I’ve been searching google for so long, trying to find french books that are free online, for beginners.
It’s summer I wanted to brush up on my french skills, since im taking french next year.
Any good sites to recommend?

I recommend the BBC (British Broadcasting Commision) language program "Ma France". You can find it at www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french. I’ve recommended it to my high school students and had positive feedback from them about it.

I have a project in my English class where we have to write 4 reports on a fiction book by an American author. He gave us a list but none of them appealed to me. I am into cars/ truck/ motorcycles etc. Does anyone know of any books that are fiction, American written and has to do with cars/ motorcycles? It also needs to be fairly advanced and 250+ pages.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig.

I want to save as much money as possible & I was thinking about getting books online for college. There’s this girl that is selling two books through our facebook college page…is it okay if I ask her if the books are in good condition? I wouldn’t want to get a book w/ missing pages stuff like that…or should I just get the books at my college bookstore? Any tips or thoughts are welcomed!

It can be smart or risky, depending on the seller and terms.

As you are buying from a private party, there is a lot more risk. It is a student at your college, so that may be a mitigating factor: you should have the opportunity to inspect the book before the sale is final, unless she is talking about shipping it to you from her hometown (or whatever).

In that case, you need to be more careful. For example, if the books are very expensive, it is advisable to use a standard rating system for used books: ask her to rate the books using the amazon.com condition standards: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1161242

It is not likely the books are missing pages or are so badly marked up as to be unusable. Do check amazon.com merchants, bookfinder.com, and ebay.com, for comparable prices on the same ISBN or edition. I often bought my textbooks through these sources (be careful to check ebay.com sellers ratings).

I also networked with other students in my major (and others) a year or two ahead of me, to buy their books for a few$ more than the bookstore’s buyback. And I sold my books to the bookstore for closer to what I paid for them!

I am just starting to get into fiction books and I want to read some of the best ones out there that are about con-artists. Does anyone know of a good book / series?

the Montmorency Series are something you might be interested in. It takes place in victorian London and is about a man who lives the life of a gentleman by day and robs people via the sewers by night. Its an easy read for someone who is just getting into reading. by Eleanor Updale

I like things like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and most other fiction books. What would you read if you were me?

All my fav books:
Maximum Ride by James Patterson
Hunger Games
Let the Right one in
On the Run by Gordon Korman
Kidnapped by Gordon Korman
Island by Gordon Korman
Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld is good
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Wake series by Lisa McMann
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
Shattering Glass by Gail Giles
Book of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
Suicide Notes by Michael Ford
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Supernatural:
The Unseen series is really good.
The Devouring by Simon Holt
The Darkest Powers by Kelly Armstrong
The Hollow by Jessica Verday
Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Coin
The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven
Blood and Chocolate.
Demonata by Darren Shan
Wereling by Stephen Cole
Werecat
Tithe: A modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black
Wings by Aprilynn Pike
Need by Carrie Jones
The Gatekeepers by Anthony Horowitz
The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Anita Blake series by Laurell Hamilton
Morganville Vampires by Rachel Cain
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Den of Shadows by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Vampire Diaries by LJ Smith
Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan
Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
Vampire Kisses
Tantalize by Cynthia Smith
Nightworld series LJ SMith
Vampire Beach by Alex Duval
Thirst by Christopher Pike

Witches (as in Wiccan)
Sweep series by Cate Tierman
Balefire series also by Cate Tierman

Spy stories:
Gallagher Girls by Ally Carter
The Specialists by Shannon Greenland.
Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz
Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde

Aliens:
Daniel X by James Patterson

Mythology:
Percy Jackson series by Rick Riodan
Daughters of the Moon Series
Sons of the Night Series by: Lynne Ewing
Dark Fusion by Neal Shusterman

How to, not other fiction books.

I’ve found some but I’m reluctant to spend money on something without a second opinion.

It really depends on what sort of help you need…

I recommend the ‘Write Great Fiction’ series, which has a different books for several aspects of writing (plot, dialogue, character – you choose). This might be good if you have a particular weakness. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=write+great+fiction&x=0&y=0

‘Self Editing for Fiction Writers’ by Renni Browne and Dave King is a great one for just teaching you to write stronger prose in general. http://www.amazon.com/Self-Editing-Fiction-Writers-Second-Yourself/dp/0060545690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313184532&sr=8-1

Or if you want a great analysis of what makes a story work, try ‘Story’ by Robert McKee. Note that this book is actually directed at screenwriters and uses movies as examples, but actually it’s a really great help for any kind of story, and has some amazing insight into meaning, theme, structure and character. http://www.amazon.com/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0413715604/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313184623&sr=1-3

I have a historical fiction book report and time line due for my L/A class and i can`t think of any books to do it on.

I loved "Moccasin Trail" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw and "Rifles for Watie" by Harold Keith when I was around that age.

"Moccasin Trail" – A pioneer boy, brought up by Crow Indians, is reunited with his family and attempts to orient himself in the white man’s culture.

"Rifles for Watie" – A Civil War-era novel about a boy who enlisted in the Union Army and ends up a spy for them in the Confederate Army.

I really enjoy reading science fiction, but it’s often difficult to find good science fiction that isn’t too dark and that doesn’t contain sex. What are some good science fiction authors/books that aren’t dark and gloomy and that don’t have sexual content?

If you want optimistic sci-fi with near-zero explicit sexual content, I would advise you to stick to ‘Golden Age’ (1930s-50s) stories from authors such as (from Wikipedia):

Poul Anderson
Isaac Asimov
Alfred Bester
James Blish
Nelson S. Bond
Leigh Brackett
Ray Bradbury
Fredric Brown
Bertram Chandler
John Christopher
Arthur C. Clarke
Hal Clement
L. Sprague de Camp
Lester del Rey
Robert A. Heinlein
C. M. Kornbluth
Henry Kuttner
Fritz Leiber
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
C. L. Moore
Chad Oliver
Frederik Pohl
Ross Rocklynne
Eric Frank Russell
Clifford D. Simak
E.E. "Doc" Smith
Theodore Sturgeon
William Tenn
A. E. van Vogt
Jack Vance
John Wyndham

And even then that’s not a 100% reliable guarantee–you will still find the occasional, implied-but-discreetly-asterisked sexual situation, e.g. man and woman giggling/kissing, and then disappearing into a room and closing the door. Heinlein and Anderson (to name but two) were not particularly coy in this respect.

Although he is somewhat notorious for the chastity of his earlier writings, even Asimov managed to write a short story called ‘Playboy and the Slime God’, and one of his later ‘robot’ detective novels ("The Robots of Dawn") actually hinges on a sexual relationship between a woman and her robot servant (somewhat echoing one of his earlier short stories, "Satisfaction Guaranteed"). So there are a few for you to avoid.

I really want a book to read and i just finished the book Cleopatra’s daughter by Michelle Moran and i was wondering if you guys know any good romance/historical fiction books for young adults since im sixteen. Well please help me!

Countess Below the Stairs
The Morning Gift
A Company of Swans

I have to write an essay on why it is good to read non fiction books in an English classroom.
I have a couple of reasons but i still need a few more. If you could help me out that would be AWESOME.

To use the literary skills of the author to change the way we look at things.
To read about events which really took place from the point of view of the writer, and we can compare it with the opinion of the general public.