  
Turn your PC into a center for learning and entertainment. Categorized
with descriptions and excerpts / Printing, Highlighting, Bookmarking, and
Annotation capabilities / listen to any of the books in your choice of four
different voices! The greatest works of classic literature, action,
adventure, education, philosophy, religion, theater and poetry...from Mark Twain
to the Bible...from Shakespeare to Charles Darwin...you'll find it all in the
Ultimate Library. Selection from four different volumes. Includes a
total of 11,647 books with text to speech technology lets you listen to any
book. A great gift for students, teaches, and reading enthusiasts!
All the great works of literature, reference and culture are only a click away!
Volume One
- Action Adventure
- Drama
- Esoteric
- Mystery
- Pulp Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Western
Volume Two
- Biography
- Critiques
- Education
- Enlightenment Thinkers
- History
- Liberal Arts
- Non Fiction
- Political Science
- Reference
- Renaissance Thinkers
- Science
Volume Three
- Australia
- Canada
- Elizabethans
- Europa
- Gothic Tales
- Eastern Texts
- Poetry
- Religion
- Satire
- Folklore
Volume Four
- Classics
- Miscellaneous Fiction
The Collection
- Over 10,000 complete, full length,
unabridged books, reference materials, and poetry available to
you!
- Works from over 3,000 different authors
and sources
- Conveniently organized within 550
different categories and subcategories
- Useful descriptions/excerpts give you a
preview of the book before you open it
- 1,076 Illustrations, Graphics, Maps, and
Pictures embedded within some of the texts!
- Full, built-in product documentation and help
Navigating
- Browser view: navigate like you do
through your internet browser through this built in interface --
Easy and convenient for young and old
- Tree/List view: pick your category from
the left using an organized tree, then choose your books through a
simple listing
- Details view: see many details about a book at first glance!
Searching
- Search by author, title, description, or
keyword!
- Find using exact words or similar words
- Find using any search term/every term/or
using exact phrases!
- Perform a quote search of up to 100 books
at a time
- Narrow your search to specific categories, or search the entire collection
Reading
- Control the size of the text to make your
reading easier
- Highlight important passages to you in
any of 4 different colors!
- Set bookmarks by simply clicking on the
side of the text and jump to them at any time in the future with
easily.
- Annotate any of your bookmarks with your
notes
- Built-in dictionary: define any word with
the click of a button
- Full printing capability
- Export to text for use with PDA's or pocket readers!
Text to Speech
- IT WILL READ TO YOU ALOUD!
- New speech synthesis engine
- Pronounces the text with all the
punctuation and articulation of a human voice!
- Highlights each word as it reads it.
Great for children or people new to the English language
- Choose between 4 different voices
(2 male, 2 female)
- You have full control over rate, volume,
and voice quality
- Easy-to-use "speak", "pause", and "stop"
buttons
- Listen to the whole document, or choose a
section for it to read
- Click one of the following links to download voice samples: Mary, Mike,
Sam
- Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP
- 400 MHz or better processor
- 128 MB of RAM minimum
- 50 MB of hard drive space minimum
available for installation
- 6X or better CD-ROM or DVD drive
- Internet Explorer version 6.0 or better installed
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