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Author Emmons, Robert A.

Title Thanks! : how the new science of gratitude can make you happier / Robert A. Emmons.

Imprint Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  179.9 Emm    ---  Available
Description vi, 244 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-232) and index.
Indexed In: LJ 07/01/2007
PW 05/28/2007
Contents The new science of gratitude -- Gratitude and the psyche -- How gratitude is embodied -- Thanks be to God : gratitude and the human spirit -- An unnatural crime : ingratitude and other obstacles to grateful living -- Gratitude in trying times -- Practicing gratitude.
Summary A proponent of the field of positive psychology offers a study of the positive influence of the systematic cultivation of gratitude, explaining how the practice of grateful thinking can increase one's chances for happiness.
Subject Gratitude.
ISBN 9780618620197
0618620192

 
    
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