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The University of Hard Knocks
by Ralph Albert ParletteThe University of Hard Knocks is a book on etiquette and character building for personal success written by Ralph Albert Parlette.More than a million people have sat in audiences in all parts of the United States and have listened to "The University of Hard Knocks." It has been delivered to date more than twenty-five hundred times upon lyceum cours..
What You Can Do With Your Will Power
by Russell H. ConwellSuccess has no secret. Her voice is forever ringing through the market-place and crying in the wilderness, and the burden of her cry is one word—WILL. Any normal young man who hears and heeds that cry is equipped fully to climb to the very heights of life. The message would like to leave with the young men and women of America is a message I have b..
A Fleece of Gold
by Charles Stewart GivenThe fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece is known to old and young the world around. To the latter, perhaps, no other simple narrative in Greek mythology is more fascinating, nor holds a more valuable lesson if they will but seek to learn it. But especially to the boy or young man of thoughtful mind does the glorious adventure appeal and make its l..
Boy Wanted - A Book of Cheerful Counsel
by Nixon WatermanIn presenting this book of cheerful counsel to his youthful friends, and such of the seniors as are not too old to accept a bit of friendly admonition, the author desires to offer a word of explanation regarding the history of the making of this volume.So many letters have been received from people of all classes and ages requesting copies of some ..
Dollars and Sense
by William Crosbie HunterDollars and Sense is a guide book written by William Crosbie Hunter which is Being Memoranda made in the School of Practical Experience. Golden Helps for Employer and Employee Cheer, Courage, Help for the Weak, Weary, Discouraged Ones who Live in Shadowland Cures for Worry and Fear Backbone Instead of Wishbone AND Guides and Experien..
Are the Planets Inhabited?
by E. Walter MaunderThe first thought that men had concerning the heavenly bodies was an obvious one: they were lights. There was a greater light to rule the day; a lesser light to rule the night; and there were the stars also. In those days there seemed an immense difference between the earth upon which men stood, and the bright objects that shone down upon it from t..
Astronomical Instruments and Accessories
by William GaertnerIn the following pages we have endeavored to give to our customers an idea of the line of astronomical instruments of the latest and most improved types which we have constructed for some of the leading observatories as mentioned in the text. We feel that this series of illustrations may not only be of general interest, but also of service in helpi..
Success (Second Edition)
by Baron Max Aitken BeaverbrookThe contents of this volume originally appeared as weekly articles by Lord Beaverbrook in the Sunday Express. They aroused so much interest, and so many applications were received for copies of the various articles, that it was decided to have them collected and printed in volume form. He who buys Success, reads and digests its precepts, will ..