Self Help
The Young Woman's Guide to Excellence
Read by Bria Snow
William A Alcott and William A. Alcott
Much of this guide for young women is still valuable today. Despite mentions of tight lacing and other out of date matters, it contains many…
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
Read by Tom Weiss
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
Read by Betsie Bush
Amelia Simmons
American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published in 1796. Until this time, the cookbooks …
The Science of Getting Rich
Read by Daniel Sanchez
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…
Aristotle's Masterpiece
Read by Rob Marland
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 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?
Read by John Berling Hardy
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
Read by Ruth Golding
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
Read by Joseph Tabler
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…
Walker's Appeal
Read by Jim Locke
David Walker
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
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Noah Porter
[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
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Luigi Cornaro
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
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Arthur Christopher Benson
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
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Annie Payson Call
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
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James William Gilbart
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…