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The secret of "the secret" : unlocking the mysteries of the runaway bestseller
—Kelly, Karen, 1958-
2007

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Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9780312377908
  • 0312377908

Edition: First edition.

Description: viii, 212 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:

  • "Thomas Dunne Books".
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-208).

Contents:

  • Introduction: The secret is out
  • Why the secret, and why now?
  • From down under to on top : how the secret spread
  • A culture of hope
  • Does it work?
  • The ideas behind the secret
  • Wallace Wattles & Co.
  • What the @%&*$ does science have to do with the secret?
  • From Buddha to the Bible : religious roots of the secret
  • Geniuses, philosophers, madmen, and robber barons : did they really know the secret?
  • Creative types
  • Beethoven, Shakespeare & Emerson
  • Men who changed a century
  • Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill and Einstein
  • The secret business of money
  • Andrew Carnegie, William Clement Stone, Henry Ford
  • Conclusion: Are we a secret society?

LCCN: 2007020873

Control Number: 1884267

Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2007.
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