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Eight Self-Help Books That Actually Help

Por: The Atlantic Life January 03, 2023

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These titles are challenging where others are pandering, and open-minded where others are prescriptive.Mark PerniceJanuary 3, 2023, 8 AM ETAny book can be a self-help book, depending on how it’s read. Political pamphlets, epic poems, and contemporary novels can all offer insight into how to live—or how not to. But the self-help genre is thought to have had its true start in 1859, when Samuel Smiles, a second-rate Scottish journalist and... + full article



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