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001 2007033433
003 DLC
005 20090316094248.0
008 070813s2008 nyu 000 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn164803474
035 $a(OCoLC)164803474$z(OCoLC)154698694
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050 00 $aG465$b.W435 2008
082 00 $a910.4$222
100 1 $aWeiner, Eric,$d1963-
245 14 $aThe geography of bliss :$bone grump's search for the happiest places in the world /$cEric Weiner.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTwelve,$c2008.
300 $ax, 329 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aPart 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.
600 10 $aWeiner, Eric,$d1963-$xTravel.
650 0 $aVoyages and travels.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0740/2007033433-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2007033433-b.html