Butler-Bowdon, Tom Self-Help Classics
<p>Jan 30, 2011 11:38 AM
 
Stunning Collection of commentaries about the great self-help works.
The best of the best.  along with
Tom BB's  commentary.
 
Tom BB =  Tom Butler-Bowdon  (Australian, now living in Oxford, UK)
 
1)  Read the ABOUT section ... it is dynamite...
he has it exactly right.  In his words..
 
<strong>My aims are to:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Identify and promulgate the characteristics of personal success;</b></li>
<li><b>Raise the bar on self-development field through analysis of its concepts and literature; and</b></li>
<li><b>Enable leaps forward in knowledge and wisdom by increasing the utility of existing information.</b></li>
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<p>This website<strong> </strong>began as the companion to my first book<b> </b><em><b>50 Self-Help Classics</b></em>, 
presenting versions of commentaries that appear in the book.
 Since then, the site has expanded to include material adapted from subsequent titles in the 50 Classics series.
The <strong>50 Classics</strong> concept is based on the idea that <b>every subject or genre will contain at least 50 books that encapsulate its knowledge and wisdom.</b> By creating a list of those landmark or representative titles, then providing commentaries that note the key points and assess the importance of each work, <b>awareness of these key writings is spread to readers </b>who may not otherwise have known of their existence.
<strong><a href="classicslist">50 Self-Help Classics</a> </strong>was initially released <b>only in Australia in 2001</b>, then in the UK, US and rest of the world in 2003 by Nicholas Brealey Publishing. 50 Self-Help Classics<em> </em>has been translated into 15 languages. In 2004 it won the <b>US Benjamin Franklin Award,</b> and was a finalist in <em>Foreword</em> Magazine's Book of the Year awards.
My second book, <strong><a href="success-classics-list">50 Success Classics</a> </strong>(2004), covers the<b> landmark works of motivation, prosperity and leadership</b>. 
Rights have been sold in 13 languages. The third, <a href="50spiritual-classics-list"><strong>50 Spiritual Classics</strong></a> (2005) explores some of the famous writings and authors in personal awakening, and has been translated into 10 languages.
<a href="50PsychClassicsHomepage"><strong>50 Psychology Classics</strong></a> was released in 2007 and has been translated into 12 languages.
 
 
 
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