A Splendid Isolation: Lessons on Happiness from the Kingdom of Bhutan

by Madeline Drexler

What does Bhutan understand about happiness that the rest of the world does not? Award-winning journalist and author Madeline Drexler recently traveled to this Himalayan nation to discover how the audacious policy known as Gross National Happiness plays out in a fast-changing society where Buddhism is deeply rooted-but where the temptations and collateral damage of materialism are rising. Her reported essay blends lyrical travelogue, cultural history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499362641
• ISBN13: 9781499362640
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.2" x 8.0"