Lists of Bests: 50 Self-Help Classics http://www.listsofbests.com/list/24033 50 Inspirational Books to Transform Your Life from timeless sages to contemporary gurus by Tom Butler-Bowden Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:00:35 GMT en-us 0 50 49 0 0 NLP The New Technology of Achievement http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2343131 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2343131"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BGT3BU.01-AYKLMEI1F8PZN._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1126990982_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Faulkner</div> Meditations (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1195978 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1195978"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140449337.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marcus Aurelius</div> Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25523 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25523"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812932188.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martha Beck</div> The Bhagavad Gita (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60717 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/60717"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140449183.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Holy Bible: King James Version, Black, Imitation Leather, Gift & Award http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734375 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1734375"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1598560204.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Iron John: A Book About Men http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166829 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/166829"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0306813769.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Bly</div> The Consolation of Philosophy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194698 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194698"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486421635.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Boethius</div> How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19124 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19124"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679779159.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain De Botton</div> Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes, Revised 25th Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/832133 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/832133"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/073820904X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Bridges</div> Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9807 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9807"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0380810336.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44270802_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David D. Burns</div> The Power of Myth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10206 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10206"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385418868.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43057146_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Campbell</div> Don't Sweat the Small Stuff--and it's all small stuff (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2401300 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2401300"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JGWDT6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Carlson</div> How to Win Friends & Influence People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17702 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17702"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671027034.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dale Carnegie</div> The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2362903 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Deepak Chopra</div> The Alchemist (Plus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061122416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21227"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743269519.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen R. Covey</div> Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1016721 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi</div> The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31170 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/31170"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573221112.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dalai Lama</div> The Dhammapada (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3266 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3266"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140442847.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1090993 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1090993"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060935820.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wayne W. Dyer</div> Self-Reliance and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64763 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/64763"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0486277909.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ralph Waldo Emerson</div> Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980350 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/980350"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345377443.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Clarissa Pinkola Estes</div> Man's Search for Meaning http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595067 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/595067"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/080701429X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Viktor E. Frankl</div> The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49507 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49507"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743255062.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benjamin Franklin</div> Creative Visualization http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2434947 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2434947"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/8176210625.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Shakti Gawain</div> Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326936 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/326936"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/055380491X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Goleman</div> Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/211777 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/211777"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0007152590.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Gray</div> You Can Heal Your Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1019319 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louise L. Hay</div> The Soul's Code http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14969 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Hillman</div> Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway (r) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2346736 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2346736"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345487427.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susan Jeffers</div> The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40696 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40696"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385491743.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Koch</div> Mindfulness http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/520536 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/520536"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0201523418.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen J. Langer</div> Tao Te Ching: A New English Version (Perennial Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2021040 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2021040"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061142662.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Mitchell</div> Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17978 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17978"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671700758.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F.I.C.S. Maxwell Maltz</div> Motivation and Personality http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2503329 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/280872 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/280872"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786890983.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phillip C. McGraw</div> Care of the Soul : A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82354 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/82354"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060922249.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Moore</div> The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Revised Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/511477 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/511477"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553583182.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Murphy</div> The Power of Positive Thinking (minature edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85155 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/85155"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0762412550.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Vincent Peale</div> The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41803 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41803"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062515551.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol S. Pearson</div> The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21058 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21058"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743243153.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by M. Scott Peck</div> Atlas Shrugged http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/14003"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0452011876.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ayn Rand</div> Awaken the Giant Within http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73282 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/73282"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743409388.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anthony Robbins</div> The Game of Life (Hay House Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966508 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/966508"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1401907962.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Florence Scovel Shinn</div> Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81141 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/81141"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400078393.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Martin E. Seligman</div> Self-Help http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2602521 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2602521"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1600963900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V34591135_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Samuel Smiles</div> The Phenomenon of Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222454 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/222454"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/006090495X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057188124_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin</div> Walden: (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143578 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143578"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691096120.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45104140_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Henry David Thoreau</div> A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of a Course in Miracles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2483366 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marianne Williamson</div>