So you want to be a better person. You're in Chandler, Arizona, and you enter the Barnes & Noble bookstore there, and you head off to the Self Improvement section. What is prominently recommended?
What did you expect, some tripe Oprah liked?
(Thanks to Max & Felipe)
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