{"product_id":"2940013284913","title":"FROM POVERTY TO POWER","description":"UNREST and pain and sorrow are the shadows of life. There is no heart in all the\u003cbr\u003eworld that has not felt the sting of pain, no mind that has not been tossed upon\u003cbr\u003ethe dark waters of trouble, no eye that has not wept the hot, blinding tears of\u003cbr\u003eunspeakable anguish. There is no house- hold where the Great Destroyers,\u003cbr\u003edisease and death, have not entered, severing heart from heart, and casting over\u003cbr\u003eall the dark pall of sorrow. In the strong, and apparently indestructible meshes of\u003cbr\u003eevil all are more or less fast caught, and pain, unhappiness, and misfortune wait\u003cbr\u003e'upon mankind. With the object of escaping, or in some way mitigating this\u003cbr\u003eovershadowing gloom, men and women rush blindly into innumerable devices,\u003cbr\u003epathways by which they fondly hope to enter into a happiness which will not\u003cbr\u003epass away. Such are the drunkard and the harlot, who revel in sensual\u003cbr\u003eexcitements; such is the exclusive aesthete, who shuts himself out from the\u003cbr\u003esorrows of the world, and surrounds himself with energating luxuries; such is he\u003cbr\u003ewho thirsts for wealth or fame, and subordinates all things to the achievement of\u003cbr\u003ethat object; and such are they who seek consolation in the performance of\u003cbr\u003ereligious rites.","brand":"NOOKbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073827455216,"sku":"2940013284913","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013284913_p0.jpg?v=1763578921","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013284913","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}