The Geography of Bliss
One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
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Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivegeographyofbliss00wein_0
- Internet Archivegeographyofbliss0000wein_u7h7
- Internet Archivegeographyofbliss0000wein_m3h3
- ISBN-100446580260
- ISBN-139780446580267
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- Goodreads1918305
- LibraryThing3930263
- Library of Congress Control Number2007033433
- OCLC Control Number164803474
- Better World Books9780446580267
- Open LibraryOL10262815M
Classifications
- LCCG465 .W435 2008
- LCCG465.W435 2008
- DDC910.4
and 1 more
- LCCG465 .W435 2008b
Description
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 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? With engaging wit and surprising insights, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.
Description
Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, this book 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 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 Carolina, so darn happy? NPR correspondent Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.--From publisher description.
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