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The Game of Life and How to Play It: The Self-help Classic (Capstone Classics)
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About The Game Of Life And How To Play It: The Self-help
Product Description The classic self-help guide, full of timeless wisdom Florence Scovel Shinn’s The Game of Life and How to Play It first appeared in bookstores in 1925 and is now considered a classic in the self-help genre. The author’s insights into achieving meaning, happiness and success are just as relevant and effective today as they were nearly a century ago, hence its reissue as part of the exciting Capstone Classics line. This collectible, hard-back edition of The Game of Life and How to Play It includes an insightful introduction by series editor and self-help expert Tom Butler-Bowdon. Tom is an authority on classic self-help texts and adroitly connects the content of this book with the concerns of modern readers. Enjoy the colourful anecdotes of 1920s New York that have made Scovel Shinn’s book a cult classic Discover the original “life hacks” for advancing in every area of your life, from health to wealth to love Succeed by attuning yourself with the unchanging principles that govern the universe With the release of this Capstone Classics edition, we finally have an authoritative, collectible version of The Game of Life and How to Play It. Find out why The Game of Life and How to Play It is one of the defining self-help guides of the 20th century. From the Inside Flap OTHER TITLES AVAILABLE IN THE CLASSICS SERIES FROM CAPSTONE Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, 978-0-857-08848-2 Meditations, Marcus Aurelius, 978-0-857-08846-8 On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin, 978-0-857-08847-5 Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu, 978-0-857-08311-1 The Art of War, Sun Tzu, 978-0-857-08009-7 The Game of Life and How to Play It, Florence Scovel Shinn, 978-0-857-08840-6 The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli, 978-0-857-08078-3 The Prophet, Kahlil Gibran, 978-0-857-08855-0 The Republic, Plato, 978-0-857-08313-5 The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace Wattles, 978-0-857-08008-0 The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, 978-0-857-08077-6 Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill, 978-1-906-46559 From the Back Cover DISCOVER THE TIMELESS WISDOM OF THIS CLASSIC SELF-HELP GUIDE We all wish we could achieve certain goals in life. We’d like a better career, a happier relationship or a stronger sense of self. What can we do to transform those visions into realities? In The Game of Life and How to Play It, originally published in 1925, Florence Scovel Shinn explains how readers can apply universal laws to create the lives of their dreams. This collectible, hard-back edition includes a new Introduction from self-help expert Tom Butler-Bowdon, in which he contextualizes the book for today’s audience, further clarifying why it continues to resonate. Life should be a joyful and abundant experience. Read The Game of Life and How to Play It, and you’ll understand how it can be. About the Author Florence Scovel Shinn was born in Camden, New Jersey, in 1871. In her early years she was an artist and book illustrator, however her middle years saw her become a New Thought spiritual lecturer and metaphysical writer. In 1925, Scovel Shinn published The Game of Life and How to Play It, a short self-help title that brought quiet inspiration and reassurance to millions. Tom Butler-Bowdon is series editor for the Capstone Classics series. He has written Introductions for Capstone editions of Plato’s The Republic, Machiavelli’s The Prince, Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, and Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. Tom is the author of the 50 Classics series and is a graduate of the London School of Economics and the University of Sydney.
