In a world of grand ideas and enormous appetites and huge plans, here's hoping that these eight little articles speak volumes.

Get the reading group guide for The Wave by Susan Casey, reviewed by O Magazine in September 2010.

Get a first look at Oprah's Master Class with big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton.

Season 2 of Oprah's Master Class will debut with Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda. Other masters profiled this season will include three additional award-winning actors Goldie Hawn, Sidney Poitier and Morgan Freeman; media mogul philanthropist Ted Turner; acclaimed musicians Reba McEntire and Bon Jovi; and professional athletes Laird Hamilton and Grant Hill. Oprah's Master Class returns Sunday, January 8 10/9c, only on OWN!

"Oprah's Master Class" Returns as a Series of Specials Beginning Sunday, January 8 and the Special Event "Oprah and the Legendary Cast of ‘Roots' 35 Years Later" will Air on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, January 16