My Electronic Military Library - So far....

For my 50th birthday last year SWMBO gave me a Sony PRS 600 ebook reader. This has proven to be an absolute delight as I have been able to download (for free) a veritable library of books that I would otherwise either have no chance of buying or, to be frank, of not wanting to splash the cash! Aside from the complete Sherlock Holmes, Brigadier Gerard, Professor Challenger, a smattering of Sabatini, Dumas, H.G.Wells, Jules Verne etc I have also managed to acquire a number of really useful military titles. These are as follows:

Some Priciples of Maritime Strategy by Julian Corbett

Major Operations during the American War of Independence by A.T. Mahan

Sea Power in the War of 1812 (Volumes 1 and 2) by A.T Mahan

The Gulf and Inland Waters - The Navy in the Civil War (Volume 3) by A.T. Mahan

The Influence of Seapower of History 1660 to 1783 by A.T. Mahan

The River War by W.S. Churchill

The Story of the Malakand Field Force by W.S.Churchill

Afghan Wars 1842 and 1878-80 by Archibald Forbes

The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole

The Balkan Wars by Jacob Gould Schurman
Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman

Famous Sea Fights by John Hale

and of course, Little Wars by H.G. Wells.

Most of these came from http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page but there are many other sources of free ebooks. Whilst a reader will never replace that wonderful freshly printed aroma of a new book; nor will it ever be a substitute for the sheer pleasure of just browsing in a bookshop it is certainly a valuable resource and for portability has no equal.

The Gulf and Inland Waters title is really good and has been a valuable addition to my small collection of books covering the naval actions of the ACW.