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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
Author Yellow Pages - a searchable directory of author websites
Authors on the Web - literary author biographies
Babel Fish - Translate text or websites from and to a number of languages. Including Japanese, Korean and Russian in addition to several European languages.
Bartleby - resources to find quotations
Beyond Books - Beyond Books is the ITV's book channel hosted by YouTube, it features video reviews about new and classic books and authors
Book Army - a social networking website for every sort of reader. "Whether you’re a bookaholic or someone who picks up a book only once a year". Discuss and review books, build reading lists, get the best book recommendations, and where you and your friends, family or classmates can read books together
Book Crossing - the world's biggest book club people share their passion for books with the world. It gives you a way to share your books, clear your shelves and become involved locally and internationally
The Book Guide - search for bookshops , bookfairs , and auctions in the UK and you can also find useful links for information on book conservation, storage etc.
BookPrizeInfo - a source of information on book prizes, literary awards and prizewinning books
BookRags - literature study guides, summaries, essays and biographies
Brainy Quote - famous quotes
Contemporary Writers - profiles of some of the UK's most important living writers
CyberLibrary - internet resources on books
CyberLibrary Poetry - internet resources on poetry
Directgov - find out about the library service near you
E-Books Directory - lists freely downloadable ebooks and documents found all over the internet
Electronic Text Sites - The British Library hosts this page of links to a selection of freely available Internet sites which contain digitised texts on humanities subjects
The British Library's English Short title Catalogue - covers monograph and serial letterpress items printed before 1801
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
Free Classic Audio Books - free audio books, mainly classic novels, in MP3 and iTunes formats
Free Translator - Convert text or even a whole website into or from several European languages. Links to online dictionaries, glossaries, and basic language courses are included.
Full Books - this US site hosts the full text of thousands of books both non-fictions and literature which are viewed in webpage form
Fun With Words - find out fascinating facts about the English language
Good Reads - Get great book recommendations from people you know. Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read. Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes.
Google Books - search for books under specific criteria, read book extracts, links to online booksellers and to libraries which hold the titles
The Historical Novel Society - the best place to find out about new historical fiction
Internet Classics Archive - extensive collection of electronic texts by Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman authors
Language Tools - Includes translation tool, ability to search specific languages or countries and more.
LibriVox - provides free audiobooks from material within the public domain. Recorded by volunteers, extracts and complete books are available in a variety of formats
Love Reading - reviews and recommendations
Macmillan Online Dictionary
Many Books - more than 28,000 free ebooks in many different languages
Meet the Author - video clips of authors talking about their books in their own words
The Omnivore - book, film and theatre reviews from April 2008 onwards
The Paris Review - read author interviews since 1953
Phrase Finder - meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases and idioms
Poem Hunter - access to over 310, 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
Poets and Poetry - an encyclopedia of world poetry, including its history, periods, styles and movements, technical terms, verse forms and national poetry.
Poetry Magic - an extensive guide to the theory and craft of writing poetry
Poetry Portal - directory of worldwide poetry online
Publisher Index - directory of publishers, find out how to get published or find a job in publishing and get manuscript advice
Quoteland - search for quotes by topic or author
Quoteworld - search for a quote and see it in its original context
Quotations Page - search over 26,000 quotations
Reading Circle - features reading group guides and resources
Reading Group Guides - online community for reading groups
Science Books Online - free science e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs, and other science related documents
Talk French - A lively video introduction to learning French for beginners. French speakers are shown in their local environment which really brings the language to life. Practise the vocabulary and grammar featured in the videos by playing the word games.
Tangled Web UK - full of information on Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction and Horror books with reviews from leading authors
Teachit - online resources for teaching English
Twittionary - definitions of Twitter related words
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
