| The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World Contributor(s): Weiner, Eric (Author) |
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ISBN: 044669889X ISBN-13: 9780446698894 Publisher: Twelve OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes us from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness. Using a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner investigates 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 Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so happy? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Self-help | Personal Growth - Happiness - Psychology | Emotions |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader across the globe 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 Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy? In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions. |