The Geography of Bliss
The Grumpiest Man on the Planet Goes in Search of the Happiest Place in the World
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- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2008
Summary
The grumpiest man on the planet goes in search of the happiest place in the world.
What makes a nation happy? Is one country’s sense of happiness the same as another’s? In the last two decades, psychologists and economists have learned a lot about who’s happy and who isn’t. The Dutch are, the Romanians aren’t, and Americans are somewhere in between…
After years of going to the world’s least happy countries, Eric Weiner, a veteran foreign correspondent, decided to travel and ev…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552775083 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0552775088 |
| Author: | Eric Weiner |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Black Swan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2008 |
| Weight: | 288g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 28mm |
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Part travelogue, part personal-discovery memoir and all sustained delight, this wise, witty ramble reads like Paul Theroux channeling David Sedaris on a particularly good day…Fresh and beguiling.” * Kirkus Reviews *
About The Author
Eric Weiner
Eric Weiner spent a decade as a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio in the US. He has been based in New Dehli, Jerusalem and Tokyo and has reported from more than thirty countries. He’s also served as a correspondent for NPR in New York, Miami and, currently, Washington D.C. Weiner is a former reporter for the New York Times and a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. After travelling the world, he has settled quasi-happily, in the Washington area, where he divides his time between his living room and his kitchen.
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