Live in the now? What an absolutely idiotic proposition
Victoria Coren: Doing life right, according to the Freeman Principle, requires a lot of money, props and vehicles; I'd say his surname is more ironic than apt
Escape from self-help hell
Review: Self-help books roundupSupposedly enlightened writers are queueing up to tell us how to live our lives and earning a fortune in the process. Reader beware ... says Stephanie Merritt
This much I know
Deepak Chopra, guru, 61, Dublin
Battle of the boatmen
Review: The Last Amateurs by Mark de RondDaniel Topolski relives the intense pressure of the varsity race that strives for Olympian levels
This column will change your life
Oliver Burkeman: The Secret reveals new depths of forehead-smacking idiocy every time
The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against Aids
Review: The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against Aids by Helen Epstein
This column will change your life
Oliver Burkeman: You can now buy Chicken Soup For The Chocolate Lover's Soul, which is a gift box containing a book and a bar of chocolate
Scenes from cancer’s theatre of the absurd
Review: Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting by Meredith Norton and My Diary by Mio MatsumotoTwo books provide wry insights into what it is like to live with breast cancer, says Geraldine Bedell, and why humour often seems the only rational response
This much I know
Isabel Allende, writer, 65, San Francisco
Losing hope
At seven year old, Andrew Bridge was taken from his mentally ill mother and sent to a notorious children's home in Los Angeles. This is his story of survival