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As a man thinketh

by James Allen

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: English, German, Hindi, Italian, MAL, Tamil
  • Content type: Fiction

"As a man thinketh" by James Allen is a self-help book published in 1903. Drawing inspiration from a biblical proverb, Allen explores the power of thought and how it shapes our lives and circumstances. He argues that each person holds the key to their conditions through their own thinking, and by working patiently on their thoughts, they can remake their life and transform their circumstances. The book aims to be simple and practical, offering methods readers can easily apply. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and project-gutenberg matched “New Thought” and “new thought”. Retained metadata contains “New Thought” in the subject metadata.

    • New Thought· via Open Library
    • new thought· via Project Gutenberg
    • New Thought· in subject
  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Spiritualism”.

    • Spiritualism· via Open Library

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Editions

Open Library reports 657 editions; 4 cataloged here.

Open Library record

1955Distributed by the Putnam Pub. Group; Grosset & Dunlap; Putnam Adult
  • 9780399128295
  • 0399128298
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1993Longmeadow PressEnglish
  • 9780681418653
  • 0681418656
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1913Thomas Y. Crowell companyEnglishPublic

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  • Open Library reports 657 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
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openlibrary-work:OL15133348W
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