As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The quest for satisfaction in life is often an arduous one, and this book is here to remind readers that the individual is in charge of their own lot. This is a guide on how to take control of that charge.

This handsome lifetime edition of the beloved and bestselling inspirational classic features the complete original text plus a special bonus work: Eight Pillars of Prosperity, James Allen's final and most practical work.

Few modern books of inspiration have touched as many lives as James Allen's As a Man Thinketh. It is a truly transcendent work that has sold millions of copies since it first appeared in the early twentieth century, and continues to reach countless readers in the twenty-first. Now, in time for the holiday season, this devotional landmark receives perhaps its most beautiful publication ever with this special keepsake edition, featuring:

· matte jacket · one-piece cloth casing with gold stamping and black inlaid text
· gold-ribbon place marker
· acid-free paper
· two-color printed endpapers
· glossy frontispiece image of the author
· author time line, bibliography, and biography

The compact narrative of As a Man Thinketh is accompanied by a rare bonus book by James Allen: Eight Pillars of Prosperity. It is the author's last work, from 1911, and his most hands-on and practical.

Here is the perfect volume to give as a gift (including to yourself!), cherish as an heirloom, and read for a lifetime.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781101215975
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2008
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	80
Sales rank:	157,608
File size:	259 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family, after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early twentieth century, when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Norman Vincent Peale. Allen died at age 47 in 1912.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

About the Author xi

1 Thought & Character 1

2 Effect of Thought on Circumstances 9

3 Effect of Thought on Health and the Body 29

4 Thought & Purpose 35

5 The Thought-Factor in Achievement 43

6 Visions & Ideals 51

7 Serenity 61

Editorial Reviews

With the success of THE SECRET, some of the older "positive thinking" gurus are being dusted off and reissued. Allen wrote on the vanguard of the movement, which was facilitated by the marginalization of Protestantism's doctrine of original sin by some Christian leaders in the 1950s. Charley Steiner's brusque, deep voice seems hurried, perhaps due to time restrictions concerning the capture of the entire book on a single CD. He is unconvincing as he delivers the name-it-and-claim-it platitudes that will be repetitive to those who are familiar with them and cloying to those who are not. He has a tendency to fire the bromides rapidly, barely allowing the each one to make its impression before restating it. S.M.M. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

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