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Loading... The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the…by Eric Weiner
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Highly recommended (  ) mwilli | Nov 18, 2009 |  I really liked this book. It was the perfect mix of interesting information and witty insights. (  ) taramatchi | Nov 10, 2009 | I don't think anyone who is truly unhappy will locate any secrets to happiness in the pages of "The Geography of Bliss," however they may find comfort in knowing they are far from being alone in their search for this illusive emotion. I really enjoyed Weiner's writing, but it was more because of his hilarious accounts of the various people and places he visited than the 'happiness science' he shared. Overall, a very fun, entertaining read. ( ) dele2451 | Oct 18, 2009 | It is very interesting what countries are considered the happiest in the world and self-proclaimed grump Eric Weiner makes it his vision to visit them (as well as a few unhappiest for comparison's sake.) Not only does he go to many of the countries i want to go to but he also offers some very interesting and profound insights. ( ) rampaginglibrarian | Oct 10, 2009 | This work is part philosophy, part travel writing with a little science thrown in. In it, Weiner addresses what makes the happiest nations in the world so happy. He begins in the Netherlands, exploring he science of happiness with one of he worlds experts on the subject. A database this expert helped create takes him to countries such as Iceland, Bhutan, and Switzerland. At times, it drags on and at other times seems rushed, but over all is very readable. It may make take you a few chapters to like Weiner's dry wit and generalizations of entire nations, but he will grow on you and his musings on happiness will provoke thought. (  ) MissyAnn | Oct 9, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0446580260, Hardcover)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. (2007)(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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