{"product_id":"engineering-happiness-manel-baucells-9780520268210","title":"Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life","description":"Manel Baucells and Rakesh Sarin have been conducting ground-breaking research on happiness for more than a decade, and in this book they distill their provocative findings into a lively, accessible guide for a wide audience of readers. Integrating their own research with the latest thinking in the behavioral and social sciences--including management science, psychology, and economics--they offer a new approach to the puzzle of happiness. Woven throughout with wisdom from the world's religions and literatures, \u003ci\u003eEngineering Happiness \u003c\/i\u003ehas something to offer everyone--regardless of background, profession, or aspiration--who wants to better understand, control, and attain a more joyful life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Shows how a few major principles can explain how happiness works and why it is so elusive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Demonstrates how the essence of attaining happiness is choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Explores how to avoid happiness traps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Tells how to recognize happiness triggers in everyday life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manel Baucells, Rakesh Sarin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520268210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520268210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 5.96w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2012 pg. 158","brand":"Manel Baucells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056218337535,"sku":"9780520268210","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c91a383b-4cdb-43ca-8f35-85bb827240ac.jpg?v=1685040149","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/engineering-happiness-manel-baucells-9780520268210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}