Can we really learn to be happy? Yes, we can. Each semester, nearly 1,400 students sign up for Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar's life-changing class "How to Get Happy". Currently it's the hottest course at Harvard, taken by 20 percent of graduates.

It was just before Summertide, the time when the twin planets, Opal and Quake, would orbit closest to their sun, subjecting both - Quake in particular - to vast tidal forces. It was to be the most violent Summertide ever, creating something that only happened every 350,000 years.

This primer says that instead of buying stocks for the short-term, when prices have been run up for capricious reasons by the herd, invest for value by buying solid companies that are cheap relative to their book value, earnings, business performance, and other rational factors. The author comes from a lineage of money managers that includes Warren Buffett's partners and teachers, so he has no trouble arguing that people who select stocks in this way can do better than they would investing in an index fund. His examples and illustrations provide a sparkling flow of insights and principles.

Faithful to the Bible story of the Passion and death of Jesus, it fills in many details and is edifying and inspiring beyond belief; plus, it is surprising and heart-rending. It will melt a heart of stone. This book is the best on the Passion we have seen. It is also wonderful on the Blessed Mother's role in our redemption. Includes a short biography of Sr. Emmerich. A great, great book for the whole family!

General interest in Buddhism has never been higher. The story and teachings of a man who lived 2500 years ago have a special resonance for us today, perhaps because he taught a way of life that was not based on belief in a creator god but rather on personal experience. 'Test my words for yourself,' he said.

The decade marked a drastic proliferation of books that looked at psychiatry and mental illness but garnered little diagnostic or therapeutic value. Despite the prestige of these publications that usually attuned to academic standard in intellectual circles, none of such literature had the widespread impact of this novel written by Kesey who worked the graveyard shift at a mental hospital in Menlo Park, California. He participated in government-sponsored drug experiments during his employment with this hospital and became sympathetic to the patients and began to seriously question the boundaries that had been created between the sane and the insane.

Are you sick and tired of the same old Pop, Rock and Trance? Would you like a heavy helping of music that will reach out to your soul? Then this is an album you should consider buying. For a while opt out of the mainstream and take a dip into the river of spiritual/meditative music.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. (1926-2004) spent her life researching the final phase of human life and was a pioneer in hospice care, bringing an understanding of what happens when we die to medical professionals. She also had an interest in the study of near-death experiences.

What can be said about Cheech and Chong.They were one of the best comedy teams of the 70's, and this album was one of their best! Between SISTER MARY ELEPHANT and the TELEVISION MEDLY, I still laugh at those old 30 year old jokes. personally I think "LET'S MAKE A DOPE DEAL" rates up there with Abbott and Costello's "Whose on First."

The second of three children, Vivian was born Xú Shújua-n, and used this name until she began modeling nude. Her parents divorced when she was a child. She attended Taipei Jianxing Elementary School and Taipei Shulinguo Junior High School.She got her start in entertainment after winning first place in a "Talented Beautiful Girl" contest held by Taiwan CTS TV in 1990. At this point, she was working by delivering food on her bicycle, and her customers began to recognize her from her television appearances. The same year she joined a musical duo named Girls Team. They released two albums, in 1991 and 1992, then broke up. Following this, Vivian got her start in modeling.