Book excerpt: Life's Little Instruction Book revolutionized book publishing when it was first published with '511 suggestions, observations, and reminders on how to live a happy and rewarding life.' H. Jackson Brown, Jr. and his wife, Rosemary, became convinced that its enduring popularity was that its observations and reminders repeated in the wisdom of the Bible. They searched the Scriptures and found biblical passages that corresponded to or complemented 300 entries in Life's Little Instruction Book ."