{"product_id":"2940016167862","title":"Self Help (Self Improvement Classic) by Samuel Smiles (Illustrated)","description":"Self Help with Illustrations of Conduct and Perserveranec by Samuel Smiles is a classic self help\/ self improvement book.  A must read in the self help library of success, it was published in 1859 and is still valuable today for those who wish to persue self development.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I would not have any one here think that, because I have mentioned individuals who have raised themselves by self-education from poverty to social eminence, and even wealth, these are the chief marks to be aimed at. That would be a great fallacy. Knowledge is of itself one of the highest enjoyments. The ignorant man passes through the world dead to all pleasures, save those of the senses...Every human being has a great mission to perform, noble faculties to cultivate, a vast destiny to accomplish. He should have the means of education, and of exerting freely all the powers of his godlike nature\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters include:\u003cbr\u003eI. Self-Help—National and Individual\u003cbr\u003eII. Leaders of Industry—Inventors and Producers\u003cbr\u003eIII. Three Great Potters—Palissy, Böttgher, Wedgwood\u003cbr\u003eIV. Application and Perseverance\u003cbr\u003eV. Helps and Opportunities—Scientific Pursuits\u003cbr\u003eVI. Workers in Art\u003cbr\u003eVII. Industry and the Peerage\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Energy and Courage\u003cbr\u003eIX. Men of Business\u003cbr\u003eX. Money—Its Use and Abuse\u003cbr\u003eXI. Self-Culture—Facilities and Difficulties\u003cbr\u003eXII. Example—Models\u003cbr\u003eXIII. Character—the True Gentleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully Illustrated","brand":"Joanne Panettieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071208767728,"sku":"2940016167862","price":2.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016167862_p0.jpg?v=1763630170","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016167862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}