Self-Help - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 1
An Iron Will - Orison Swett Marden
An Iron Will - Orison Swett Marden
- Author: Orison Swett Marden
- Genre: Self-Help
Orison Swett Marden was well-known at the turn of the 20th century for his inspirational and spiritual books of self-help. This one deals with the importance of a man developing his own will-power. Swett Marden here offers advice on how to achieve...
The Mystery of Pain - James Hinton
The Mystery of Pain - James Hinton
- Author: James Hinton
- Genre: Health & Fitness / Self-Help / Christianity - Other
This book is addressed to the sorrowful, ... to whom their own or others' pain is a daily burden, upon whose hearts it weighs with an intolerable anguish. I seek to speak to these ; not as a teacher, but as a fellow. Sharing their feeling, and...
Pushing to the Front - Orison Swett Marden
Pushing to the Front - Orison Swett Marden
- Author: Orison Swett Marden
- Genre: Psychology / Self-Help / Modern
Published in 1894, this is the first book by the renowned inspirational author, Dr. Orison Swett Marden. Pushing to the Front is the product of many years of hard work, and marks a turning point in the life of Dr. Marden. He rewrote it following an...
With Christ in the School of Prayer - Andrew Murray
With Christ in the School of Prayer - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
It is under a deep impression that the place and power of prayer in the Christian life is too little understood, that this book has been written. I feel sure that as long as we look on prayer chiefly as the means of maintaining our own Christian...
Food Values - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
Food Values - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Author: Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Genre: Science / Self-Help
A short pamphlet from WWI, a sequel of sorts to "Food Preparedness." It first describes basic nutrition and things to consider when choosing what foods to eat, then lists various foods and their amount of calories, carbohydrates, fats, proteins,...
Good Things to Eat As Suggested By Rufus - Rufus Estes
Good Things to Eat As Suggested By Rufus - Rufus Estes
- Author: Rufus Estes
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Rufus Estes was born a slave in 1857 in Tennessee, and experienced first hand the turmoil of the Civil War. He began working in a Nashville restaurant at the age of 16, and in 1883 took up employment as a Pullman cook. In 1897, he was hired as...
The Speaking Voice - Katherine Jewell Everts
The Speaking Voice - Katherine Jewell Everts
- Author: Katherine Jewell Everts
- Genre: Poetry / Literary Collections / Self-Help
From the Preface of The Speaking Voice: principles of training simplified and condensed: "This book offers a method of voice training which is the result of a deliberate effort to simplify and condense, for general use, the principles which are...
The Mastery of Destiny - James Allen
The Mastery of Destiny - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
James Allen's inspirational and thought-provoking books have inspired millions. In The Mastery of Destiny, he instructs readers on developing self-control, willpower, concentration, and motivation. Through discipline and mindfulness, we can create a...
Bits About Home Matters - Helen Hunt Jackson
Bits About Home Matters - Helen Hunt Jackson
- Author: Helen Hunt Jackson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
This book is a collection of short observations by Helen Hunt Jackson, several with children and parenting as the subject matter. (Summary by ashleighjane)...
The Spinster Book - Myrtle Reed
The Spinster Book - Myrtle Reed
- Author: Myrtle Reed
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. (Summary by Kristin Hughes)...
A Guide to Health - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
A Guide to Health - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Author: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Genre: Health & Fitness / Medical / Self-Help
Mahatma Gandhi, known today as a fascinating political leader and pacifist, also considered himself "something of an authority on matters of Health and Disease as well. Very few of us perhaps are aware that he is the author of quite an original...
From Passion to Peace - James Allen
From Passion to Peace - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
The first three parts of this book, Passion, Aspiration, and Temptation, represent the common human life, with its passion, pathos, and tragedy. The last three parts, Transcendence, Beatitude, and Peace, represents the Divine Lifeβcalm, wise and...
Spy Proof America! - J. Francis Logan
Spy Proof America! - J. Francis Logan
- Author: J. Francis Logan
- Genre: Self-Help / Modern (20th C)
A very impassioned piece from the first World War, introducing a volunteer civilian anti-spy organization to root out enemy spies from the USA. It appears that this organization never reached the level the author urges; however, other organizations...
