part of the curriculum, you can usually find the etext free online. The link for finding the etext is provided with the booklist. Purchasing out of print books is optional. Buying New BooksYesterday's Classics offers affordable, high quality paperback reprints of some of the free etexts posted at The Baldwin Project. You can view the Yesterday's Classics book catalog by subject, author, or title. In the catalog entries you will see a description of each book, its color cover, and a link called "Look inside ..." that takes you to a pdf preview of the first 1/5 of the book, including the complete table of contents, the front matter, and the first few chapters. From this you can see the size of type and the quality of the illustrations that are included. Depending upon your screen resolution, the printed pictures may appear better than they do on your screen. There is no shipping charge to US addresses for orders of 3 or more books. These Ambleside books are among those available for purchase: "I am glad to take requests for other titles too. Just send me an email at Lisa@MainLesson.com with "Book Suggestion" as the subject. The Best Books, Inc "This Country of Ours has been reprinted by The Best Books, Inc. in Temecula, CA. It is a facsimile edition including the color plates (illustrations) and margin notes. The paper is acid free with the pages sewn to the buckram (like a library rebound) binding, resulting in a nice sturdy book with the title stamped in gold on the spine. It is a lovely edition of this much sought after book. Mrs. Gatty's Parables of Nature, A. Buckley's The Fairyland of Science, HE Marshall's English Literature for Boys and Girls (used in years 7-12) are also available from Mike at The Best Books. Parables of Nature may also be purchased from Crooked Pines. I think this is a comb-bound edition; current price says $25 plus shipping. A Child's History of the World by Virgil HillyerInformation and prices were current for 2001; and is subject to change. Ambleside Online has no control over prices and availabliy for these booksellers and makes this information available only as a convenience to members. The Sonlight edition is a reprint of a 1919 or 1923 edition that is in the public domain. It does not contain any history after that date (WWI?) Paperback $14.95. Do a search for hillyers. $35 leather-bound updated version (has additional chapters that are scheduled for Year 3): Farm Country General Store
for orders only: 1-800-551-FARM Veritas Press sells the hardcover version (probably Calverts, they are selling other Calvert stuff now). 800-922-5082 address: 1250 BelleMeade Drive, Lancaster, PA 1760. The book is $35.00, Item #105-010, page 16 of the catalog. With shipping, total is $38.50. |
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