{"product_id":"9780739332238","title":"Stumbling on Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eA smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmart, witty, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Books on Tape, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47095721394416,"sku":"9780739332238","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780739332238_p0.jpg?v=1763631787","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780739332238","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}