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Gross National Happiness
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Arthur C. Brooks
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Why Happiness Matters for America -- and
How We Can Get More of It
In this provocative new book, Arthur C. Brooks explodes the myths about happiness in America. As he did in the controversial Who Really Cares, Brooks examines vast amounts of evidence and empirical research to uncover the truth about who is happy in America, who is not, and - most important - why.
The values that bring happiness are faith, charity, hard work, optimism, and individual liberty. Secularism, excessive reliance on the state to solve problems, and an addiction to security all promote unhappiness. What can be done to maximize America's happiness?
Replete with the unconventional wisdom for which Brooks has come to be known, Gross National Happiness offers surprising and illuminating conclusions about how our government can best facilitate Americans in their pursuit of happiness ...
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Who's Your City?
How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life
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Richard Florida
From the best-selling author of The Rise of the Creative Class, a brilliant new book on the surprising importance of place, with advice on how to find the right place for you
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Lifting Depression
A Neuroscientist's Hands-On Approach to Activating Your Brain's Healing Power
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Kelly Lambert
Drawing on the latest findings from neuroscience, as well as cultural observation and her own unique laboratory research, psychologist Kelly Lambert puts forth a provocative new theory about the cause and treatment of depression
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Reinventing the Sacred
A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion
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Stuart Kauffman
A compelling and sweeping argument that complexity theory can build a bridge between science and religion
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Yeltsin
A Life
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Timothy J. Colton
A major reassessment of one of the most important-and complex-political figures of the modern age
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A History of Iran
Empire of the Mind
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Michael Axworthy
A comprehensive history of Iran, from the glories of the Persian Empire to the Islamic Republic’s newly powerful-and much vilified-role in the Middle East
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If By Sea
The Forging of the American Navy--from the Revolution to the War of 1812
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George Daughan
From Boston Harbor to Yorktown; from wars with France and Tripoli to the dramatic Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812, the definitive history of the creation of the American Navy
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