The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World

Weiner, Eric

ISBN 10: 0446580260 / ISBN 13: 9780446580267

Published by Twelve, New York, NY, U.S.A., 2008

About this Item

Author's first book. A fine / fine first edition, first printing. "Laugh, think, repeat".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
• Publisher: Twelve, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446580260
• ISBN 13: 9780446580267
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Draws on the author's experiences as a foreign correspondent and reporter to evaluate more than three dozen countries for their happiness potential, in a lighthearted survey that includes profiles of such locales as the American shores, glacial Iceland, and the Bhutan jungles.

About the Author

Eric Weiner, an award-winning foreign correspondent for NPR and a former reporter for the New York Times, has written stories from more than three dozen countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Indonesia. His commentary has appeared in The New Republic, The International Herald Tribune, and The Los Angeles Times, and he writes the popular "How They Do It" column for Slate. He has lived in New Delhi, Jerusalem and Tokyo.