If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People? write by John Lloyd. This book was released on 2009-08-04. If Ignorance Is Bliss, Why Aren't There More Happy People? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John Lloyd and John Mitchinson have proven themselves to be masters at digging up obscure facts, abstruse information, and amusing anecdotes and presenting them effortlessly, somewhat slyly, with either great wit or at least a little bit of tongue in cheek. Their gifts are on full display in Quote Interesting, a lively, wonderfully enjoyable anthology of hundreds of quotes you probably have never heard before, arranged thematically from A to Z. From laugh-out-loud-funny bon mots to some real headscratchers, Lloyd and Mitchinson have gathered a universe of star-studded blurbs like: “The Beatles are dying in the wrong order.” —Victor Lewis Smith “When you forget to eat, you know you’re alive.” —Henry James “I think people would be alive today if there were a death penalty.” —Nancy Reagan “You know ‘that look’ women get when they want sex? Me neither.” —Steve Martin
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Qi If Ignorance is Bliss, why Aren't There More Happy People? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Qi If Ignorance is Bliss, why Aren't There More Happy People? write by John Lloyd. This book was released on 2010. Qi If Ignorance is Bliss, why Aren't There More Happy People? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Stumbling on Happiness
Stumbling on Happiness - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stumbling on Happiness write by Daniel Gilbert. This book was released on 2009-02-24. Stumbling on Happiness available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it. Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward. Using cutting-edge research, much of it original, Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, tricks and jokes us into accepting the fact that happiness is not really what or where we thought it was. Among the unexpected questions he poses: Why are conjoined twins no less happy than the general population? When you go out to eat, is it better to order your favourite dish every time, or to try something new? If Ingrid Bergman hadn’t gotten on the plane at the end of Casablanca, would she and Bogey have been better off? Smart, witty, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.
The Second Book of General Ignorance
The Second Book of General Ignorance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Second Book of General Ignorance write by John Lloyd. This book was released on 2011-10-11. The Second Book of General Ignorance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the brains behind the New York Times' bestseller, The Book of General Ignorance comes another wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating, and mind-bending facts, taking on the hugely popular form of the first book in the internationally bestselling series. Just when you thought that it was safe to start showing off again, John Lloyd and John Mitchinson are back with another busload of mistakes and misunderstandings. Here is a new collection of simple, perfectly obvious questions you'll be quite certain you know the answers to. Whether it's history, science, sports, geography, literature, language, medicine, the classics, or common wisdom, you'll be astonished to discover that everything you thought you knew is still hopelessly wrong. For example, do you know who made the first airplane flight? How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What happens if you leave a tooth in a glass of Coke overnight? What is house dust mostly made from? What was the first dishwasher built to do? What color are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? Whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong. The Second Book of General Ignorance is the essential text for everyone who knows they don't know everything, and an ideal stick with which to beat people who think they do.
Practising Spiritual Intelligence
Practising Spiritual Intelligence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Practising Spiritual Intelligence write by Awdhesh Singh. This book was released on 2014-11-05. Practising Spiritual Intelligence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Spiritual Intelligence refers to the intuitive knowledge of the self, others, situations and techniques to achieve the desired objectives. Hence it can be called the soul of all intelligences. Spiritual Intelligence enhances our power to inspire others by transforming their souls in such a way that their desires and aspirations are aligned in a single direction. Soul is beyond all reason and intellect. It is, in fact, the source of mind and intellect. One who knows his soul knows the universe, since soul is nothing but the microcosm of the universe. This book explains this body-soul continuum and suggests practical steps to evolve through the body-senses-mind-intellect to reach our soul. Welcome to this new path of spiritual evolution.
