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Our Recommended Books, Music & Movies for Happiness zena moon sells books, CDs and DVDs in association with Amazon.com. To order, click on the item's title or image, then add it to your Amazon shopping cart. Orders are then filled and shipped by Amazon. Send us your recommendations for this page--we may post them here.
Last updated 3/28/2005
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From Amazon.com: "I'm not particularly qualified by profession or
education to give advice and counsel," confesses author Anna Quindlen, as she
begins this tender little instruction book. "It's widely known in a small
circle that I make a mean tomato sauce, and I know many inventive ways to hold
a baby while nursing, although I haven't had the opportunity to use any of
them in years." It is precisely this commonplace form of wisdom that make
readers trust and respect Quindlen. She uses her candid, heart-to-heart
narrative voice along with her novel-writer descriptive skills to show readers
how good we have it: "Life is made up of moments, small pieces of mica in a
long stretch of glittering gray cement." Later she urges readers to "Look at
the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on your face." The
format smacks of "gift book," with an abundance of pleasing, artsy
photographs. Don't be ashamed to fall for the packaging, though. This is one
of those books that could remain in the living room for years or in the family
for generations.
2.
What Happy People Know : How the
New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Life for the Better
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Dr. Dan Baker, director of the Life
Enhancement Program at Canyon Ranch, has devoted his life to teaching people
how to be happy. And apparently, most of us could use a little tutoring.
Research has shown that the root of unhappiness--fear--lies in the oldest,
reptilian part of our brains, and negative reactions are often dictated by
primal instincts. We're literally "hardwired for hard times." In
What Happy People Know, Dr. Baker
uses evidence from the new science of happiness to show us how we can overcome
this genetic predisposition toward negative reactions and lead a truly rich,
happy, and healthy life.
In this book, Dr. Baker shares the program that
has revolutionized the lives of countless unhappy people, VIP's and regular
Joes and Janes alike. First, you'll learn the only two issues that ever cause
unhappiness and devise your plan to overcome both of them. Then, Dr. Baker
teaches you how to spot the happiness traps, the five doomed ways we try to
make ourselves happy, only to dig ourselves further into misery. Finally, he
shares his happiness tools, the six simple skills that, when practiced
consistently, will inevitably lead to greater optimism, courage, good humor,
and fulfillment--in short, to happiness.
3. The
Art of Happiness : A Handbook for Living
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From Amazon.com: Have you ever
wondered what it would be like to sit down with the Dalai Lama and really
press him about life's persistent questions? Why are so many people unhappy?
How can I abjure loneliness? How can we reduce conflict? Is romantic love true
love? Why do we suffer? How should we deal with unfairness and anger? How do
you handle the death of a loved one? These are the conundrums that
psychiatrist Howard Cutler poses to the Dalai Lama during an extended period
of interviews in
The Art of Happiness : A Handbook for Living.
At first, the Dalai Lama's answers seem
simplistic, like a surface reading of Robert Fulghum: Ask yourself if you
really need something; our enemies can be our teachers; compassion brings
peace of mind. Cutler pushes: But some people do seem happy with lots of
possessions; but "suffering is life" is so pessimistic; but going to extremes
provides the zest in life; but what if I don't believe in karma? As the Dalai
Lama's responses become more involved, a coherent philosophy takes shape.
Cutler then develops the Dalai Lama's answers in the context of scientific
studies and cases from his own practice, substantiating and elaborating on
what he finds to be a revolutionary psychology. Like any art, the art of
happiness requires study and practice--and the talent for it, the Dalai Lama
assures us, is in our nature.
1.
David Cassidy & The Partridge Family: The
Definitive Collection
Original Release Date: 2000
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The story once circulated that session
keyboardist Larry Knechtel could barely keep a straight face while recording
the harpsichord solo on the Partridge Family's "I Think I Love You." Given
that Knechtel later joined Bread, another totem of '70s (supposed)
disposability, the tale seems to reflect little more than music-biz snobbery.
The studio-created pop fronted by series stars David Cassidy and Shirley Jones
stands up well for ears sympathetic to the era's have-a-nice-day Top 40
standards. Singles such as "I Think I Love You," "I Woke Up in Love This
Morning," and "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" remain high points of
mainstream manufacture, with Cassidy's soft-sell emoting meshing with crafty
arrangements and surefire hooks. These tracks have aged well.
The
Definitive Collection also
offers a healthy selection of Cassidy's TV-era solo work, including his hit
covers of the Association's "Cherish" and the Rascals' "How Can I Be Sure."
Save for the exclusion of the Partridge's theme song, this CD lives up to its
name.
2. Get
Happy!!
Original Release Date: 1980
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Costello continued his most-prolific-man-alive
act with the 20-track
Get
Happy!!, his fourth album in 30
months. He says what he has to say and shuts up--only a small handful of cuts
approach or go over the three-minute mark--often in a pile-driving style
inspired by Stax/Volt. (Sometimes loosely inspired; his version of the Sam &
Dave ballad "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" is played in a rush.)
