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*Reference:

**[http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Simple Wiki -- link]
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page Wiki Main Page Link for Browser]
* Stories: Religious and works and epics
* Stories: Religious and works and epics
**[http://www.davince.com/download/kjvbible.pdf KJVBible-PDF]
**[http://www.davince.com/download/kjvbible.pdf KJVBible-PDF]
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**[http://books.google.com Google Books ]
**[http://books.google.com Google Books ]
* Curricula, in toto
* Curricula, in toto
**[http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm MIT's OPEN COURSEWARE]
* Music
* Music
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guitar WikiBooks Guitar]
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Guitar WikiBooks Guitar]
* Mathematics
* Mathematics
** Faraz, H., (2006). "''Understanding Calculus''" [http://www.understandingcalculus.com/ http://www.understandingcalculus.com/] (HTML and PDF version available) - Complete free online textbook focusing on understanding concepts.
**Focus on geometry?
**Focus on geometry?
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algebra Algebra Wiki]
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algebra Algebra Wiki]
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Geometry Geometry Wiki]
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Geometry Geometry Wiki]
**[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikibooks/en/0/00/Learning_the_vi_editor.pdf Learning VI Editor PDF]
**[http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/Numbers Numbers - a Pre-Algebra text in Simple English]
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior:Visual_Math Visual Math]
* Visual arts
* Visual arts
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Arts_bookshelf Wiki Arts]
* (Other) Science
* (Other) Science
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Big_Cats Wikijunior Big Cats]
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Big_Cats Wikijunior Big Cats]
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** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_The_Elements WikiJunior The Elements]
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_The_Elements WikiJunior The Elements]
* (Other) Humanities
* (Other) Humanities

**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Languages WikiJunior Languages]
**[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Languages WikiJunior Languages]
* History & Geography
* History & Geography
**[http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights Simple Wiki Human Rights]
** [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ Bill of Rights, Emancipation Proclamation, Constitution, other Historic Documents]
** [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ Bill of Rights, Emancipation Proclamation, Constitution, other Historic Documents]
** [http://oll.libertyfund.org/EBooks/index.html Liberty Fund.Org Ebooks Ancient Times to Modern Discussion of Civil Liberty -- Collection includes out of copyright histories]
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/UK_Constitution_and_Government Wiki United Kingdom Constitution and Government]
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Kings_and_Queens_of_England Wikijunior Kings and Queens of England]
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_Kings_and_Queens_of_England Wikijunior Kings and Queens of England]
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_South_America Wikijunior South America]
** [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior_South_America Wikijunior South America]
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*At http://www.HSTutorials.net/olpc/olpcmathindex.htm you can see a mock-up of the student-user interface being developed for Algebra 1 in Simple English, which is located at http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_I_in_Simple_English&direction=next&oldid=526417
*At http://www.HSTutorials.net/olpc/olpcmathindex.htm you can see a mock-up of the student-user interface being developed for Algebra 1 in Simple English, which is located at http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Algebra_I_in_Simple_English&direction=next&oldid=526417

*Development
**[http://tools.google.com/gapminder/ gapminder - World development data, dynamic and interactive.(Flash)] ([http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4237353244338529080&sourceid=searchfeed nice demo of])

*Unsorted:
**http://www.archive.org/details/iacl
**http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikijunior
**http://wikieducator.org/Free_Textbooks
**http://www.logoslibrary.eu/pls/wordtc/new_wordtheque.main_bimbi?lang=en
**http://download.wikimedia.org/ to find dumps of WMF content such as [http://download.wikimedia.org/enwikibooks/20080319/enwikibooks-20080319-pages-articles.xml.bz2 the entire Wikibooks project in compressed XML]

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