 | New and Selected Poems: v. 1 by Mary Oliver
Buy new: £8.25 / Used from: £7.32 Such powerful moving, insightful prose - the images will stay with you as a reminder for a long time.
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 | When You're Falling Dive by Mark Matousek
Buy new: £6.63 / Used from: £2.74 You can thrive - irresepctive of your circumstances.
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 | The Buddha, Geoff and Me: A Modern Story by Edward Canfor-Dumas
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.00 A very elegant description of both buddhist philosophy and also positive psychology - you don't necessarily have to chant.
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 | When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession (Perennial Classics) by Irvin D. Yalom
Buy new: £6.07 / Used from: £5.39 Want to understand why you're having that mid-life crisis? a highly readable and insightful place to start.
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 | Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death by Irvin D. Yalom
Buy new: £10.36 / Used from: £8.97 Yalom's classic aphorism "death destroys us....but the IDEA of death can set you free"
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 | Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realise Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment by Martin E.P. Seligman
Buy new: £9.71 / Used from: £6.53 A good summary of recent developments inpositive psychology for the more scientifically minded.
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 | The Evidential Argument from Evil (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion) by Daniel Howard-Snyder
Buy new: £15.99 / Used from: £13.50 From a philosophical point of view, can the world have been made in love, in spite of evil and suffering?? Hard work but worth the effort if this is a persistent problem in your mind,
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 | The Heart of Understanding: Commentaries on the Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra by Thich Nhat Hanh
Buy used from: £4.43 You are me and I am you ;-) A beautiful description of how everything is connected. Read anything by this man.
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 | The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Buy new: £3.27 / Used from: £0.52 More powerful imagery and beatiful prose......memorise, memorise.
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 | Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E. Frankl
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £2.98 It is not events themselves that determine our happiness but rather our RESPONSES to events.
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 | Ten Poems to Open Your Heart by Roger Housden
Buy used from: £1.51 Maybe kindness is the answer.
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 | Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £4.18 Buddhism gives you tools for change.
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 | Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain and Illness Using Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Buy new: £12.48 / Used from: £10.00 More powerful tools, with scientific evidence.
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 | Wild Geese (Bloodaxe World Poets)
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £3.90 One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice.
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 | Zen Therapy by David Brazier
Buy used from: £7.85 Tranquility erodes the mind's conditioning.
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 | Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £3.50 Are you ready to listen to a happy man? Wisdom of ages.
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 | The Wise Heart: Buddhist Psychology for the West by Jack Kornfield
Buy new: £9.06 / Used from: £12.43 You have exactly what is says on the cover.
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