Self Help
弟子规
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Yuexiu Li
Di Zi Gui (弟子规), in English, means the Standards for being a Good Student and Child. It is an ancient book based on the teaching of the grea…
How to Cook Fish
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Myrtle Reed
Olive Green is the pseudonym for the prolific late 19th Century/early 20th Century author, Myrtle Reed. She wrote over thirty-three books an…
Exercises in Knitting
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Cornelia Mee
Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain prac…
Laugh and Live
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Douglas, Sr. Fairbanks and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent f…
American Cookery
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Amelia Simmons
American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published in 1796. Until this time, the cookbooks …
Aristotle's Masterpiece
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Pseudo-Aristotle
Aristotle's Masterpiece, also known as The Works of Aristotle, the Famous Philosopher, is a sex manual and a midwifery book that was popular…
Food Values
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Dr. Albert Philip Sy
A short pamphlet from WWI, a sequel of sorts to "Food Preparedness." It first describes basic nutrition and things to consider whe…
The Science of Getting Rich
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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 Spinster Book
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Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
Have We Been Played?
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John Berling Hardy
THIS BOOK IS MOST LIKELY NOT FOR YOU! It will NOT guarantee success – Life holds no promises! It will NOT guarantee happiness – I…
Poems and Prose for the Departed
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Various
This is a collection of short poems and readings, both religious and secular, on death and bereavement. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
The Lost Art of Reading
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Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
What Dress Makes of Us
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Dorothy Quigley
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. (Summar…
The Golden Gems of Life
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Emory Adams Allen
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 c…
Good Things to Eat
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Rufus Estes
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 …
Nuggets of the New Thought
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William Walker Atkinson
A series of essays by this forceful writer, constituting the cream of his magazine articles upon New Thought topics. The famous "I Can …
Self Help
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Samuel Smiles
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, thr…
The Art of Stage Dancing
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Ned Wayburn
Ned Wayburn, a popular and outstanding choreographer of the early 1900's, writes about the different styles and requirements of dancing and …
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…
Woman as Decoration
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Helen M. Urban and Emily Burbank
A guide for women to complement their dress to their surroundings, be it in their own home, on outings or on stage. (Summary by Julie VW)