Happy
Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine
$26.51
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2017
Summary
Derren explores the history and philosophy of happiness and explains why everything is fine, more or less…!
The Sunday Times Bestseller
“Really brilliant and just crammed with wisdom and insight. It will genuinely make a difference to me and the way I think about myself.” Stephen Fry
Everyone says they want to be happy. But that’s much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it?
In Happy D…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552172356 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552172359 |
| Author: | Derren Brown |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 392g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 39mm |
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Critics Review
“Witty, useful and beautifully written… this book grapples expansively with the most profound questions any of us face.” – Sunday Times
Witty, useful and beautifully written… this book grapples expansively with the most profound questions any of us face * The Sunday Times *Brilliant. Really brilliant and just crammed with wisdom and insight. It will genuinely make a difference to me and the way I think about myself. I’m going to recommend it to everyone I know. – Stephen FryBrown tries to resurrect the original Stoic ambitions here: not just to live well but to die well, too. His book is thoughtful, insightful and ultimately, well, helpful. * Sunday Times Books of the Year *Til now, we’ve known Derren Brown as a supreme illusionist and magician. Now he surprises us with a new and brilliant identity: as a philosopher. Not just any philosopher. Brown takes philosophy back to its truest task: that of helping us to live and die well. His book is deeply informative, moving, wise and full of love. It sets out to change lives - and it will. Derren has pulled off a properly implausible trick: that of making the deepest ideas relevant, humane and urgent. – Alain de BottonIn this wise and perceptive book Derren Brown has conjoined personal experience, profoundly sensible psychology and the magic of philosophy to produce a really excellent account of how to be happy - really, maturely, properly happy. This is a wonderfully educative - and enjoyable! - book, and should be on everyone’s reading list, always. – A.C. Grayling
About The Author
Derren Brown
Derren began his UK television career in December 2000 with a series of specials called Mind Control. Since redefining the genre of magic for intelligent, modern audiences, he has become synonymous with the art of psychological manipulation. His TV shows have become must-see events.
Amongst a varied and notorious career, Derren has:
- Played Russian Roulette on live television.
- Convinced middle-managers to commit an armed robbery in the street.
- Led the nation in a séance.
- Stuck viewers to their sofas.
- Successfully predicted the National Lottery.
- Motivated a shy man to land a packed passenger plane at 30,000 feet.
- Exposed psychic and faith-healing charlatans.
- Hypnotised a man to assassinate Stephen Fry.
On top of this, he tours the UK every year with a sell-out stage show and in 2019 had a run on Broadway, NYC.
He has published seven books:
- Tricks of the Mind
- Confessions of a Conjuror
- Happy
- A Little Happier
- A Book of Secrets
- A book of street photography, Meet the People with Love
- A book of his caricatures, Portraits
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