Self Help; With Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance - Couverture souple

Smiles Jr, Samuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1604505206 ISBN 13 : 9781604505207

Editeur : Serenity Publishers, LLC, 2008

Synopsis

SAMUEL SMILES (1812 - 1904), was a Scottish author and reformer.He is best known today as the writer of books extolling virtues of self help, and biographies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Self-Help was a book published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism".It sold 20,000 copies within one year of its publication. By the time of Smiles' death in 1904 it had sold over a quarter of a million. Robert Blatchford, a socialist activist, said it was "one of the most delightful and invigorating books it has been my happy fortune to meet with" and argued it should be taught in schools. In it , Smiles denounces "the worship of power, wealth, success, and keeping up appearances". Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904), was a Scottish author and reformer.

Revue de presse

Much in Self-Help is still stimulating. Its central precept - the value of hard work, ingenuity, perseverance, thrift, a solid education - is in tune with American notions of workfare, not to mention the Labour party's espousal ... of a shift in the mission statement of the British social security system from 'hand-out' to 'hand-up'. Welfare financed by taxation is no longer chic. --The Financial Times, 29.06.96

So far from a shallow exposition of 'economic man', Self-Help is an uplifting study of individual morality brought to life by personal examples. --Lord Harris, The Times, 29.06.96

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Serenity Publishers, LLC
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1604505206
• ISBN 13: 9781604505207
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible