The Geography of Bliss - Eric Weiner

The Geography of Bliss

By Eric Weiner

  • Release Date: 2008-01-03
  • Genre: Travel Essays & Memoirs
Score: 4
4
From 174 Ratings
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Description

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.
 

Reviews

  • Repetitive

    3
    By FunkyWolfe
    Doesn’t come to any conclusions and is largely repetitive and chronicles self journey instead of actually diving into real differences

  • This book made me happy!

    5
    By _mochi_ee
    This book was wonderful (reading it made me a 10/10 on the happiness scale)! Eric is a great thinker and adventurer and this book brings up a lot of important and eye opening points while keeping a fun and witty tone! If you read this with an open mind there is no doubt it can change the way you interact with the world and experience happiness !

  • Hmm

    3
    By SpencerWoj
    The book was fabulous no doubt about it but the ebook was horrific. Lots of problems and errors on actual pages. Never loaded right with having it on my iPhone and iPad as well. This was a great book but work needs to be done to improve the quality of this ebook.

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