Hello,
I've lived in Greenwich Village for over half of my life after growing up on a ranch in Central Texas. I arrived here approximately...
...thirty or forty years after all the artists and writers who made the Village famous back in the day had died or left but I didn't get the memo. The sidewalk cafes were peopled not by writers but by tourists from Europe and Japan. So...
...I labored on in solitude and produced a few works (well, okay, ten). There have been foreign translations and I hope I've managed to bring a little joy somewhere on the planet.
You'll find descriptions AND FREE DIGITAL COPIES of my books and articles....throughout the site.
FORMAT MECHANICS
On a desktop you can only open the ePub files and the Kindle (.prc and MOBI) files with readers. Then you can read them on a PC without the fancy tablet devices.
For Kindle, you can Google and download "Kindle for PC" You don't need a Kindle and the download works beautifully.
For ePub (and Nook), Google "Adobe Digital Editions" and download the reader. It's a very professional looking screen.
Probably better than Nook. You can also download the Firefox EPUBReader.
In addition to this site, nine books are also now available FREE on various other (commercial and non-commercial) websites.
For a full array of info, please Google:
Thomas Hoover AND Books
(There are over sixty pages, so hang in there.)
OR SEE THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES FOR FREE DOWNLOADS.
1) Kindle Virtual Bookstore (MOBI).
Copy and paste web address upper right this page. (FREE)
2) Barnes and Noble (Nook virtual bookstore) EPUB (FREE)
Go to BN.com and Search "Thomas Hoover". For some titles, you may have to go to second page for FREE. Click on the Nook title and eventually a free version will appear. DOWNLOAD
3) Smashwords.com (FREE, all formats, including Kindle)Search Thomas Hoover THEY ARE GREAT!!!
4) Go to Books.Google.com and search Thomas Hoover. Nine books appear. Click on a book cover and A FREE PDF is on the screen.
(This procedure is Not to be confused with the Google.com searches of Thomas Hoover or Thomas Hoover AND Books. These searches do not include free Google PDF and EPUB books.)
Or "buy" a free EPUB version (for Nook Or Sony Reader) by going to:
Play.Google.com/ store and search on Thomas Hoover
Click on More Book Results; all nine copies appear. Click on the cover to see a description and reader reviews of each book. Click "READ" and own the EPUB book for free.
5) Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) (FREE) PDF, HTML, .TXT, EPUB and Kindle. Search Thomas Hoover.
6) Manybooks.net (FREE) All formats. No pictures.
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8) Bookrix.com (FREE) (PDF plus ? formats)
9) kobobooks.com (SMALL CHARGE) Formats: HTML, mobile, EPUB
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11) Scribd.com (FREE) Search on Title. HTTP No reader needed.
12) Lulu.com (FREE) PDF
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13) www.free-ebooks.org Formats include Kindle, Nook, iPad. FREE downloads also at BN.com (FREE for Nook). For FREE Kindle see Smashwords.com (FREE), www.gutenberg.org (FREE), or Kindle (FREE) see upper right hand corner for address.
ALL e- BOOKS FREE iTunes Books please check https://itunes.apple.com/us/author/thomas-hoover/id394049136?mt=11 For FREE Kindle Amazon.com/books (FREE), Smashwords.com (FREE), www.gutenberg.org (FREE). FREE ePub downloads BN.com (Nook)
NON-FICTION FREE (BOOKS PAGE)
ZEN CULTURE
Publisher's Weekly declared, "This is one of the few historical surveys of Zen available. Hoover reveals a culture of extraordinary richness and variety."
NON-FICTION FREE (BOOKS PAGE)
THE ZEN EXPERIENCE
Library Journal called it, "The best history of Zen ever written." Illumines Zen as it was created and shaped by the personalities, perceptions, and actions of its masters over the centuries.
HISTORICAL NOVEL FREE (BOOKS PAGE)
THE MOGHUL
Reviewers called THE MOGHUL "the finest book on India since Kipling" , another "SHOGUN or THE FAR PAVILLIONS," "rousing, romantic adventure" "high action" "a vividly told tale" "captivates the reader" with "mysteries of the harem to battles of massed elephants." Optioned twice for a Miniseries. (To date, five pirate English-language paper editions have appeared worldwide.)
HISTORICAL NOVEL FREE (BOOKS PAGE)
CARIBBEE
Publisher's Weekly said, "This action-crammed, historically factual novel . . . is a rousing read about the bad old marauding days, ably researched by Hoover." In the epic tradition of James Clavell and James A. Mitchner: the Europeans who created human slavery in the Americas, the origins of the Buccaneers, the first American revolution.