Acres of Diamonds - Russell Conwell
Acres of Diamonds - Russell Conwell
- Author: Russell Conwell
- Genre: Self-Help / Christianity - Commentary / Christianity - Biographies
Text of famous inspirational lecture and biography of Russell Conwell, a Baptist minister and Temple University Founder (Summary by Scott Dahlem)...
The Feast of St. Friend - Arnold Bennett
The Feast of St. Friend - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: *Non-fiction / House & Home / Self-Help
In The Feast of St. Friend, a Christmas book, Arnold Bennett shares his views on Christmas as the season of goodwill. As always, Bennett's writing includes some thought-provoking ideas liberally spiced with his wry sense of humour, and as always...
He Can Who Thinks He Can - Orison Swett Marden
He Can Who Thinks He Can - Orison Swett Marden
- Author: Orison Swett Marden
- Genre: Self-Help
Do you have what it takes to be the person you want to be? This is a neat self help book in plain English by the New Thought Movement author Orison Swett Marden. He has included various essays on the principles he believes will lead to success in...
Out from the Heart - James Allen
Out from the Heart - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
James Allen teaches us how to purify our hearts through the fundamental lessons of virtue: physical discipline, mental discipline, doing your best, self-honesty, and forgiveness. If assiduously practiced, these principles will lead to a blessed life...
Hints for Lovers - Arnold Haultain
Hints for Lovers - Arnold Haultain
- Author: Arnold Haultain
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
"Hints for Lovers" is a thorough analysis of relationships between men and women, about everything that lovers should know, and delves deep into the psychology of men and women, and the philosophy of courtship, engagement, kissing, making love,...
The Curtezan Unmasked - Anonymous
The Curtezan Unmasked - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Religion / Self-Help
"The Curtezan unmasked or, the Whoredomes of Jezebel Painted to the Life: With Antidotes against them, or Heavenly Julips to cool Men in the Fever of Lust" is a fire-and-brimstone polemic by "A Spiritual Physician" to persuade young men not to...
The Victorious Attitude - Orison Swett Marden
The Victorious Attitude - Orison Swett Marden
- Author: Orison Swett Marden
- Genre: Self-Help
Dr. Marden tells how we can live up to our potential just by changing our attitude, from the normal attitude of I CAN'T to one of I CAN! To do this we need to have faith in ourselves and shut out the negative forces that come into our lives. We have...
The Italian Cook Book - Maria Gentile
The Italian Cook Book - Maria Gentile
- Author: Maria Gentile
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
One of the beneficial results of the Great War has been the teaching of thrift to the American housewife. For patriotic reasons and for reasons of economy, more attention has been bestowed upon the preparing and cooking of food that is to be at once...
The Golden Gems of Life - Emory Adams Allen
The Golden Gems of Life - Emory Adams Allen
- Author: Emory Adams Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
Life is full of ups and downs, joys and trials. In this work, we are advised on how to deal with what fate deals us, the good and bad, the common and uncommon. Home, childhood, success and failure, perseverance, dignity, frugality, envy, charity......
The Art of Public Speaking - Joseph Berg Esenwein
The Art of Public Speaking - Joseph Berg Esenwein
- Author: Joseph Berg Esenwein
- Genre: Self-Help
The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and Joseph B. Esenwein is a manual for people who have to speak in public, and it is still in use today. Whether the occasion in question is sharing travel experiences with friends, a toast for newly-weds,...
How to Speak and Write Correctly - Joseph Devlin
How to Speak and Write Correctly - Joseph Devlin
- Author: Joseph Devlin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
This is a 1910 guide for those who wish to learn how to correctly (though maybe not "properly") create sentences, use figures of speech, write letters, and more, all while choosing the right words and doing it with style. Joseph Devlin's words may...
Abide in Christ - Andrew Murray
Abide in Christ - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Self-Help / Christianity - Other
Towards the close of his ministry on earth, Jesus taught his disciples of the need for them to abide in Him. This word "abide" speaks of the intimacy of fellowship with the Master to which his followers are still invited. Andrew Murray wrote this...
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life - William Law
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life - William Law
- Author: William Law
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
This is one of the greatest devotional books of the Christian faith, inspiring thousands to a closer walk with their Lord. John Wesley was a close associate of Mr. Law and was influenced by this very book to some of his great work in England, and...
Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive - Samuel Smiles
Happy Homes and the Hearts that Make Them: Or Thrifty People and why They Thrive - Samuel Smiles
- Author: Samuel Smiles
- Genre: Self-Help
Samuel Smiles was a Scottish author and government reformer, but he concluded that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. He wrote popular articles and books on his theories; ways people could help themselves overcome their...
How to Succeed - Orison Swett Marden
How to Succeed - Orison Swett Marden
- Author: Orison Swett Marden
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science / Self-Help
In this volume, Orison Swett Marden explains the road to success in simple terms for the benefit of anyone, who wishes to follow in his footsteps. Over 100 years after publication, most of these lessons are still valid today....
American Cookery - Amelia Simmons
American Cookery - Amelia Simmons
- Author: Amelia Simmons
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published in 1796. Until this time, the cookbooks printed and used in what became the United States were British cookbooks, so the importance of this book is...
The Human Machine - Arnold Bennett
The Human Machine - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Philosophy / Psychology / Self-Help
Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. As he writes: "I am simply bent on calling your attention to a fact which has perhaps wholly or partially...
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 - Havelock ELLIS
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 - Havelock ELLIS
- Author: Havelock ELLIS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
The first of six volumes, this volume covers in extensive detail the topics of "The Evolution of Modesty", "The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity", and "Auto-Eroticism". Written as an anthropological and psychological study from the point of view of...
As a Man Thinketh (version 2) - James Allen
As a Man Thinketh (version 2) - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
As a Man Thinketh is a literary essay of James Allen, published in 1902. The title is influenced by a verse in the Bible from the Book of Proverbs chapter 23 verse 7, βAs a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.β The main concepts of this book as as...
The Science of Being Great - Wallace D. WATTLES
The Science of Being Great - Wallace D. WATTLES
- Author: Wallace D. WATTLES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
The Science of Being Great is the second book of Wattles' triology. In this volume he argues that the power of thought and positive self-esteem is the only true measure of a person's greatness. (Summary by Diana Majlinger) The Science of Getting Rich...
Cottage Economy - William COBBETT
Cottage Economy - William COBBETT
- Author: William COBBETT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
How can you tell when your pig is fat enough? Why should you never buy mustard? What's wrong with eating potatoes? Which is better, beer or tea? And what type of straw makes the best bonnets? William Cobbett is the man to ask. Here is his book of...
Of Peace of Mind - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
Of Peace of Mind - Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Author: Lucius Annaeus SENECA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Self-Help
How to maintain a tranquil mind amongst social upheaval and turmoil, addressed to Serenus. (Introduction by Jonathan Hockey)...
Cocoa and Chocolate - Arthur William KNAPP
Cocoa and Chocolate - Arthur William KNAPP
- Author: Arthur William KNAPP
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Self-Help
As that heavenly bit of chocolate melts in our mouths, we give little thought as to where it came from, the arduous work that went in to its creation, and the complex process of its maturation from a bean to the delicacy we all enjoy. This "little...
The Science of Getting Rich - Wallace D. WATTLES
The Science of Getting Rich - Wallace D. WATTLES
- Author: Wallace D. WATTLES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Would you like to be rich? Yes? Well, who wouldn't. The Science of Getting Rich is a book written by the New Thought Movement writer Wallace D. Wattles. The book is still in print after almost 100 years. According to USA Today, the text is "divided...
Sex - Henry Stanton
Sex - Henry Stanton
- Author: Henry Stanton
- Genre: Self-Help
Henry Stantonβs 1922 book Sex β Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English is intended as a frank (although consevative and moralistic) guide to human sexual behaviour and relationships. It is partly a self-help book, partly an attempt to relay the...
Dynamic Thought; Or, The Law of Vibrant Energy - William Walker Atkinson
Dynamic Thought; Or, The Law of Vibrant Energy - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: Psychology / Self-Help
This is a queer book. It is a marriage of the Ancient Occult Teachings to the latest and most advanced conceptions of Modern Science--an odd union, for the parties thereto are of entirely different temperaments. The marriage might be expected to...
The Silence: What It Is, How To Use It - David Van BUSH
The Silence: What It Is, How To Use It - David Van BUSH
- Author: David Van BUSH
- Genre: Health & Fitness / Psychology / Self-Help
Wrong thinking produces inharmony in our body, which in turn produces sickness. Our bodies sometimes are instantly re-harmonized while in the Silence. In the Silence our minds become passive, open, free and loving, at which time the Infinite Master...
