SAMUEL SMILES (1812 - 1904), was a Scottish author and reformer.He is best known today as the writer of books extolling virtues of self help, and biographies.

How a man uses money-makes it, saves it, and spends it-is perhaps one of the best tests of practical wisdom. -from "Money-Its Use and Abuse" Who better ...

Samuel Smiles was a 19th century Scottish author and reformer. In 1838 he became the editor for the Leeds Times and in 1840 he became secretary to the ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia ...

Self Help is the original book on success. Written long before Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, Wallace D Wattles' The Science of Getting Rich, Charles ...

Character is one of the greatest motive powers in the world. In its noblest embodiments, it exemplifies human nature in its highest forms, for it exhibits ...

Lives of the Engineers - Vermuyden - Myddelton - Perry - James Brindley By Samuel Smiles Originally published in 1904. A detailed history of the life and ...