The antidote : happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking /

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 e...

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Main Author: Burkeman, Oliver
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Faber and Faber, [2012]
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:236 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and index.
ISBN:9780865479418
0865479410
9780865478015
0865478015