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Author Burkeman, Oliver.

Title The antidote : happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking / Oliver Burkeman.

Edition First American edition.
Publication Info. New York : Faber and Faber, 2012.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1554070~S1
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Description 236 pages ; 22 cm
Note "Originally published in 2012 by Canongate Books, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary Turning decades of self-help advice on its head, this series of journeys among people who share a single, surprising way of thinking about life will force readers to rethink completely their attitudes toward failure, uncertainty and death.
Subject Happiness.
Positive psychology.
Negativism.
ISBN 9780865479418 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0865479410 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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