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Tien Nguyen

ENG 112-54
Prof. Julia Intawiwat
Annotated Bibliography
Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild, New York: Anchor, 1997.
Jon Krakauer (born April 12, 1954) is an American writer and mountaineer, primarily known for
his writings about the outdoors, especially mountain climbing. He was a member of an ill-fated
expedition to summit Mount Everest in 1996, which became known as the 1996 Mount Everest
disaster, one of the deadliest disasters in the history of climbing Everest.
Secondary Source: McCandless had happily escaped humanity his whole life, only to find that
happiness itself can only be amplified when shared. As a solo traveler, this statement hit me right
in the heart. Non-fiction books include: Into the Wild, Real Happiness, Stumbling on Happiness,
On the Genealogy of Morals, and The True Believers.
This book relates to my topic because nobody can be happy alone, they should share their
happiness with others. I believe their happiness with others. I believe this because I understood
and recognized what real happiness means.
REFLECTION: This chapter focuses on three main issues. These are the author imagines a
hungry McCandless mistaking one plant for the other and becoming incapacitated. Already worn
down by a subsistence diet, his body wasnt able to stave off the emetic effects of the plant, which
ultimately killed him. As time goes one, however, Krakauer begins to doubt this hypothesis.
Harris, Russ. The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living. Boston: Trumpeter, 2008.
Print.
Russ Harris, author of the international best-selling self-help book The Happiness Trap is a
world renowned trainer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Since 2005, Russ has provided
ACT training for over 18,000 Australian therapists, coaches, counselors, doctors, and other health
professionals. He has also been co-author of a further two self-help books.
Secondary Source: It seems so much easier to find the meaning in life and get on with living after
reading Dr Russ Harriss book. Full of helpful strategies and common sense ideas, The
Happiness Trap is a wonderful journey of reassurance for anyone who is troubled by worrying
feelings, nagging anxiety and moods of despair.
This book relates to my topic because happiness is an elusive state. Highly valued, relentlessly
perused, rarely experienced. This is a highly readable and original book. It goes against much of
the cultural mainstream by arguing that directly trying to be happy may actually make you
miserable.
REFECTION: The Happiness Trap is a book for all therapists and clients alike it makes the
skills of mindfulness accessible and applicable to everyday living. The evidence-based techniques
and skills taught in this book will strengthen your ability to accept, will help you develop the
courage to change the things that can be changed, and will further develop the wisdom to know
the difference I highly recommend this to you.

Ambrose, David. Your Life Manual: Practical Steps to Genuine Happiness. Calgary: Revolution Mind
Pub, 2006.
David Ambrose is a British novelist and screenwriter whose credits include at least 20 Hollywood
films, 3 stage plays, and countless hours of television, including the controversial Alternative 3.
He was born in Chorley, England and attended Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford. He
is married to artist Laurence Ambrose and lives in Switzerland.
Secondary Source: As you can see, Your Life Manual is a provocative, profound and valuable
resource for looking at your life, your right to pursue happiness, and how to get there through
positive affirmations. It also shows you how to fulfill your responsibility by living that happiness,
and taking it out into our global village to facilitate a better world for all.
This book relates to my topic because the happy person you are mean to be, rather than the person
other people think you should be. Your object is your own happiness. Only you know what that
means for you, you help yourself and experience the reward of well being and genuine happiness.
If you are happy and leading a fulfilling life, those around you will be happier too.
REFLECTION: Happiness is a right, but as with any search, we have to make decision to get
started. And this is true in the pursuit of happiness too. We all long for the glow of wellbeing that
true happiness delivers, and are nurtured by a foundation, or philosophy, which predisposes us to
stability and lifelong joy. Your life manual not only provides detailed explanations, discussion,
and methods of achieving happiness, it does so in an absorbing, easily readable style, with the
added option of the authors audio guides.
https://blog.bufferapp.com/happiness-is-not-enough-why-a-life-without-meaning-will-make-you-sick
It seems as though people are always trying to achieve total happiness in life. Some factors that
are associated with happiness are health, family, friends, money, and love. Mistakes and let

downs are suppose to cause people to be upset, and therefore not happy. I agree with
those factors and I am also trying to achieve happiness, but use my mistakes as potential
happiness builders.
REFLECTION: The thing about happiness is that its such an overused phrase and underexamined concept that we all have al idea of what it is and how it works, but this can lead
us astray. We can see how dangerous our pursuit of happiness can be as opposed to
happiness itself, which isnt necessarily bad for us by looking at how scientists define it
and how it affects us.
Nguyen, Tien. Happiness of Family. North Carolina, Charlotte 2014
A connection to family provides a certain type of social support that you cant get from
other people. Provided they arent severely emotionally toxic, we can generally depend
on our families in times of crisis for emotional and practical support, and sometimes even
financial support when were desperately in need.
Who better than siblings, parents, and other close relatives can reminisce with us about
our childhoods, or remember pieces of ourselves weve forgotten? This connection to
fond memories, support in times of need, and near-unconditional love is a unique way
that family brings us happiness as well as relief from stress.

REFLECTION: I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed
for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to
people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to
them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music,
love for one's neighborsuch is my idea of happiness.

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