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Resources

Eric Weiner

Eric Weiner’s website
Facebook site for The Geography of Bliss
Journalism and Commentary by Eric Weiner

Reviews

“Why Is That Land Smiling?” (The New York Times)
“Happy Talk: Around the World In Search of a Cuppa Joy” (The Washington Post)
“Happy Places” (The Los Angeles Times)
“‘Bliss’ Follows Globetrotting Grump’s Search for Joy” (NPR)
“Ode to Joy: An Odyssey to Find the Secret of Happiness Puts David Newnham in Rather Good Spirits” (The Guardian – UK)
“The Trouble with Happiness” (The Greater Good – UC Berkeley)
“The Good Life: Positive Psychology and What Makes Life Worth Living”(Psychology Today)

Interviews

“Eric Weiner, author of ‘The Geography of Bliss,’ on what the happiest places on earth can teach us” (SFGate.com)
“The Author – Interview” (ericweinerbooks.com)
“‘Bliss’ Follows Globetrotting Grump’s Search for Joy” (NPR)
Interview at The Colbert Report (colbertnation.com) *video

Related Articles and Papers

But Will it Make You Happy?“(Stephanie Rosenbloom, NYT, August 7, 2010)
Columnist Values the Right to Pursue Happiness” (Clarence Page, PBS, 2008)
The New Science of Happiness” (Claudia Wallis, Time, 2004)
A New Measure of Well-Being from a Happy Little Kingdom” (Andrew Revkin, NYT, 2005)
Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness: A Global Perspective (1981-2007)” (PDF, Perspectives on Psychological Science)
Gross National Happiness: A Set of Discussion Papers from the Centre for Bhutan Studies
Papers from the Second International Conference on Gross National Happiness(St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, 2005)
On the Happy Trail” (The Observer, 2004)

Related Websites

World Database of Happiness
The Happy Planet Index
Authentic Happiness (U Penn)
The Happiness Formula (BBC News)
Gross National Happiness (The Centre for Bhutan Studies)

Journals

Journal of Happiness Studies

Teaching Guides

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