optimism

The story of a simple, optimistic man whose travels take him from one disaster to another.

When his friends and family see the bad in a situation, Nate sees a bright side to everything.

While on a picnic, Bunny and Mouse see everything that happens to them from opposite points of view--Bunny sees only the good, while Mouse sees only the bad.

Amber Appleton, living in a school bus with her mom, refuses to give in to despair and continues visiting the elderly at a nursing home, teaching English to Korean women, and caring for a Vietnam veteran and his dog, but a fatal tragedy may prove to be one burden too many for the seventeen-year-old girl.

Amber Appleton, living in a school bus with her mom, refuses to give in to despair and continues visiting the elderly at a nursing home, teaching English to Korean women, and caring for a Vietnam veteran and his dog, but a fatal tragedy may prove to be one burden too many for the seventeen-year-old girl.

A philosophical novel satirizing the optimistic creed "All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds, " through the misadventures of Candide.

Tells story about kids surviving cancer, sparkling with innocence and glistening with hope.

The author, leading spokesman for the scientifically based Positive Psychology movement, provides an understanding of positive emotions and how to increase them, and argues that authentic happiness comes from identifying and cultivating fundamental strengths and using them everyday in work, love, play, and parenting.

Tells story about kids surviving cancer, sparkling with innocence and glistening with hope.

Presents a translation of Voltaire's satiric masterpiece on eighteenth-century European society through the misadventures of the youthful Candide.