Costello's wordplay is at a height here, but it doesn't divert the eye from
the emotional wreckage behind the scenes: as he sings on "Human Touch," "What
the makeup hides can't be made up with a kiss." The Rykodisc CD adds 11 bonus
tracks, including a suitably fragmented (and unlisted) demo of "Love for
Tender."
Original Release Date: 1989
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The jazz trio recordings that made up most of
West Coast pianist Vince Guaraldi's output often leaned more in the pop
direction. Guaraldi had played with Cal Tjader and Woody Herman, scored a
niche with
Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, and
hit a commercial high point with his melodic melodrama "Cast Your Fate to the
Wind," but he will forever be tied to his score for the cartoon
A
Boy Named Charlie Brown. These
performances are memorable for the program they set out to accomplish. The
bright little skirmish of "Linus and Lucy" is the perfect accompaniment to
these mimetic characters. "Blue Charlie Brown" contains some catchy piano
soloing from Guaraldi. "Baseball Theme" works perfectly, as does the samba
"Pebble Beach" and the Chaplinesque rag, "Schroeder."
(1998) ~
DVD
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After the tight plotting and quirky
intensity of
Fargo, this casually amusing follow-up
from the prolifically inventive Coen (Ethan and Joel) brothers seems like a
bit of a lark, and the result was a box-office disappointment. The good news
is,
The Big Lebowski
is every bit a Coen movie, and its lazy plot is part of its laidback charm.
After all, how many movies can claim as their hero a pot-bellied, pot-smoking
loser named Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) who spends most of his
time bowling and getting stoned? And where else could you find a hairnetted
Latino bowler named Jesus (John Turturro) who sports dazzling purple footgear,
or an erotic artist (Julianne Moore) whose creativity consists of covering her
naked body in paint, flying through the air in a leather harness, and
splatting herself against a giant canvas? Who else but the Coens would think
of showing you a camera view from inside the holes of a bowling ball, or an
elaborate Busby Berkely-styled musical dream sequence involving a Viking
goddess and giant bowling pins? The plot--which finds Lebowski involved in a
kidnapping scheme after he's mistaken for a rich guy with the same name--is
almost beside the point. What counts here is a steady cascade of hilarious
dialogue, great work from Coen regulars John Goodman and Steve Buscemi, and
the kind of cinematic ingenuity that puts the Coens in a class all their own.
Be sure to watch with snacks in hand, because
The Big Lebowski
might give you a giddy case of the munchies.
2.
Kolya
(1997) ~ DVD
~ Subtitled in English
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Winner of the 1997 Academy Award for
Best Foreign Language Film, this charming Czech drama uses the backdrop of the
Russian military occupation in Prague for its funny, sad, and ultimately
delightful story of a 55-year-old man's friendship with a 5-year-old boy. It
doesn't exactly start out as friendship: Louka is a cellist who lost his
symphony job after writing a sarcastic remark on an official form, and
although he's struggling financially he still enjoys the company of several
young women who find him irresistibly sexy. The last thing he needs is a
surrogate child, but that's what he gets when young Kolya is abandoned by his
mother, a Russian woman Louka had agreed to marry so she could avoid being
sent back to Russia. The mother runs off to her boyfriend in Germany, leaving
Louka with a 5-year-old kid who only speaks Russian! As directed by Jan Sverák
(whose father, Zdenek Sverák, plays Louka), this predicament offers a lovingly
detailed account of how Louka and Kolya discover each other, and how their
mutual awkwardness evolves into a heartwarming father-son relationship. While
the Russian presence creates an atmosphere of suspicion and restriction, the
deepening connection between Louka and Kolya turns this into an unforgettable
film, beautifully photographed, sensitively performed, and directed with just
the right combination of subtle sentiment and harsh reality. Its Oscar was
definitely well deserved.
3.
Finding Nemo (Collector's
Edition)
(2003) ~
DVD
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A delightful undersea world unfolds
in Pixar's animated adventure
Finding Nemo.
When his son Nemo is captured by a scuba-diver, a nervous-nellie clownfish
named Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) sets off into the vast--and
astonishingly detailed--ocean to find him. Along the way he hooks up with a
scatterbrained blue tang fish named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), who's both helpful
and a hindrance, sometimes at the same time. Faced with sharks, deep-sea
anglers, fields of poisonous jellyfish, sea turtles, pelicans, and much more,
Marlin rises above his neuroses in this wonderfully funny and nonstop thrill
ride--rarely does more than 10 minutes pass without a sequence destined to
become a theme park attraction. Pixar continues its run of impeccable artistic
and economic success (their movies include
Toy Story,
A Bug's Life,
Toy Story 2, and
Monsters, Inc.). Also featuring the
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