Self Help
The Science of Being Well (version 2)
Read by Daniel Sanchez
Wallace D. Wattles
The sequal to "The Science of Getting Rich", this book discusses how the power of positive thinking, and other specific habits can…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Microphone Showdown 2
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William Wordsworth
This is a project which will allow readers and listeners to compare the recording quality of a wide variety of recording devices. It is a se…
Self-Development and the Way to Power
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L. W. Rogers
"We may be either the suffering slaves of nature or the happy masters of her laws." The author explores why we suffer, why we have…
Successward: A Young Man's Book for Young Men
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Edward Bok
A short book on how to succeed in life, written by a young man, for young men. - Summary by TriciaG
Making Home Profitable
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Kate Saint Maur
A new life in the country was another chance for Kate Saint Maur and her husband after a business failure left them in dire straits in the c…
What to Eat and When
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Susanna Cocroft
What is the purpose of food? How can it be utilized best to maintain health, aid recovery from illness and raise robust children, while bein…
Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life
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Carl Hilty
A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T
The Keepsake
Read by Sam Stinson
William James Mcglothlin
"The Keepsake, or, Poems and Pictures For Childhood and Youth", is a collection of twenty pastoral poems published as one collecti…
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad, or, How to Succeed
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William Alexander MacKay
By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East a…
Practical Etiquette
Read by Cathy Howell
Cora C. Klein
Good manners for social situations. (Summary by Cathy Howell)
The Home Acre
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Edward P. Roe
To tens of thousands of bread-winners in cities a country home is the dream of the future, the crown and reward of their life-toil. Increasi…
Walker's Appeal
Read by Jim Locke
David Walker
The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the …
The Mesmeric Guide, for Family Use
Read by Jordan Watts
S. D. Saunders
Aimed at "those who judge of a Science by its practical utility and think that one minute spent in applying it to the benefit of mankin…
Books and Reading
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Noah Porter
[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature o…
Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life
Read by Ted Perkins
Luigi Cornaro
Lewis Cornaro, also called Alvise or Luigi, was an Italian nobleman who lived during the 15th and 16th centuries. Discourses on a Sober and …
Joyous Gard
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Arthur Christopher Benson
Joyous Gard was the castle of Sir Lancelot in the Morte D'Arthur, into which he retired, in the intervals of war and business, for rest and …