50 Self-Help Classics: 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life from Timeless Sages to Contemporary Gurus (50 Classics) - Softcover

Butler-Bowdon, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857883233 ISBN 13: 9781857883237

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2003

Synopsis

Thousands of books have been written offering the 'secrets' to personal fulfillment and happiness: how to walk The Road Less Traveled, Win Friends and Influence People, or Awaken the Giant Within. But which are the all-time classics? Which ones really can change your life? Bringing you the essential ideas, insights and techniques from 50 legendary works from Lao-Tzu to Benjamin Franklin to Paulo Coelho, 50 Self-Help Classics is a unique guide to the great works of life transformation.

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About the Author

Tom Butler-Bowdon is an expert on the “literature of possibility”, covering self-help, motivation, spirituality, prosperity, psychology and philosophy. USA Today described him as “a true scholar of this type of literature”. His first book, 50 SELF-HELP CLASSICS, won the Benjamin Franklin Award and was a Foreword magazine Book of the Year. The 50 CLASSICS series has sold over 300,000 copies and has been published in 23 languages.

A graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of Sydney, he lives in Oxford, UK, and Australia.

From the Inside Flap

For the first time, fifty of the most important life-changing works in one volume!

Thousands of books have been written offering the secrets to personal potential, fulfillment, and happiness: how to walk The Road Less Traveled, Win Friends and Influence People, or Awaken the Giant Within. But which are the all-time classics? Which ones really can change your life?

Tom Butler-Bowdon has cut through the bewildering array of choices to bring you the essential ideas, insights, and techniques from the literature of possibilities . In works that span the world s religions, cultures, philosophies, and centuries, he summarizes each work s key ideas and finally makes clear how these legendary classics can educate, affirm, and motivate anyone searching for the inspiration to make a meaningful life change.

The 50 classics examined here from the ancient teachings of Buddha and Lao-Tzu and the character-building works of Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Smiles, to contemporary bestsellers such as Emotional Intelligence, Learned Optimism and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People represent the very best of what has become known only since the early 20th century as "self-help".

50 Self-Help Classics is the first and only bite-sized introduction to the classic works of life transformation - a unique guide that acknowledges everyone s yearning for a more meaningful and successful life, yet appreciates that each of us is inspired by different philosophies and ideas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857883233
• ISBN 13: 9781857883237
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312