"TEACH YOURSELF TO LIVE is a self-help classic from a very distant age. Then, as now, the self-help world was dominated by energetic Americans preaching the secrets of limitless achievement. But from the off this delightfully dry, wise and pragmatic book offers something quite different - a sober, somewhat stern, but ultimately generous guide to living in a world blighted by modernity and taxes.
Nostalgic, funny and charming, this book somewhat bad-temperedly insists the reader not get ideas above his or her station - yet it ends up delivering a bracing, empowering guide to knowing yourself and living well (despite it all).
Oliver Burkeman called this book ""a place of stability and solid ground amid the rushing omnibuses"". Full of fascinating and unexpected revelations, TEACH YOURSELF TO LIVE flips self-help on its head and provides a marvellous insight into the way we used to feel about life and how to live it.
Since 1938, millions of people have learned to do the things they love with Teach Yourself. Welcome to the how-to guides that changed the modern world."
By:
C G L Du Cann
Imprint: Teach Yourself
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 186mm,
Width: 134mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 206g
ISBN: 9781473664043
ISBN 10: 1473664047
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 14 November 2017
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
: PREFACE : 1. TENURE AND CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE : 2. PERSONALITY: OR, WHAT YOU ARE : 3. PROPERTY: OR, WHAT YOU HAVE : 4. LIVELIHOOD AND LEISURE : 5. THE ENVIRONMENT OF OTHERS : 6. THE ENVIRONMENT OF PLACE : 7. THE ENVIRONMENT OF PERIOD : 8. STREAMLINING YOUR DAYS AND WAYS : 9. PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE : 10. GETTING THE BEST, SECOND BEST - OR WORSE : 11. LIVING THE MULTIPLE LIFE : 12. SELFISHNESS AND SELFLESSNESS : 13. TEACHERS OF HOW TO LIVE
Charles Garfield Lott Du Cann was a British Barrister who wrote widely and humourously on topics as varied as philosophy, law, the merits of the justice system and the possibility of resurrection.
Reviews for Teach Yourself to Live: The classic guide to finding happiness
there's something bracing, inspiring even, about getting to know your limits. The Guardian, Weekend Magazine
