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Looks at the neuroscience of happiness and suggests that happiness comes from unceasing brain activity needed to reach a goal rather than the attainment of the goal.

Discusses how all people are different, have their own special strengths and qualities, and continue to grow and change.

Maria Shriver offers advice to people of any age who want to do something different with their lives, and describes how her life changed drastically when her husband was elected governor of California.

Contains experiments that demonstrate the human brain's response to various visual tricks, and explains why the brain reacts the way it does to various sights, sounds, and memories.

A collection of poetry and art by elementary school children presenting how they perceive themselves and the world around them.

Contains two essays written by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung late in his life, including "The Undiscovered Self," in which he responds to the experience of World War II and calls for people to continue the individual work of self-discovery in the face of mass society; and "Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams," in which he shares his thoughts on the analysis of dreams and the healing of the rift between consciousness and the unconscious.

Presents a series of meditations on various experiences of the dawn throughout the seasons, drawing from world religions, history, etymology, meteorology, poetry, animals, and other sources of perspective and inspiration.

Presents a collection of illustrated short verse that celebrates the natural world and how the five senses experience and interact with it.