Feb 2014: The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner

We will discuss The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446580260/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0446580260&linkCode=as2&tag=fcmeetup-20) by Eric Weiner.

The Amazon description:

"Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby author's case, moments of "un-unhappiness." The book uses a beguiling mixture of travel, psychology, science and humor to investigate not what happiness is, but where it is.

Are people in Switzerland happier because it is the most democratic country in the world? Do citizens of Qatar, awash in petrodollars, find joy in all that cash? Is the King of Bhutan a visionary for his initiative to calculate Gross National Happiness? Why is Asheville, North Carolina so damn happy?

With engaging wit and surprising insights, Eric Weiner answers those questions and many others, offering travelers of all moods some interesting new ideas for sunnier destinations and dispositions."

At the conclusion of the discussion, we will be voting on a nonfiction book for the April meeting. Please research these titles and be ready to cast an educated vote. The three candidate books are:

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416591060/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1416591060&linkCode=as2&tag=fcmeetup-20) by S. C. Gwynne

The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439102082/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1439102082&linkCode=as2&tag=fcmeetup-20) by Charles Fishman

Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0762752637/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0762752637&linkCode=as2&tag=fcmeetup-20) by Andrea Lankford

If this will be your first meeting attended, please review our Group Structure (https://www.meetup.com/FtCollinsBookClub/pages/Group_Structure/) page to familiarize yourself with how our group works.

See everyone there!