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Fox is also editor-in-chief of the Rattle Poetry Journal, a nationally recognized publication based in Los Angeles. [6] Rattle has featured the work of Philip Levine , Jane Hirshfield , Billy Collins , Sharon Olds , Gregory Orr , Patricia Smith , Anis Mojgani , as well as many new and emerging poets, and hosts an annual poetry competition.
He is the author of Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships, a book describing the role of popularity in society. [10] [11] Prinstein serves on the 2020 board of directors as the Chief Science Officer [12] for the American Psychological Association (APA). [13]
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom is a 2006 book written by American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt.In it, Haidt poses several "Great Ideas" on happiness espoused by thinkers of the past—such as Plato, Buddha and Jesus—and examines them in the light of contemporary psychological research, extracting from them any lessons that still apply to our modern lives.
He was twice nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction – for his first novel, The Pursuit of Happiness (1968), which was adapted into a 1971 film of the same name, and his second novel, The Confessions of a Child of the Century by Samuel Heather (1972). His final two novels were both centered on the same protagonist.
Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good is a memoir published by singer Tina Turner in 2020. [1] Described by the author as "a very personal book that focuses on the core themes of my life: hope, happiness, and faith," [2] it explores details of Turner's life including how she overcame obstacles to achieve happiness and success, and offers Turner's advice on how readers ...
The Guardian: “Gilbert's book is a witty, racy and readable study of expectation, anticipation, memory and perception: all bits of scaffolding within the structure of happiness.” [7] The Publishers Weekly: “a scientific explanation of the limitations of the human imagination and how it steers us wrong in our search for happiness, …
The How of Happiness was published in 2008 by Penguin Press. [6] The book has been translated into 22 languages. [4]The premise of The How of Happiness is that 50 percent of a given human's long-term happiness level is genetically determined, [7] 10 percent is affected by life circumstances and situation, and a remaining 40 percent of happiness is subject to self control.