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By: Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924) | |
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Pushing to the Front
Published in 1894, this is the first book by the renowned inspirational author, Dr. Orison Swett Marden. Pushing to the Front is the product of many years of hard work, and marks a turning point in the life of Dr. Marden. He rewrote it following an accidental fire that brought the five-thousand-plus page manuscript to flames. It went on to become the most popular personal-development book of its time, and is a timeless classic in its genre. Filled with stories of success, triumph and the surmounting of difficulties, it is especially well-targeted at the adolescent or young adult... | |
How to Succeed
In this volume, Orison Swett Marden explains the road to success in simple terms for the benefit of anyone, who wishes to follow in his footsteps. Over 100 years after publication, most of these lessons are still valid today. |
By: Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) | |
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What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government
What Is Property?: or, An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government (French: Qu'est-ce que la propriété ? ou Recherche sur le principe du Droit et du Gouvernment) is an influential work of nonfiction on the concept of property and its relation to anarchist philosophy by the French anarchist and mutualist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, first published in 1840. In the book, Proudhon most famously declared that “property is theft”. Proudhon believed that the common conception of property conflated two distinct components which, once identified, demonstrated the difference between property used to further tyranny and property used to protect liberty... | |
By: Adam Smith (1723-1790) | |
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The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” gives an in-depth discussion of different economic principles like the productivity, division of labor and free markets. Although written and published more than 200 years ago, it’s still hailed as one of the most original works in the field of economics and is still used as a reference by many modern economists. “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” is the complete title of this book and it was first published in 1776, the same year that the American colonies declared their independence from Britain... |
By: Adelaide Hoodless (1858-1910) | |
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Public School Domestic Science |
By: Agnes C. Laut (1871-1936) | |
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The Canadian Commonwealth |
By: Albert Shaw (1857-1947) | |
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The business career in its public relations |
By: Alfred R. Calhoun (1844-) | |
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Business Hints for Men and Women |
By: Allen Kim Lang (1928-) | |
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The Great Potlatch Riots |
By: Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918) | |
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Fiat Money Inflation in France |
By: Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) | |
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How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day
This book is a classic piece on self improvement teaching you to live to the fullest. Judging from the title of the book, the reader might expect that the book is a manual on how to manage your time better. Nothing could be further from the truth, this book is a flowery and witty self help book aimed at helping readers improve the quality of their lives, in fact it is one of the firsts of its kind in the world. Bennett describes the twenty four hours in a day as a miracle and that it should be used for the betterment of health, wealth, respect, pleasure and contentment... |
By: Arthur L. Fowler (1881-) | |
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Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use |
By: Austin Potter (1842-1913) | |
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From Wealth to Poverty |
By: Burton Jesse Hendrick (1870-1949) | |
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The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry |
By: C. Hélène Barker (1868-) | |
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Wanted, a Young Woman to Do Housework Business principles applied to housework |
By: Calvin Elliott | |
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Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View |
By: Caroline French Benton | |
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A Little Housekeeping Book for a Little Girl Margaret's Saturday Mornings |
By: Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878) | |
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A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School |
By: Clara E. Laughlin (1873-1941) | |
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The Complete Home |
By: Clara Rayleigh (-1900) | |
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The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters |
By: Clément Juglar | |
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A Brief History of Panics and Their Periodical Occurrence in the United States |
By: Cornelia Stratton Parker (1885-?) | |
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American Idyll: The Life of Carlton H. Parker
In a memoir marked by joy, love, and an unbending sense of adventure, Cornelia Stratton Parker reveals the heart of a unique man and their life together. As a member of California's turn-of-the-20th-century Immigration and Housing Commission, Carlton H. Parker came to understand the problems surrounding migrant camps and the labor movement in general. In this volume she recounts his undertakings in that regard and their family life. |
By: Dan DeQuille (1829-1898) | |
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History of the Comstock Silver Lode and Mines
This is a brief account of the Comstock Lode silver mines, and description of the geographic features of the state of Nevada including the railroads. Silver not only defined Nevada, but influenced the opening of the American West as far as San Francisco. Dan De Quille wrote extensively on the history of mining in the area of Nevada, and published the larger work “The Big Bonanza” assisted by Mark Twain, both of whom were part of the Sagebrush School of writers. - Summary by Larry Wilson |
By: Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731) | |
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An Essay Upon Projects |
By: E. Keble (Edward Keble) Chatterton (1878-1944) | |
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King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 |
By: Edward Potts Cheyney (1861-1947) | |
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An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England |
By: Frances Swain | |
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Food Guide for War Service at Home
"The long war has brought hunger to Europe; some of her peoples stand constantly face to face with starvation. To meet all this great food need in Europe—and meeting it is an imperative military necessity—we must be very careful and economical in our food use here at home. We must eat less; we must waste nothing; we must equalize the distribution of what food we may retain for ourselves; we must prevent extortion and profiteering which make prices so high that the poor cannot buy the food they actually need; and we must try to produce more food... |
By: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) | |
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The New Atlantis
In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where people were kind, knowledgeable, and civic-minded. Part of this new land was his perfect college, a vision for our modern research universities. Islands he had visited may have served as models for his ideas. |
By: Francis Wrigley Hirst (1873-1953) | |
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The Paper Moneys of Europe Their Moral and Economic Significance |