Author: Alice B. Neal
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331443391
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Excerpt from Contentment Better Than Wealth MY little cousins will perhaps remember that when the Children's Journey was written, I promised them there should be more Home Books, if they liked the first, No Such Word As Fail. That was at last Christmas and when I saw it in the blue and silver cover Mr. Appleton had given it, among the gifts that some of you received, I was very curious to hear your Opinions. Some wished to know if it was a true story, others wished me to tell them more about Robert and Eddy, and how Miss Lily's lessons were learned at school, or if she always minded her mother at home. I saw the blue cover on one Christmas tree, that I think it would interest you to hear about. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Contentment Better Than Wealth (Classic Reprint)
Author: Alice B. Neal
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331443391
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Excerpt from Contentment Better Than Wealth MY little cousins will perhaps remember that when the Children's Journey was written, I promised them there should be more Home Books, if they liked the first, No Such Word As Fail. That was at last Christmas and when I saw it in the blue and silver cover Mr. Appleton had given it, among the gifts that some of you received, I was very curious to hear your Opinions. Some wished to know if it was a true story, others wished me to tell them more about Robert and Eddy, and how Miss Lily's lessons were learned at school, or if she always minded her mother at home. I saw the blue cover on one Christmas tree, that I think it would interest you to hear about. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781331443391
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Excerpt from Contentment Better Than Wealth MY little cousins will perhaps remember that when the Children's Journey was written, I promised them there should be more Home Books, if they liked the first, No Such Word As Fail. That was at last Christmas and when I saw it in the blue and silver cover Mr. Appleton had given it, among the gifts that some of you received, I was very curious to hear your Opinions. Some wished to know if it was a true story, others wished me to tell them more about Robert and Eddy, and how Miss Lily's lessons were learned at school, or if she always minded her mother at home. I saw the blue cover on one Christmas tree, that I think it would interest you to hear about. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Billionaires
Author: Darrell M. West
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815725817
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Meet the Billionaires: the 1,645 men and women who control a massive share of global assets worth $6.5 trillion. Darrell West reveals what the other 99.99998% of us need to know. With rich anecdotes and personal narratives, West goes inside the world of the ultra wealthy. Meet U.S. billionaires such as Sheldon Adelson, Michael Bloomberg, David and Charles Koch, George Soros, Tom Steyer, and Donald Trump—as well as international billionaires from around the globe. The growing political engagement of this small supra-wealthy group raises important questions about influence, transparency, and government performance, and West lays bare the wealthification of politics, including: • How billionaires can block appointments and legislation they don't like • Why the supra-wealthy moved into policy advocacy and referenda at the state level • Why billionaires run for office in more than a dozen countries around the world
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815725817
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Meet the Billionaires: the 1,645 men and women who control a massive share of global assets worth $6.5 trillion. Darrell West reveals what the other 99.99998% of us need to know. With rich anecdotes and personal narratives, West goes inside the world of the ultra wealthy. Meet U.S. billionaires such as Sheldon Adelson, Michael Bloomberg, David and Charles Koch, George Soros, Tom Steyer, and Donald Trump—as well as international billionaires from around the globe. The growing political engagement of this small supra-wealthy group raises important questions about influence, transparency, and government performance, and West lays bare the wealthification of politics, including: • How billionaires can block appointments and legislation they don't like • Why the supra-wealthy moved into policy advocacy and referenda at the state level • Why billionaires run for office in more than a dozen countries around the world
Happiness
Author: Richard Layard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101117710
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average incomes have more than doubled. The central question the great economist Richard Layard asks in Happiness is this: If we really wanted to be happier, what would we do differently? First we'd have to see clearly what conditions generate happiness and then bend all our efforts toward producing them. That is what this book is about-the causes of happiness and the means we have to effect it. Until recently there was too little evidence to give a good answer to this essential question, but, Layard shows us, thanks to the integrated insights of psychology, sociology, applied economics, and other fields, we can now reach some firm conclusions, conclusions that will surprise you. Happiness is an illuminating road map, grounded in hard research, to a better, happier life for us all.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101117710
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average incomes have more than doubled. The central question the great economist Richard Layard asks in Happiness is this: If we really wanted to be happier, what would we do differently? First we'd have to see clearly what conditions generate happiness and then bend all our efforts toward producing them. That is what this book is about-the causes of happiness and the means we have to effect it. Until recently there was too little evidence to give a good answer to this essential question, but, Layard shows us, thanks to the integrated insights of psychology, sociology, applied economics, and other fields, we can now reach some firm conclusions, conclusions that will surprise you. Happiness is an illuminating road map, grounded in hard research, to a better, happier life for us all.
Happy Ever After
Author: Paul Dolan
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241284457
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
'A passionate, provocative book. It isn't just a self-help book. It is a manifesto for a better society' Sunday Times 'One of the most rigorous articulations of the new mood of acceptance...a persuasive demolition of many of our cultural stories about how we ought to live' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian Paul Dolan, the bestselling author of Happiness by Design, shows us how to escape the myth of perfection and find our own route to happiness. Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us. In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies ranging over wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever. By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241284457
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
'A passionate, provocative book. It isn't just a self-help book. It is a manifesto for a better society' Sunday Times 'One of the most rigorous articulations of the new mood of acceptance...a persuasive demolition of many of our cultural stories about how we ought to live' Oliver Burkeman, Guardian Paul Dolan, the bestselling author of Happiness by Design, shows us how to escape the myth of perfection and find our own route to happiness. Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us. In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies ranging over wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever. By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.
