Nonfiction
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The Critique of Pure Reason
Kant, ImmanuelDuke Classics 2023The Critique of Pure Reason is one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy, and the first of Kant's three Critiques. In it he takes up Hume's argument that cause and effect cann...
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Essays, Second Series
Emerson, Ralph WaldoDuke Classics 2022American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought moveme...
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Psychology and Industrial Efficiency
Munsterberg,HugoDuke Classics 2021Commercial air flight, mass manufacturing, ergonomic design -- many cornerstones of twenty-first century life have been made possible through the study of industrial efficiency and...
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The Ideal Made Real : Or Applied Metaphysics for Beginners
Larson, Christian D.Duke Classics 2021The Ideal Made Real is written by the founding New Thought leader and teacher Christian D. Larson, who was a prolific author of metaphysical and self-help books. His ideas and idea...
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Lectures on the Forces of Matter : And Their Relations to Each Other
Faraday, MichaelDuke Classics 2022Self-taught chemist and scientist Michael Faraday was one of the most prolific and prescient researchers to emerge from England in the nineteenth century. In this captivating colle...
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The Story of My Life : With Her Letters and a Supplementary Account of Her Education
Keller, HelenDuke Classics 2022Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, tells of her early life and of her experiences with Annie Sullivan, her teacher and companion. It was first published in 1903. K...
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The Essentials of Spirituality
Adler, FelixDuke Classics 2022The spiritual life depends on self-recollection and detachment from the rush of life; it depends on facing frankly the thought of death; it is signalized, especially, by the identi...
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Architects of Fate : Or, Steps to Success and Power
marden, Orison SwettDuke Classics 2022Architects of Fate, or, Steps to Success and Power, by Orison Swett Marden, is a book of inspiration to character-building, self-culture, to a full and rich manhood and womanhood,...
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The Idea of Progress : An Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth
Bury, J. B.Duke Classics 2021"We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it...
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On the Origin of Species : By Means of Natural Selection
Darwin, CharlesDuke Classics 2024 6. editionDarwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species, compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence. He argues...
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The Varieties of Religious Experience : A Study in Human Nature
James, WilliamDuke Classics 2021Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature explores the nature of religion and, in James' observation, its d...
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The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
Dumont, Theron Q.Duke Classics 2022Have you ever heard of someone being described as having a "magnetic personality"? Chances are, that person is well aware of his or her unique ability to charm and persuade others...
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Buddha, The Word : The Eightfold Path
Duke Classics 2022Buddha, The Word discusses the teachings of Guatama Buddha. The Four Noble Truths teach that suffering is inherent in life, but that through acknowledging the origins of suffering...
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Ethics : Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata
Spinoza, Benedictus deDuke Classics 2022Ethics is a philosophical book written by Benedictus de Spinoza. Although published after Spinoza's death, in 1677, it is considered his greatest and most famous work. In it, Spino...
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The Master Key System
Haanel, Charles F.Duke Classics 2022The Master Key System is a personal development book by Charles F. Haanel. Originally a 24 week correspondence course released in 1912, it was published in this book form in 1917....
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The Crowd : A Study of the Popular Mind
Le Bon, GustaveDuke Classics 2021The following work is devoted to an account of the characteristics of crowds. Organized crowds have always played an important part in the life of peoples, but this part has never...
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Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness : Being a Series of Lectures to Youth of Both Sexes, on Character, Principles, Associates, Amusements, Religion, and Marriage
Austin, John MatherDuke Classics 2021The self-esteem fetishists who populate today's self-help circuit often contend that pleasure and unconditional self-regard are the keys to a happy life. But in this series of clas...
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The Secret of Success
Atkinson, William WalkerDuke Classics 2022Need motivation? Read on. The topic of success has been revisited in countless thousands of books, but in this self-help classic, renowned author William Walker Atkinson reveals a...
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Areopagitica : A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England
Milton, JohnDuke Classics 2022Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is name...
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The Mastery of Destiny
Allen, JamesDuke Classics 2022The Mastery of Destiny embodies New Thought writer James Allen's teachings that our thoughts can be used to increase our capabilities and to create our lives as we desire them to b...