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  Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

  by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  The bestselling introduction to "flow"--a groundbreaking psychological theory that shows readers how to improve the quality of life. "The way to happiness lies not in mindless hedonism, but in mindful change ."--New York Times Book Review
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  Telling Lies

  by Paul Ekman

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  Beethoven's Anvil: Music in Mind and Culture

  by William Benzon

  Why does the brain create music? In Beethoven's Anvil , cognitive scientist and jazz musician William Benzon finds the key to music's function in the very complexity of musical experience. Music demands that our symbol-processing capacities, motor skills, and emotional and communicative skills all work in close coordination--not only within our own heads but also with the heads (and bodies) of others. Music is at... (more)
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  Emotions Revealed : Understanding Faces and Feelings

  by Paul Ekman

  “A tour de force. If you read this book, you’ll never look at other people in quite the same way again.”—Malcolm Gladwell   Renowned psychologist Paul Ekman explains the roots of our emotions—anger, fear, disgust, sadness, and happiness—and shows how they cascade across our faces, providing clear signals to those who can identify the clues. As featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller Blink , Ekman’s Facial... (more)