The Portable Library of Liberty

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Welcome to the Portable Library of Liberty version 6.0 (created September 9, 2011). This collection of texts is drawn from the Online Library of Liberty, published by Liberty Fund, Inc. Version 6.0 differs from the 50th Anniversary edition (version 5.1, created February 17, 2010) with the addition of Kindle/Mobi and ePub versions of the texts and the omission of the Intellectual Portrait Series MP3 audio files, which can still be found at the Online Library of Liberty website.

What’s Inside:

This disk contains 1,047 titles in various E-book formats (text-based PDF (1,047 titles), ePub (845), and Kindle/Mobi (810)). They are full-text versions of the books which can also be found on the OLL website. They are organized by titles, subject areas, and topics. (Learn more about this feature.)

This disk contains works by hundreds of authors from Ancient Sumeria to the present, and is organized by people, periods, and schools of thought. (Learn more about this feature.)

Many Liberty Fund published books are available on this disk as EBook PDFs. Versions of these books in ePub and Kindle formats will be available from the Liberty Fund online book catalog for purchase. For a complete list of books published by Liberty Fund go to the online book catalog [external link] or use the PDF version included on this disk. (Download the Catalog on this disk.)

You can browse the collection of Quotations about Liberty & Power (298) which are listed according to the date they first appeared on the OLL Website. You will also see a new randomly selected quote each time you return to the home page. (Learn more about this feature.)

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