The Geography of Bliss

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Eric Weiner

Now a new series on Peacock with Rainn Wilson, THE GEOGRAPHY OF BLISS is part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide that takes the viewer across the globe 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? In a unique mix of travel, psychology, science and humor, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions.

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Author

Eric Weiner

Pages

352

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

Published Date

2008-01-03

ISBN

0446511072 9780446511070

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"I may have to revisit the 5 stars in a few days, but hours after devouring this book the first time around I almost want to start from the beginning and savor it. Eric Weiner is a gifted writer, and a wonderful storyteller. I found his take on happiness incredibly refreshing and very interesting. Plus, I love a good travel memoir, especially when written by someone as astute and observant as he is. His accounts of these countries (especially Iceland, Thailand, and India) nearly made me book a plane ticket. Although I freely admit that is not a difficult feat. For someone who describes himself as a grump, I thought this book was optimistic and full of moments of pure joy."