Contentment Better Than Wealth
Author: Alice Bradley Haven
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Chasing Contentment
Author: Erik Raymond
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433553694
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Recovering the Lost Art of Contentment The biblical practice of contentment can seem like a lost art—something reserved for spiritual giants but out of reach for the rest of us. In our discontented age—characterized by impatience, overspending, grumbling, and unhappiness—it’s hard to imagine what true contentment actually looks (and feels) like. But even the apostle Paul said that he learned to be content in any and every circumstance. Paul’s remarkable contentment was something grown and developed over time. In Chasing Contentment, Erik Raymond helps us understand what biblical contentment is—the inward gracious spirit that joyfully rests in God’s providence—and then how we learn it. Giving us practical guidance for growing in contentment in various areas of our lives, this book will encourage us to see contentment as a priority for all believers. By God’s grace, it is possible to pursue the high calling of contentment and anchor our joy in God himself rather than our changing circumstances.
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433553694
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Recovering the Lost Art of Contentment The biblical practice of contentment can seem like a lost art—something reserved for spiritual giants but out of reach for the rest of us. In our discontented age—characterized by impatience, overspending, grumbling, and unhappiness—it’s hard to imagine what true contentment actually looks (and feels) like. But even the apostle Paul said that he learned to be content in any and every circumstance. Paul’s remarkable contentment was something grown and developed over time. In Chasing Contentment, Erik Raymond helps us understand what biblical contentment is—the inward gracious spirit that joyfully rests in God’s providence—and then how we learn it. Giving us practical guidance for growing in contentment in various areas of our lives, this book will encourage us to see contentment as a priority for all believers. By God’s grace, it is possible to pursue the high calling of contentment and anchor our joy in God himself rather than our changing circumstances.
The Culture of Contentment
Author: John Kenneth Galbraith
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691171653
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class—not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged majority—defend their comfortable status at a cost. Middle-class voting against regulation and increased taxation that would remedy pressing social ills has created a culture of immediate gratification, leading to complacency and hampering long-term progress. Only economic disaster, military action, or the eruption of an angry underclass seem capable of changing the status quo. A groundbreaking critique, The Culture of Contentment shows how the complacent majority captures the political process and determines economic policy.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691171653
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class—not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged majority—defend their comfortable status at a cost. Middle-class voting against regulation and increased taxation that would remedy pressing social ills has created a culture of immediate gratification, leading to complacency and hampering long-term progress. Only economic disaster, military action, or the eruption of an angry underclass seem capable of changing the status quo. A groundbreaking critique, The Culture of Contentment shows how the complacent majority captures the political process and determines economic policy.
Contentment Better Than Wealth
Author: Alice B. (Alice Bradley) Haven
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290751872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781290751872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Catalogue and Classified List
Author: Warder Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Happiness Self-Help Classics Collection. Personal Development Classics. Personal Growth (Illustrated)
Author: Napoleon Hill
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 2200
Book Description
The Happiness Self-Help Classics Collection: 20 classic books on how to successfully make money and influence relationships. This collection of titles encapsulates the greatest writings of all time on how to grow in wealth and prosperity. The book will soon become your own prosperity Bible, shaping your thoughts to change your life. As James Allen famously wrote: “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Contents: Napoleon Hill - Think And Grow Rich James Allen - As A Man Thinketh Wallace D. Wattles - The Science Of Getting Rich Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet Sun Tzu - The Art of War Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching Confucius - Analects Benjamin Franklin - The Way to Wealth Marcus Aurelius - Meditations Russell H. Conwell - Every Man His Own University Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self-reliance Florence Scovel Shinn - The Game of Life and How To Play It Charles F. Haanel - The Master Key System Wallace D. Wattles - How To Get What You Want Wallace D. Wattles - The Science Of Being Well Wallace D. Wattles - The Science of Being Great Dale Carnegie - The Art of Public Speaking Orison Swett Marden - An Iron Will Orison Swett Marden - He Can Who Thinks He Can Russell H. Conwell - Acres of Diamonds
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 2200
Book Description
The Happiness Self-Help Classics Collection: 20 classic books on how to successfully make money and influence relationships. This collection of titles encapsulates the greatest writings of all time on how to grow in wealth and prosperity. The book will soon become your own prosperity Bible, shaping your thoughts to change your life. As James Allen famously wrote: “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Contents: Napoleon Hill - Think And Grow Rich James Allen - As A Man Thinketh Wallace D. Wattles - The Science Of Getting Rich Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet Sun Tzu - The Art of War Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching Confucius - Analects Benjamin Franklin - The Way to Wealth Marcus Aurelius - Meditations Russell H. Conwell - Every Man His Own University Ralph Waldo Emerson - Self-reliance Florence Scovel Shinn - The Game of Life and How To Play It Charles F. Haanel - The Master Key System Wallace D. Wattles - How To Get What You Want Wallace D. Wattles - The Science Of Being Well Wallace D. Wattles - The Science of Being Great Dale Carnegie - The Art of Public Speaking Orison Swett Marden - An Iron Will Orison Swett Marden - He Can Who Thinks He Can Russell H. Conwell - Acres of Diamonds