# Free ebooks available for download this weekend (politics, philosophy, etc.)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 30, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ebooks-available-for-download-this-weekend-politics-philosophy-etc/822193 "2018-09-30T01:48:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ebooks-available-for-download-this-weekend-politics-philosophy-etc/822193/1 "2018-09-30T01:48:08Z")

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_ **Note: It seems to me that this thread doesn’t run afoul of board rules. I have no connection with the website, and the downloads are free and legal. I’ve sent a PM to the Cafe Society mods about it, but it’s sometimes hard to raise mods on weekends, and I wanted to get it up quickly because it’s time-sensitive. If they decide to shut it down later, so be it** _  
A friend on Facebook just directed me to [this giveaway](https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4033-last-chance-flash-ebook-giveaway) by Verso Books.

It’s mainly politics, philosophy, and cultural criticism. Titles include:

_Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory_ by Michele Wallace  
_Good Neighbors: Gentrifying Diversity in Boston’s South End_, by Sylvie Tissot  
_Cultural Capital: The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain_, by Robert Hewison  
_Darkwater_, by W.E.B. DuBois  
_Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology_, by Andre Gorz

Click on the ebook tab and add to cart. You’ll have to create an account to download the books. The offer ends at midnight (eastern US time) on Sunday, September 30.

You can download as many of the 15 as you want; I grabbed a half-dozen for myself.

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-ebooks-available-for-download-this-weekend-politics-philosophy-etc/822193/2 "2018-09-30T03:16:37Z")

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Looks interesting. Thank you! 🙂

And, mods, it is legitimate, as Verso does often have half-price sales, plus the occasional giveaway. The books are not pirated.