TY - BOOK ID - 138208222 TI - Samuel Smiles's Self-Help : A 52 Brilliant Ideas Interpretation PY - 2008 SN - 1907755756 1282312855 9786612312854 1907518630 PB - Oxford : Infinite Ideas, DB - UniCat KW - Conduct of life. KW - Self-actualization (Psychology). KW - Self-realization. KW - Smiles, Samuel, KW - Criticism and interpretation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138208222 AB - A bestseller immediately after its publication in 1859, ""Self-Help"" propelled its author to fame and rapidly became one of Victorian Britain's most important statements on the allied virtues of hard work, thrift, and perseverance. Smiles' most celebrated book sold 20,000 copies in its first year of publication and later became known as the 'bible of mid-Victorian liberalism'. ""Self-Help"" is often viewed as the precursor of today's motivational and self-help literature. Here, Samuel Smiles' text is interpreted for the modern day world. Steve Shipside illustrates the timeless nature of Smile ER -