Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: International Non-Fiction, Mind, Body & Spirit, Non-Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781784709655
Published: August 2018
Imprint: Vintage
Page Extent: 288
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00

HELP!

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'You won't need to read another self-help book again...The self-help book to end all self-help books' Guardian

What is the secret behind happiness?


In an attempt to find out, Oliver Burkeman tackles a range of subjects from stress, procrastination, laughter, time management and creativity. It's a subject that has occupied some of the greatest philosophers of all time, from Aristotle to Paul McKenna. But how do we sort the good ideas from the terrible ones? Over the past five years, Oliver Burkeman has delved deep into the 'happiness industry.' Witty and thought-provoking, Help! doesn't claim to have solved the problem of human happiness, but it might just bring us one step closer.

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Oliver Burkeman

Oliver Burkeman

OLIVER BURKEMAN is the author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals as well as The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking and HELP! How to Become Slightly Happier and Get a Bit More Done. For many years he wrote a popular column for the Guardian, ‘This Column Will Change Your Life’, on psychology, productivity, self-help culture, and the science of happiness. His writing has also appeared in the Observer, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Psychologies magazine and New Philosopher. A resident of Brooklyn, New York for more than a decade, he lives with his wife and son in the North York Moors in England.

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