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Beautiful Girlhood - Mabel HALE
Beautiful Girlhood - Mabel HALE
- Author: Mabel HALE
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Self-Help
The transitioning years between girlhood and womanhood are an exciting time for a girl, as well as tumultuous and confusing. Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale is a lovely guide that will help the young girl understand the changes she is going through...
Byways to Blessedness - James Allen
Byways to Blessedness - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
James Allen instructs us on how to improve our life and spiritual well-being through the power of positive thinking. He teaches us to live in the present and appreciate the moment. Allen asserts that the power of each person to form his own...
How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types - Elsie Lincoln BENEDICT
How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types - Elsie Lincoln BENEDICT
- Author: Elsie Lincoln BENEDICT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
In this popular American book from the 1920s, accomplished public speaker and self-help charlatan Elsie Lincoln Benedict outlines her pseudo-scientific system of "Human Analysis". She proposes that, within the human race, five sub-types have...
The Game of Life and How to Play It - Florence Scovel SHINN
The Game of Life and How to Play It - Florence Scovel SHINN
- Author: Florence Scovel SHINN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Florence Scovel Shinn, an illustrator living in New York City, became a teacher of New Thought after a divorce. New Thought was a movement which holds the belief that individuals can create their own reality through intentional thoughts and prayer,...
The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life - Andrew Murray
The Inner Chamber and the Inner Life - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
Here is a book of devotions that will bring joy and strength. Its chapters provide vital keys to living and enjoying the Christian life. It covers important disciplines such as prayer, study, meditation and feeding on the Scriptures as a means of...
Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World - William Walker Atkinson
Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. Atkinson was a prolific writer, and his many books achieved...
Food Preparedness - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
Food Preparedness - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Author: Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Genre: Self-Help / Cooking
A short pamphlet from WWI, first describing basic nutrition, then discussing what foods may be substituted during food shortages without loss of nutrition. "The last few months have more and more impressed upon Americans the need of preparedness in...
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis - Melvin POWERS
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis - Melvin POWERS
- Author: Melvin POWERS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
Summary from A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis:This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman. The step-by-step instructions should afford the reader a means of acquiring self-hypnosis. The necessary material is here. The...
Laugh and Live - Douglas, Sr. FAIRBANKS
Laugh and Live - Douglas, Sr. FAIRBANKS
- Author: Douglas Sr. FAIRBANKS
- Genre: Self-Help
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Baghdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. His book, Laugh and Live, is a book...
365 Foreign Dishes - Unknown
365 Foreign Dishes - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Starters, main courses and desserts from around the world, one dish for every day of the year. From Turkey to China, from India to England, from Austria to Egypt, a wide variety of mouth-watering cuisines are represented. Each recipe is described in...
The Untroubled Mind - Herbert J. HALL
The Untroubled Mind - Herbert J. HALL
- Author: Herbert J. HALL
- Genre: Religion / Self-Help
A very wise physician has said that “every illness has two parts—what it is, and what the patient thinks about it.” What the patient thinks about it is often more important and more troublesome than the real disease. What the patient thinks of life,...
Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway - Steve SOLOMON
Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway - Steve SOLOMON
- Author: Steve SOLOMON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Self-Help
Gardening expert Steve Solomon has written extensively on gardening techniques for the home gardener. Water conservation is the focus of this work, along with more information on how to have the healthiest plants in your garden through...
The Art of Money Getting (version 2) - P. T. Barnum
The Art of Money Getting (version 2) - P. T. Barnum
- Author: P. T. Barnum
- Genre: Self-Help
Although Barnum considered himself primarily a showman and his main goal was to put money in his own pocket, this little book, subtitled Golden Rules for Making Money does have a good deal of common sense about how to make money, and perhaps more...
The Majesty of Calmness - William George JORDAN
The Majesty of Calmness - William George JORDAN
- Author: William George JORDAN
- Genre: Philosophy / Psychology / Self-Help
Change your life by changing your thoughts. The Majesty of Calmness is your guide to attracting prosperity, manifesting opportunities, and managing stress—all while discovering the values most precious to you. (Summary by Andrea Fiore)...
Initiative Psychic Energy - Warren HILTON
Initiative Psychic Energy - Warren HILTON
- Author: Warren HILTON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
Learn how to accomplish your goals through increasing your mental power, avoiding energy drains, and becoming more mentally efficient. (Summary by Andrea Fiore.)...
The Mystic Will - Charles Godfrey Leland
The Mystic Will - Charles Godfrey Leland
- Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
This book presents a method of developing and strengthening the faculties of the mind, through the awakened will, by a simple, scientific process possible to any person of ordinary intelligence (Summary by Charles Godfrey Leland) Note: This book was...
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book - William F. BIGELOW
The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book - William F. BIGELOW
- Author: William F. BIGELOW
- Genre: Self-Help
A collection of articles from Good Housekeeping magazine, The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book focuses on the subject of marriage. With instructions and advice from courtship to raising children, this collection aims to assist those with questions...
The Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore - Ida Dandridge BENNETT
The Flower Garden: A Handbook of Practical Garden Lore - Ida Dandridge BENNETT
- Author: Ida Dandridge BENNETT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Self-Help
This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping. It contains information on growing the plants from seed and explains how to grow and care for the traditional garden flowering plants, bulbs, trees, and shrubs. There...
Literary Taste: How to Form It - Arnold Bennett
Literary Taste: How to Form It - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 describe his method for learning to enjoy literature. Chapters 11, 12, and 13 contain detailed lists of the 337...
A Dictionary of English Synonymes, Vol. 01 - Richard SOULE
A Dictionary of English Synonymes, Vol. 01 - Richard SOULE
- Author: Richard SOULE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Self-Help
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions, Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology is a project for new LibriVox members to practice recording and using their recording setup....
Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism - A. ALPHEUS
Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism - A. ALPHEUS
- Author: A. ALPHEUS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
Written in 1903, just sixty years after the word 'hypnotism' was coined, this book explores the contemporary understanding of the nature, uses and dangers of the technique. Hypnotism has been practiced for many centuries, but it was in the...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin FRANKLIN
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Author: Benjamin FRANKLIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Self-Help
Franklin wrote his autobiography in the form of an extended letter to his son. While recording the events of his life, he adds instructions for good living which makes this work America’s first “How to Succeed” book. Edited by Frank Woodworth Pine...
The Path to Prosperity (version 3) - James Allen
The Path to Prosperity (version 3) - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
‘The Path to Prosperity’ (sometimes rendered as The Path of Prosperity) is part one of James Allen’s first published work titled ‘From Poverty to Power’ alternatively titled ‘The Realization of Prosperity and Peace’ (1901). Part one is an empowering...
What Dress Makes of Us - Dorothy QUIGLEY
What Dress Makes of Us - Dorothy QUIGLEY
- Author: Dorothy QUIGLEY
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Self-Help
A wickedly funny book of advice on women's dress. However old, fat or plain you are, Dorothy Quigley will tell you what not to wear. (Summary by Ruth Golding)...
Exercises in Knitting - Cornelia MEE
Exercises in Knitting - Cornelia MEE
- Author: Cornelia MEE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Crafts & Hobbies / Self-Help
Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At this time, published knitting...
The Science of Being Well - Wallace D. WATTLES
The Science of Being Well - Wallace D. WATTLES
- Author: Wallace D. WATTLES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
If you are seeking better health and ways to stay well…This book is for you! Wallace D. Wattles was an American author and a pioneer success new thought movement writer. His most famous work and first book is a book called The Science of Getting...
The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life - Hannah Whitall SMITH
The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life - Hannah Whitall SMITH
- Author: Hannah Whitall SMITH
- Genre: Self-Help / Christianity - Other
This Christian book is written in a easy and understandable way, where the strong biblical points are clear and and applicable. The richness of the truths explained, will make one want to listen to it over and over again. The book writes about our...
Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home - Emily POST
Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home - Emily POST
- Author: Emily POST
- Genre: Self-Help
From advice on planning the perfect wedding to eating an artichoke correctly, Emily Post offers instruction on how to live a well-mannered life circa 1922. With a sometimes gentle, sometimes sharp wit, she maintains that true ladies and gentlemen...
In Time Of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook On Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters - US OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE
In Time Of Emergency: A Citizen's Handbook On Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters - US OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE
- Author: US OFFICE OF CIVIL DEFENSE
- Genre: Education / Self-Help
A major emergency affecting a large number of people may occur anytime and anywhere. It may be a peacetime disaster such as a flood, tornado, fire, hurricane, blizzard or earthquake. It could be an enemy nuclear attack on the United States. In any...
The Divine Companion (Version 2) - James Allen
The Divine Companion (Version 2) - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Single author / Self-Help
It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years and those who have eyes to see and hearts to understand will find in its pages the spiritual history of his...
The Path of Prosperity - James Allen
The Path of Prosperity - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
Summary from The Path of Prosperity:I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but could not find it; I looked in books, but...
The Ethics of Belief - William Kingdon CLIFFORD
The Ethics of Belief - William Kingdon CLIFFORD
- Author: William Kingdon CLIFFORD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
This is an essay on decision biases and a critique on prejudices, neatly written and thought provoking. (Summary by sidhu177)...
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Self-Help
Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do you, in fact, have any problem at all? In that case, Ella Wheeler Wilcox might be able to help you. In 35...
How to Listen to Music - Henry Edward Krehbiel
How to Listen to Music - Henry Edward Krehbiel
- Author: Henry Edward Krehbiel
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Music / Self-Help
This book is "not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art". It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues - and when to believe the critics. (Summary by Sarah Jennings)...
Character Building - Booker T. Washington
Character Building - Booker T. Washington
- Author: Booker T. Washington
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Self-Help / Contemporary
Character Building is a compilation of speeches, given by Mr. Booker T. Washington, to the students and staff of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now known as Tuskegee University). Booker T. Washington was one of the most prominent...
The Power of Concentration - William Walker Atkinson
The Power of Concentration - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: Self-Help
A series of twenty lessons designed to help develop and improve the power of concentration. (Summary by Andrea Fiore) Written under the pseudonym of Theron Q. Dumont....
Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them - Hereward Carrington
Your Psychic Powers and How to Develop Them - Hereward Carrington
- Author: Hereward Carrington
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
Instructions in how to develop your psychic powers including telepathy, clairvoyance, self-projection, reincarnation, and other topics. Seriously. "It must be distinctly understood … that I believe the vast bulk of the material presented in this...
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed - William Alexander MacKay
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed - William Alexander MacKay
- Author: William Alexander MacKay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Self-Help
By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East and part of West Zorra, and containing a population of about fourteen hundred. It was settled about the year...
The Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden Rules - Josephine Turck Baker
The Art of Conversation: Twelve Golden Rules - Josephine Turck Baker
- Author: Josephine Turck Baker
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family & Relationships / Self-Help
Many of us find it challenging to speak to other people, for various reasons. Some of us are afraid of being called a bore. Others are worried that we will be accused of hogging attention. Many of us simply don't know what to talk about. This book...
Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance - Samuel Smiles
Self Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance - Samuel Smiles
- Author: Samuel Smiles
- Genre: Self-Help
Self-Help is the book that gave its name to the whole genre of literature known by that name. It is full of profiles of individuals who, through hard work, perseverance, and taking advantage of every opportunity that came their way, succeeded. At...
