Dr. Jan English Lueck is a Professor of Anthropology at San Jose State University and an active Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Future. In 2004, she was selected Outstanding Professor at San Jose State University. Dr. English Lueck has a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied social change and community life among alternative h...(展开全部)

Anthropology has long shied away from examining how human beings may lead happy and fulfilling lives. This book, however, shows that the ethnographic examination of well-being defined as the optimal state for an individual, a community, and a society and the comparison of well-being within and across societies is a new and important area for anthropological inquiry. Distinctly ...(展开全部)

作者简介： 戴维·皮林（David Pilling） 英国《金融时报》的获奖记者与编辑，已为其工作25年之久。现任《金融时报》非洲版块编辑，曾任英国《金融时报》亚洲版块编辑，负责全亚洲地区的新闻报道。其前作《日本：生存的艺术》（Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival）获得广泛好评。现居伦敦，经常到访非洲各国。

A provocative critique of the pieties and fallacies of our obsession with economic growth We live in a society in which a priesthood of economists, wielding impenetrable mathematical formulas, sets the framework for public debate. Ultimately, it is economists who set the agenda for how much we can spend on our schools, highways, and defense; who decide how much unemployment is ...(展开全部)

An exploration of the nature of our mind, from the inside out, by a leading neurobiologist. Over the last twenty years, there has been growing attention in the Western world to mindfulness—paying attention to life in the present moment. Here, Daniel J. Siegel investigates the phenomenon of mindfulness as it impacts our daily lives, offering readers insight into personal r...(展开全部)

As the first medical director and attending psychiatrist at the World Trade Center Mental Health Program, Dr. Sue Varma worked directly with civilian and first-responder survivors in the aftermath of 9/11. There, she met people at every point of the stress and trauma continuum. She saw devastation and stagnancy as much as she saw amazing resilience and growth. She asked herself...(展开全部)

How does your personality shape your life… and what, if anything, can you do about it? Are you hardwired for happiness, or born to broo d? Do you think you’re in charge of your future, or do you surf the waves of unknowable fate? Would you be happier, or just less socially adept, if you were less concerned about what other people thought of you? And what about your “Type A” spo...(展开全部)

From the author of the International Bestseller Authentic Happiness. In this groundbreaking book, one of the world's foremost academic psychologists - and founder of the Positive Psychology movement - offers a new theory on what makes people flourish and how to truly get the most out of life. Flourish is a fascinating evolution of Seligman's thinking, and offers inspiring stor...(展开全部)

The creator of one of the most influential theories of the 20th century presents for the first time a complete, newtheory of the best way to live.