The Book of Life
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The Book of Life

By Upton Sinclair
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Upton Sinclair, one of America's foremost and most prolific authors, addresses the cultivation of the mind and the body in this 1922 volume. Sinclair's goal was to attempt to tell the reader how to live, how to find health, happiness and success, and how to develop fully both the mind and the body. Part One: The Book of the Mind covers such subjects as faith, reason, morality, and the subconscious. Part Two: The Book of the Body develops such subjects as errors in diet, the fasting cure, food and poisons, work and play, and diseases and their cures. (goodreads)

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GenreSelf-Help
Length17 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1INTRODUCTORY
41CHAPTER XXXVI LOVE VERSUS LUST
2PART ONE THE BOOK OF THE MIND
42CHAPTER XXXVII CELIBACY VERSUS CHASTITY
3CHAPTER I THE NATURE OF LIFE
43CHAPTER XXXVIII THE DEFENSE OF LOVE
4CHAPTER II THE NATURE OF FAITH
44CHAPTER XXXIX BIRTH CONTROL
5CHAPTER III THE USE OF REASON
45CHAPTER XL EARLY MARRIAGE
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6CHAPTER IV THE ORIGIN OF MORALITY
46CHAPTER XLI THE MARRIAGE CLUB
7CHAPTER V NATURE AND MAN
47CHAPTER XLII EDUCATION FOR MARRIAGE
8CHAPTER VI MAN THE REBEL
48CHAPTER XLIII THE MONEY SIDE OF MARRIAGE
9CHAPTER VII MAKING OUR MORALS
49CHAPTER XLIV THE DEFENSE OF MONOGAMY
10CHAPTER VIII THE VIRTUE OF MODERATION
50CHAPTER XLV THE PROBLEM OF JEALOUSY
11CHAPTER IX THE CHOOSING OF LIFE
51CHAPTER XLVI THE PROBLEM OF DIVORCE
12CHAPTER X MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBOR
52CHAPTER XLVII THE RESTRICTION OF DIVORCE
13CHAPTER XI THE MIND AND THE BODY
53PART FOUR THE BOOK OF SOCIETY
14CHAPTER XII THE MIND OF THE BODY
54CHAPTER XLVIII THE EGO AND THE WORLD
15CHAPTER XIII EXPLORING THE SUBCONSCIOUS
55CHAPTER XLVIX COMPETITION AND CO-OPERATION
16CHAPTER XIV THE PROBLEM OF IMMORTALITY
56CHAPTER L ARISTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY
17CHAPTER XV THE EVIDENCE FOR SURVIVAL
57CHAPTER LI RULING CLASSES
18CHAPTER XVI THE POWERS OF THE MIND
58CHAPTER LII THE PROCESS OF SOCIAL EVOLUTION
19CHAPTER XVII THE CONDUCT OF THE MIND
59CHAPTER LIII INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION
20PART TWO THE BOOK OF THE BODY
60CHAPTER LIV THE CLASS STRUGGLE
21CHAPTER XVIII THE UNITY OF THE BODY
61CHAPTER LV THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM
22CHAPTER XIX EXPERIMENTS IN DIET
62CHAPTER LVI THE CAPITALIST PROCESS
23CHAPTER XX ERRORS IN DIET
63CHAPTER LVII HARD TIMES
24CHAPTER XXI DIET STANDARDS
64CHAPTER LVIII THE IRON RING
25CHAPTER XXII FOODS AND POISONS
65CHAPTER LIX FOREIGN MARKETS
26CHAPTER XXIII MORE ABOUT HEALTH
66CHAPTER LX CAPITALIST WAR
27CHAPTER XXIV WORK AND PLAY
67CHAPTER LXI THE POSSIBILITIES OF PRODUCTION
28CHAPTER XXV THE FASTING CURE
68CHAPTER LXII THE COST OF COMPETITION
29CHAPTER XXVI BREAKING THE FAST
69CHAPTER LXIII SOCIALISM AND SYNDICALISM
30CHAPTER XXVII DISEASES AND CURES
70CHAPTER LXIV COMMUNISM AND ANARCHISM
31VOLUME TWO
71CHAPTER LXV SOCIAL REVOLUTION
32PART THREE THE BOOK OF LOVE
72CHAPTER LXVI CONFISCATION OR COMPENSATION
33CHAPTER XXVIII THE REALITY OF MARRIAGE
73CHAPTER LXVII EXPROPRIATING THE EXPROPRIATORS
34CHAPTER XXIX THE DEVELOPMENT OF MARRIAGE
74CHAPTER LXVIII THE PROBLEM OF THE LAND
35CHAPTER XXX SEX AND YOUNG AMERICA
75CHAPTER LXIX THE CONTROL OF CREDIT
36CHAPTER XXXI SEX AND THE "SMART SET"
76CHAPTER LXX THE CONTROL OF INDUSTRY
37CHAPTER XXXII SEX AND THE POOR
77CHAPTER LXXI THE NEW WORLD
38CHAPTER XXXIII SEX AND NATURE
78CHAPTER LXXII AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
39CHAPTER XXXIV LOVE AND ECONOMICS
79CHAPTER LXXIII INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION
40CHAPTER XXXV MARRIAGE AND MONEY
80CHAPTER LXXIV MANKIND REMADE

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