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The antidote : happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking / Oliver Burkeman. |
| Authors: | Burkeman, Oliver. |
| Call number: | 158 BUR |
| Publisher: | New York : Faber and Faber, 2012. |
| Publication date: | 2012. |
| Subject: |
Happiness.
Positive psychology. Negativism. |
| Title: | The antidote : happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking / Oliver Burkeman. |
| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
| Physical description: | 236 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents note: | On trying too hard to be happy -- What would Seneca do? : the Stoic art of confronting the worst-case scenario -- The storm before the calm : a Buddhist guide to not thinking positively -- Goal crazy : when trying to control the future doesn't work -- Who's there : how to get over your self -- The safety catch : the hidden benefits of insecurity -- The Museum of Failure : the case for embracing your errors -- Memento mori : death as a way of life -- Negative capability. |
| Notes: | "Originally published in 2012 by Canongate Books, Great Britain"--T.p. verso. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780865479418 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0865479410 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| LCCN: | 2012022880 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1405372 |
| Bib No.: | 1405372 |
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