<b><b>Now a major motion picture starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette, and Christopher Plummer</b><br> <br><b>The international bestseller with more than two million copies sold</b><br> </b><br>"Once upon a time there was a young psychiatrist called Hector who was not very satisfied with himself. . . . And so he decided to take a trip around the world, and everywhere he went he would try to understand what made people happy or unhappy."<br><br>Hector travels from Paris to China to Africa to the United States, and along the way he keeps a list of observations about the people he meets. Combining the winsome appeal of <i>The Little Prince</i> with the inspiring philosophy of <i>The Alchemist</i>, Hector's journey around the world and into the human soul is entertaining, empowering, and smile-inducing - as winning in its optimism as it is wise in its simplicity.