Non-fiction Books

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda

Autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda first published in 1946. Paramahansa Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, into a Bengali family...

The Age of Chivalry

Thomas Bulfinch

If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. But if that which..

Mary Schweidler, the amber witc

Wilhelm Meinhold

Mary Schweidler, the amber witch The most interesting trial for witchcraft ever known, printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father, Abraham Schweidler, the pastor of Coserow in the island of Us..

Thrift

Samuel Smiles

This book is intended as a sequel to "Self-Help," and "Character." It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for Thrift is the basis of Self-Help, and the foundation of much..

A Letter To the Reverend Mr. Channing Relative to His Two Sermons On Infidelity

George Bethune English

A Letter To the Reverend Mr. Channing Relative to His Two Sermons On Infidelity is a non-fiction book written by George Bethune English, an American adventurer, diplomat, soldier, and convert to ..

Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success

Frank Channing Haddock

Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success is written by Frank Channing Haddock, an influential New Thought and self-help author, best known for his multi-volume series The Power-Book Library.This ..

Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It

Louis D. Brandeis

Other People's Money And How the Bankers Use It is a collection of essays written by Louis Brandeis first published as a book in 1914, and reissued in 1933...

The Burning Bridge

Poul William Anderson

Usually there are two "reasons" why something is done; the reason why it needs to be done, and, quite separate, the reason people want to do it. The foul-up starts when the reason-for-wanting is satis..