A chronic grump's whirlwind tour of countries which are quietly pursuing the most American of obsessions, the pursuit of happiness, in very un-American ways. Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide,...

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, "The Geography of Bliss" takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of...

Part travel, part humour, part twisted self-help guide, this is one grump's search for the happiest places in the world. von Weiner, Eric