Straight From The Shelf

Want to live a richer life? Start by investing in the most incredible resource of all: the one between your ears. In Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want, James Arthur Ray points out that last year, 85 percent of North American households didn't buy a nonfiction book and 90 percent of those who did didn't read it. Yet our Tv's run an average of more than six hours per day. "I've never met one massively high achiever who has time to sit in front of the plug-in drug," he writes. Instead, Ray suggests hitting the books and giving yourself a break from the 24/7 news cycle. "You may need to be informed," Ray notes, "but you don't have to be inundated."