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Reading on the Web
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Literature and Language
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Meaning, history and pronunciation of over 500,000 words |
Acronym Finder - the world's largest dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms
All Readers - search by author, title, plot, setting or character
AskOxford - dictionary as well as tips to improve writing and a chance to ask experts
Bookbite - inspiring the over 60s to more out of reading and writing
Bookgroup.info - an independent site providing information for readers, book groups, reading groups and book clubs.
BookRags - literature study guides, summaries, essays and biographies
Book Tribes - discover great books and literary events
Brainy Quote - famous quotes
Contemporary Writers - profiles of some of the UK's most important living writers
E-book providers - download thousands of non-copyrighted titles for free.
Fantastic Fiction - search by author, year, series and awards
Foreign Word - translate words or text in over 60 languages, discover language dictionaries or search the translators directory
Internet Classics Archive - extensive collection of electronic texts by Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman authors
Love Reading - reviews and recommendations
Macmillan Online Dictionary
The Omnivore - book, film and theatre reviews from April 2008 onwards
Phrase Finder - meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases and idioms
Poem Hunter - access to over 160, 000 poems, also includes a song lyrics database
Poet's Corner - discover poems and the concepts behind them
Poet's Corner - over 7,000 past copyright full text poems by over 700 poets
Poetry Magic - an extensive guide to the theory and craft of writing poetry
Poetry Portal - directory of worldwide poetry online
Reading Group Guides - online community for reading groups
Terry Pratchett Weebly - stories that have never before been made available outside of the copies of the 1960's newspapers they originally appeared in.
What's Next Database - looking for the next book in the series?
Which Book - the easy way to find the kind of fiction book you are looking for
Word Reference - look up words in English, French,German, Italian, Russian and Spanish
