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Here’s “Think Don Quixote with a sense of humor and you begin to grasp Eric Weiner, the a look at our past modern knight-errant of this mad, sad, wise, and witty quest across four continents. selections: I won’t spoil the fun by telling if his mission succeeds, except to say that happiness is 2010 With the recent reading a book as entertaining as this.” — Tony Horwitz, author of Confederates in the Attic economic recession and the stresses it has caused in so While most of us devote a lot of time and something privately constructed, in fact place, many lives, we feel 2010 is energy trying to figure out what makes us your physical and social environment, is far the right time to focus on happy, and there are entire industries that try to more important than one might think. Whether happiness. That’s why we tell us who might make us happy, Eric Weiner, it is the mirages money can buy amidst the sand chose The Geography of Bliss in The Geography of Bliss, tackles the where of and heat of Qatar, the warming effect of low by Eric Weiner. happiness. expectations on the frozen floe of Iceland, or the 2009 Extremely Loud & Happiness has, of course, been subjected to calm assurances of a mantra in the cartoonish Incredibly Close by Jonathan all manner of investigation. Still, quantifying Eden of an ashram in India, place goes a long Safran Foer. happiness or even simply trying to figure out way in determining not only if you are happy, what exactly is happiness is a slippery task. but how you are happy. 2008 The God of Animals by Happiness it seems is depressingly elusive. While what constitutes happiness may be far Aryn Kyle. What to do with the fact that, while individuals messier than we would like it to be, what the 2007 Marley and Me by who consider themselves religious report high reader ultimately takes from The Geography John Grogan. rates of happiness, secular nations are on the of Bliss is that happiness is attainable. In fact, 2006 Kira - Kira by whole happier? Or that nations with extreme Weiner postulates that the world is becoming Cynthia Kadohata. inequalities in wealth can be as happy as, or even happier. Why? At least one key component is the happier than, those that do not? Or that happy very travel that Weiner is engaged in. 2005 Bless Me, Ultima by nations also tend to have high suicide rates? Because of changes in technology, as well as Rudolfo Anaya. Weiner tries to make sense of these economic and social structures, we as human contradictions by going to the source — traveling beings are more mobile than ever, and that to some of the happiest and unhappiest places means we are freer to search out new possibilities he can find. What he discovers is that while we of where that elusive X on each of our personal tend to think of happiness as an individual thing, happiness treasure maps might be found. A ‘quasi-happy’ author Eric Weiner spent a decade them profoundly unhappy. as a foreign correspondent for Weiner has also served as National Public Radio. He has been correspondent for NPR in New York, based in New Delhi, Jerusalem, Miami, and, currently, Washington, and Tokyo, and has reported from D.C. For more information visit the more than 30 countries, most of One Book blog. 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DEP - 2 (d) questions. of Bliss by Eric Weiner. You27 MAYget a 2009sense of the27 MAYjourney 2009 you will One Book, One Mesa County take while reading this year’s selection just from the sub-title, One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World. information is available online at Weiner writes about his visits with colorful descriptions and www.mcpld.org. an indelible sense of humor. While reading the 2010 book, you’ll recognize that it is not about taking anything too seriously. You’ll discover the book’s premise is founded on where to find the happiest of people. The question remains, “Where do you find your happiness?” You’ll discover how simple it is. Come hear local area experts who have been invited to participate in the One Book programs that lead up to Weiner’s visit. Programs are created and designed to suit the book’s theme and help to bring the book to life. One Book fans attend great programs and then want more. One Book discussions are offered at many of the library branch sites too. The One Book campaign culminates with the author talk at the Avalon Theatre. Join us to see the author on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. when doors open. It is a free public event!

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