Self Help

Marion Harland's Complete Etiquette

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Marion Harland and Virginia Terhune Van de Water


Haven't you always wondered how to properly accept a formal dinner invitation? Perhaps you have a débutante under your wing, in which…

Improvement of the Mind

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Stephen Norris Fellows and Isaac Watts


"No man is obliged to learn and know everything; this can neither be sought nor required, for it is utterly impossible; yet all persons…

Strength and How to Obtain It

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Eugen Sandow


In writing this book I have taken it as a commonplace that everyone—man, woman, and child—wants to be strong. Without strength—and by streng…

The Curtezan Unmasked

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Anonymous


"The Curtezan unmasked or, the Whoredomes of Jezebel Painted to the Life: With Antidotes against them, or Heavenly Julips to cool Men i…

A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do y…

Sesame and Lilies

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John Ruskin


Sesame and Lilies proposes and answers the questions, how, what and why to read in the context of how and why to live.About earlier and late…

Etiquette Made Easy

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Edward Summers Squier


"A complete dictionary [sic] containing the right information for any and all occasions." (From the book's dust jacket.) - Summar…

Putting the Most Into Life

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Booker T. Washington


The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…

Vom Gyps und vom Stucco

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Carl Schmied


Vom Gyps und vom Stucco ist eine Anleitung zur Herstellung von Gypsfiguren, nebst benötigter Formen, sowie zur Imitation des Marmors mi…

The Science of Getting Rich (version 2)

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Wallace D. Wattles


This groundbreaking book uses simple language to bring an astonishing idea to the world. Our thoughts, powered with the emotion of gratitude…

The Khaki Kook Book

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Mary Kennedy Core


We cannot ignore the fact that we must eat, and that much as we dislike to acknowledge it, we are compelled to think a great deal about fill…

Character

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Samuel Smiles


Samuel Smiles is known even today as an author that promoted the improvement of society through the improvement of individuals and their cha…

The Omnipotent Self

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Paul Bousfield


“Nature has granted to all to be happy if we but knew how to use her gifts.”—Claudius. Often we feel "down" or "low", wi…

Thrift

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Samuel Smiles


"This book is intended as a sequel to Self-Help and Character. It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for…

It's a Good Old World

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Bruce Barton


In this collection of essays, Bruce Barton, considered to be among the most influential advertising men of the 20th century, uses history, r…

Simple Gifts

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Joseph Brackett


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Simple Gifts by Anonymous. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010.Several…

The Heart of the New Thought

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


A new book of original essays by this gifted woman dealing with The New Thought in practice. It deals with the practice of New Thought in ou…

On Pelican Wings

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Rick Hoover


Rick Hoover has been writing for most of his life while working in radio, television and public relations. "On Pelican Wings" is a…

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