{"product_id":"the-happiness-project-tenth-anniversary-edition-or-why-i-spent-a-year-trying-to-sing-in-the-morning-clean-my-closets-fight-right-read-aristotle-9780062895479","title":"The Happiness Project, Tenth Anniversary Edition: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle,","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This book made me happy in the first five pages.\" --AJ Jacobs, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Gretchen Rubin is back with a bang, with \u003cem\u003eThe Happiness Project\u003c\/em\u003e. The author of the bestselling \u003cem\u003e40 Ways to Look at Winston Churchill \u003c\/em\u003ehas produced a work that is \"a cross between the Dalai Lama's \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e and Elizabeth Gilbert's \u003cem\u003eEat, Pray, Love\u003c\/em\u003e.\" (Sonya Lyubomirsky, author of \u003cem\u003eThe How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want\u003c\/em\u003e) In the vein of\u003cem\u003e Julie and Julia, The Happiness Project\u003c\/em\u003e describes one person's year-long attempt to discover what leads to true contentment. Drawing at once on cutting-edge science, classical philosophy, and real-world applicability, Rubin has written an engaging, eminently relatable chronicle of transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRubin, Gretchen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eI'm the author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \"The Happiness Project,\" \"Happier at Home\" and \"Better Than Before.\" I write about my experiences as I test-drive the wisdom of the ages, current scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture about happiness, habits, and human nature. My next book will hit the shelves in summer 2017: \"The Four Tendencies: The Surprising Truth about the Four Hidden Personality Types That Drive Everything We Do\u003cem\u003e.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFind out your Tendency--are you an Upholder, Questioner, Obliger, or Rebel?--when you take the free quiz at GretchenRubin.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubscribe to my award-winning weekly podcast \"Happier with Gretchen Rubin\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e (more than 1 million downloads each month) and hear my sister and I discuss strategies and tips for how to make your daily life happier. I also created an app to help people harness the power of the Four Tendencies. Learn more at BetterApp.us or search the app store for \"Better Gretchen Rubin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy previous books include a bestselling biography of Winston Churchill, \"Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill,\" and one of John Kennedy, \"Forty Ways to Look at JFK.\" My first book, \"Power Money Fame S..: A User's Guide,\" is social criticism in the guise of a user's manual. I wrote \"Profane Waste\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e in collaboration with artist Dana Hoey. I've also written three dreadful novels that are safely locked away in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore turning to writing, I had a career in law. A graduate of Yale and Yale Law School, I clerked for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. I live in New York City with my husband and two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409566830866,"sku":"9780062895479","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_659a717a-bc3c-4215-b133-f0c240437c68.jpg?v=1748509733","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-happiness-project-tenth-anniversary-edition-or-why-i-spent-a-year-trying-to-sing-in-the-morning-clean-my-closets-fight-right-read-aristotle-9780062895479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}