Attention tightwads:

[quiksilver]

So, you like reading hunting books, but don't wanna buy them?Too lazy to go to thebookstore or go through the hassle of orderingstuff on Amazon.com?

Have no fear, the quikkiemeister is here withyet another el-cheapo answer to one of life's biggest quandaries.

www.books.google.com

Type in almost anybook titleand enjoy the fruits of somebody else's labor, because the great folks at Google have availed us with a virtual library at our fingertips.Surf page after page of your favorite author's prose,nary paying a dime. Some books even have full color pictures!

You wanna read "Pressured Whitetails" by John Eberhart? Typethe words "bowhunting pressured whitetails" in the search field, and see what happens. 185 full color pages of pure whitetail madness...

Wanna learn about cresting arrows? Type "cresting arrows" into the search field - and not only will you hit a pile of books on the topic, but clicking on any of them will take you right to the page that you need. For example - click on "The Traditional Bowyer's Bible" by Steve Allely - and you should be directed straight to page 237 - cresting.

Everything you'd ever wanna know is right there - from college textbooks tomaking paper airplanes to the American Medical Association's Disability Guides.

If it says "limited preview available" you're in like Flynn.

The King knows. He is the man.

[TexasOaks]

ORIGINAL: quiksilver

Like reading hunting books, but don't wanna buy them?

Have no fear, because the quikkiemeister provides yet another cheapo answer to one of life's expensive questions.

www.books.google.com

Type in almost any title book and enjoy the fruits of somebody else's labor, because the great folks at Google have availed us with a virtual library at our fingertips.Surf page after page of your favorite author's prose,nary paying a dime. Some books even have full color pictures!

You wanna read "Pressured Whitetails" by John Eberhart? Typethe words "bowhunting pressured whitetails" in the search field, and see what happens. 185 full color pages of pure whitetail madness...

Wanna learn about cresting arrows? Type "cresting arrows" into the search field - and not only will you hit a pile of books on the topic, but clicking on any of them will take you right to the page that you need. For example - click on "The Traditional Bowyer's Bible" by Steve Allely - and you should be directed straight to page 237 - cresting.

Everything you'd ever wanna know is right there - from making paper airplanes to the American Medical Association's Disability Guides.

If it says "limited preview available" you're in like Flynn.

The King knows. He is the man.

Thanks quiksilver. Big reader and a tightwad to boot.

[Killer_Primate]

Cool, thanks.

[mobow]

OMG it's a dream come true!! Thanks quick!! I'll be checking into that? Since you've messed w/ it some, does it seem like there are a lot of them available?

[quiksilver]

Mobow - I just needed a page cite for a brief from a medical guide and kinda stumbled onto it. Haven't had much time to mess with it at all.

All I know is that I keyword searched the word "bowhunting" and got a ton of hits. I'm not sure how many of those results will have the full text available - but I'm sure it's enough to keep you busy for a while.

[JoeRE]

Sweetness Quick that rocks.

[rybohunter]

I love these threads. Information that can be put to good use.

[CCPaHunter]

Quik
I just checked it out during lunch. What a great find. THANKS

[PreacherTony]

Fran .... thank you! As a teacher, this is a truely valuable rescource!

[quiksilver]

Okay, I just looked over it - and the ones that say "Limited Preview" are missing a few pages. Some are missing a lot of pages. I guess it depends on the publisher/author's scope of consent...

But, if nothing else, you can really get a great look at certain books, and at least get a flavor for a particular author's writing style and direction.

Just going through the preview - you can still glean a ton of info from what's available for viewing.

Obviously, you can narrow your search to include only books where the full text is available.