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  • One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
  • Written by: Eric Weiner
  • Narrated by: Eric Weiner
  • Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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Written by: Eric Weiner
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Publisher's Summary

Part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the listener 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.

©2008 Eric Weiner (P)2008 Hachette Audio
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What the critics say

"In the end, Weiner's travel tales - eating rotten shark meat in Iceland, smoking hashish in Rotterdam, trying to meditate at an Indian ashram - provide great happiness for his readers." (Publishers Weekly)

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Needs a sequel!

I really enjoyed this trip! I found myself waiting on the next country.
If I ever retire, I’ll be sure to ask the same questions when I travel!

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Excellent

I really enjoyed listening to this book! His voice is easy to listen to, the story/information is interesting and well told. I liked that as the book progressed, the author would make references to events or people that he had previously met.
I had been looking for a travel book to listen to and this definitely fit the bill! I will be looking for another of Weiner's books to listen to.

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