Verlag: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012
ISBN 10: 0865479410 ISBN 13: 9780865479418
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Verlag: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012
ISBN 10: 0865479410 ISBN 13: 9780865479418
Anbieter: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2012
ISBN 10: 0865479410 ISBN 13: 9780865479418
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, USA, 2012
ISBN 10: 0865479410 ISBN 13: 9780865479418
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First American Edition; First Printing. 140.21 X 0.98 X 200.15 inches; 236 pages; Light rippling to top edge of dust jacket due to minimal water damage. Foxing (light) to the exterior edge of pages only. Slight cock to spine. Very Good overall condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No writing. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
Verlag: Faber and Faber, 2012
ISBN 10: 0865479410 ISBN 13: 9780865479418
Anbieter: A Turn of the Page Books, Fishers, IN, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Success through failure, calm through embracing anxiety--a totally original approach to self-help Self-help books don't seem to work. Few of the many advantages of modern life seem capable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth--even if you can get it--doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. Romance, family life, and work often bring as much stress as joy. We can't even agree on what "happiness" means. So are we engaged in a futile pursuit? Or are we just going about it the wrong way? Looking both east and west, in bulletins from the past and from far afield, Oliver Burkeman introduces us to an unusual group of people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life. Whether experimental psychologists, terrorism experts, Buddhists, hardheaded business consultants, Greek philosophers, or modern-day gurus, they argue that in our personal lives, and in society at large, it's our constant effort to be happy that is making us miserable. And that there is an alternative path to happiness and success that involves embracing failure, pessimism, insecurity, and uncertainty--the very things we spend our lives trying to avoid. Thought-provoking, counterintuitive, and ultimately uplifting, "The Antidote "is the intelligent person's guide to understanding the much-misunderstood idea of happiness. Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2012: The you-can-do-it, life-is-one-big-smiley-face ethos of our contemporary culture has its value: Aggressive positivity helps many triumph over addiction, say, or build previously unimaginable businesses, even win elections and wars. But according to Oliver Burkeman, this relentless pursuit of happiness and success can also make us miserable. Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it. So in your next yoga class, try this: breathe deep, think unhappy thoughts--and feel your soul relax. --Sara Nelson.