Self Help
The Freedom of Life
'The Freedom of Life' is a mind-illuminating book, in which author Annie Payson Call (1853-1940) wrote about many of the troubles that we us…
Making Home Profitable
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
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…
Successward
A short book on how to succeed in life, written by a young man, for young men. - Summary by TriciaG
Happiness
A series of essays based on Christian doctrines on how to attain true happiness. - Summary by Lynne T
The Keepsake
The Keepsake is a charming collection of twenty pastoral poems that invites children and young readers into a world of moral encouragement a…
Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad
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…
The Home Acre
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…
Practical Etiquette
Good manners for social situations. (Summary by Cathy Howell)
The Mesmeric Guide
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…
Walker's Appeal
The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the …
Books and Reading
[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
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
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 …
As a Matter of Course
The aim of this book is to assist towards the removal of nervous irritants, which are not only the cause of much physical disease, but mater…
Logic for the Million
I have called this book, Logic for the Million. By this title, I mean that here the Art of Reasoning is explained in such a way as to be rea…