![]() | How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Buy used from: £13.76 Great advice of the big tent speaker variety from the days before pop psychology
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![]() | The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox
Buy used from: £9.00 As entertaining as it is enlightening, superior humour section guide to life
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![]() | Beyond the Chains of Illusion: My Encounter with Marx and Freud (Continuum Impacts) by Erich Fromm
Buy new: £9.18 / Used from: £5.90 A great personal reflection on two towering theorists from an author who wanted to meet with the challenge of losing his illusions without becoming disillusioned with life
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![]() | The Art of Loving (P.S.) by Erich Fromm
Buy used from: £9.35 Love in its varied forms considered, learn to discriminate between which is which and what love isnt, the PS copy has some great extras on this great author
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![]() | The Fear of Freedom (Routledge Classics) by Erich Fromm
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £4.00 The lengths people will go to in order to avoid living without a safety net
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![]() | What You Can Change and What You Can't: Learning to Accept What You Are: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement by Martin E.P. Seligman
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.96 Learn to live with yourself, title says it all
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![]() | Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis by K Horney
Buy new: £6.90 / Used from: £6.00 Then learn a bit to help you live with others, insightful and timeless
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![]() | The Conquest of Happiness (Routledge Classics) by Bertrand Russell
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.50 The best investigation of the topic of happiness bar none, happiness takes work, its easier if you arent at war with yourself or the world
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![]() | Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
Buy new: £9.89 / Used from: £1.21 One of the best Zen books by a western author, you dont need to be acquainted with either Zen or Martial Arts to benefit from reading this
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![]() | Mastery (Plume) by George Leonard
Buy new: £6.81 / Used from: £4.45 A great easy read reflecting on life, learning and ultimate goal setting
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![]() | Teach Yourself Emotional Intelligence by Christine Wilding
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £5.54 There is a lot of bunk written on this topic, this is a practical and non-nonsense read
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![]() | Teach Yourself Personal Safety and Self Defence (Teach Yourself - General) by Robert Ross
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £14.00 Single greatest non-nonsense guide to the topics of personal safety and self defence there is, practical and thought provoking
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![]() | Teach Yourself NLP (TY Business Skills) by Steve Bavister
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.95 There is no doubt that this is ad mans psychology, read, reflect and better tell truth from spin
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![]() | Emotions and Needs (Core Concepts in Therapy) by Dawn Freshwater
Buy new: £18.99 / Used from: £15.00 A challenging but ultimately rewarding read, summarising a lot of the findings from psychology and good social theory
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![]() | Discourse on Free Will (Continuum Impacts) by Desiderius Erasmus
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £6.71 Much more than an insight into the great schism in Christendom, this book illustrates two very different temperaments/personalities at work, free will or destiny?
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![]() | Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman
Buy used from: £50.01 A sixties hippy organiser's street smarts guide, surprising, shocking and not altogether dated
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![]() | The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
Buy new: £3.47 / Used from: £1.58 The final word on power politics and princely strategy
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![]() | The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Buy new: £3.00 / Used from: £3.09 Another strategy great, the style of writing is rewarding alone
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![]() | The Art of Peace (Shambhala Pocket Classics) by Morihei Ueshiba
Buy new: £3.56 / Used from: £0.75 And more life lessons in a similar style to Sun Tzu
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![]() | Falling in Love by Ayala Malach Pines
Buy new: £15.99 / Used from: £15.00 A much less dated, more recent, serious and research based look at the topic of love, not a how to guide but plenty of insight
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![]() | The Rules of Love: A Personal Code for Happier, More Fulfilling Relationships (The Rules Series) by Richard Templar
Buy new: £6.51 / Used from: £4.72 A more practical look at love, advice aplenty and bite sized chapters for the time pressed, covers more than just romance
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![]() | Yes Man by Danny Wallace
Buy new: £5.00 / Used from: £1.46 The book is as good as the recent movie and doesnt have the product placement
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![]() | Surplus Powerlessness: Psychodynamics of Everyday Life...and the Psychology of Individual and Social Tranformation: The Psychodynamics of Everyday Life ... of Individual and Social Transformation by Michael Lerner
Buy used from: £1.14 Power corrupts? Yeah well so does powerlessness, enlightening read that's not difficult or baffling as the blurb suggests
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![]() | Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee
Buy new: £7.38 / Used from: £6.99 Again, like most of the similar titles on this list about a lot more than martial arts, Lee's philosophy of life is here
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![]() | Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts by JC Scott
Buy new: £8.52 / Used from: £8.99 Ever experienced the thrill of "going public" with a secret grievance or grudge, this book deals with the very thing, no power goes unanswered or unchallenged in some way, its not always obvious
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