Geography of Bliss One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Name: Geography of Bliss One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
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ISBN: 9780446580267

ISBN-10: 0446580260

ISBN-13: 9780446580267

Edition: 2008

Authors: Eric Weiner

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Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is. Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Singapore benefit psychologically by having their options limited by the government? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Caolina so damn happy?…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 1/3/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Introduction


The Netherlands: Happiness Is a Number


Switzerland: Happiness Is Boredom


Bhutan: Happiness Is a Policy


Qatar: Happiness Is a Winning Lottery Ticket


Iceland: Happiness Is Failure


Moldova: Happiness Is Somewhere Else


Thailand: Happiness Is Not Thinking


Great Britain: Happiness Is a Work in Progress


India: Happiness Is a Contradiction


America: Happiness Is Home


Epilogue: Are We There Yet?


Acknowledgments