"What is Worth While?" This fascinating little book, written in 1893, starts out with, "Only one life to live! We all want to do our best with it. We all want to make the most of it. How can we best get hold of it? How can we accomplish the most with the energies and powers at our command? What is worth while?" It was penned by Anne Robertson (Brown) Lindsay, the first woman to earn a doctorate from Penn State University. She wrote a number of books on theological topics, most of which were published in the early-1900s.This particular book is both inspirational and motivational. It addresses the questions faced by students as they graduate from college, and was actually given as a speech to the Philadelphia branch of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae.

In Laugh and Live, my sole purpose was to emphasize our first duty toward ourselves, which consists of doing our level best at everything we undertake, and making the best of every situation that arises to confront us. All through my early life I read inspirational books and liked them best of all. They seemed to beckon me on. I could feel myself being pulled along by an unseen hand. Let there be no mistake about Making Life Worth While. It has no particular plan or sequence whereby to back up its title. Nearly everything has to do with such a subject and that is what the book contains-everything in general-and nothing in particular-just such things as came to mind that seemed worth while. As a follow up to Laugh and Live here's hoping that it will fill the bill.

This biography illuminates the racial attitudes of an elite group of American scientists and foundation officers. It is the story of a complex and unhappy man. It blends social, institutional, black, and political history with the history of science.

A triumphant debut from the author and illustrator, Worthwhile has at its heart the simple message of optimism, told through a week in the life of a boy.