I recently picked up a copy of Richard Layard's book on Happiness from the local library. I have been fascinated by positive psychology ever since I read Martin Segilman's Authentic Happiness and it worries me that it isn't top of the political agenda.

The Gift is a unique book that examines the relationship between creativity and our increasingly money-oriented society. The central questions that Hyde raises are:

• What is the nature of creativity?
• How can creativity survive in a market society?