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Week of May 3, 1943

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ON BEING A REAL PERSON
Harry Emerson Fosdick

ON BEING A REAL PERSON

by Harry Emerson Fosdick · Harper

7 wks on list

"In the popular mind, Dr. Fosdick stands as a great American preacher and pastor of Riverside Church, New York. What is generally unknown—and what makes this volume so exciting—is that for twenty years he has been consulted by thousands of persons, concerned by thousands of persons, concerned with problems that for the most part have no relation whatever to religion. Thousands more have written to him for help on all sorts of personal problems as a result of his fifteen years of week-by-week broadcasts. Now out of this vast experience comes this book, unquestionably of greater appeal to the general reader than anything Dr. Fosdick has written. While it promises no short, easy road to personal well-being, this book will help any intelligent person to get a better hold on himself. It shows how best to deal with fear and anxiety, how to master depression and how to handle one's "mischievous conscience." The book starts with a clear, fresh discussion of how a person can and must learn to accept himself as he is. An honest appraisal of personal strength and weakness leads to an understanding of what one may do to improve his methods of getting along with himself and with other people. The book closes with an equally clear and practical discussion of what Dr. Fosdick calls "The Principle of Released Power." Here is help on what man wants most to know: How may I draw strength from those spiritual forces which will give more meaning to my life and more power to carry it through?"-Publisher.

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GUADALCANAL DIARY
Richard Tregaskis

GUADALCANAL DIARY

by Richard Tregaskis · Random House

14 wks on list

The story follows one squad of Marines through the bloody assaults on the Solomon Islands during the opening stages of the war in the South Pacific.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.