Reference Books

The Art of Money Getting

P.T. Barnum

It's a shame ole P.T. Barnum gets pegged with saying "There's a sucker born every minute," not simply because he never said it, but because he seems like a pretty stand up guy. You'll get the sense of..

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Charles MacKay

Charles Mackay's Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, published in 1841, is the history of popular folly in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and ..

The Development Psychology of Psychopathology

Sam Vaknin

Analyzing the mind is a subjective science.One cannot make it a study in a laboratory like other sciences.The development of the mind of men from primitive years till now is a very difficult task.The ..

The Foundations of Personality

Abraham Myerson

One of the best books ever written on the subject of personality. It takes us through the journey of internal self examination to understand who we are and why we act the way we do. A great look insid..

The Nervous Housewife

Abraham Myerson

Shockingly applicable to today's society. Myerson explains with such clarity the conflict women are facing between tradition and inevitable progress...

Education of the Negro

Charles Dudley Warner

Excerpts from the book Education of the Negro written by Charles Dudley Warner.At the close of the war for the Union about five millions of negroes were added to the citizenship of the Unite..

Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus

Rufus Estes

"Rufus Estes' Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef" includes nearly 600 mouth-watering recipes: chicken gumbo, chestnut stuffing with truffles, cherry dumplings, southern..

Historical Lectures and Essays

Charles Kingsley

Historical Lectures and Essays is a collected work of essays by Charles Kingsley contains the essays including below The First Discovery Of AmericaCyrus, The Servant Of-The LordAncient Civil..