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$15.95Like the majority of 19th-century European rulers, King Leopold of Belgium wanted a piece of Africa. Though the nation he led was never powerful enough to compete with France and Great Britain, he did manage to snatch a large territory in the heart of the continent: what is today known as the Congo, where he left a horrific bloody legacy that included the murder, rape, and torture of between 4 and 8 million native Congolese people. This book is important in that it is one of the few to document these atrocities, and does much to help us understand the truly damaging effects of European colonialism in Africa, the results of which can still be seen and felt today.
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Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual (Paperback)
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We are completely satisfied with nothing
There is little correlation between the circumstances of people's lives and how happy they are.
This is the repair manual we should have been handed at birth
When you ask people abouttheir most cherished values in life, "happiness" is always at the top of the list. However, unhappiness does not seem to be the exceptional order to be happy, we first have to battle ourselves.
Happiness is an obligation--to yourself and to others
Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy. Our happiness has an effect on the lives of everyone around us--it provides them with a positive environment in which to thrive and to be happy themselves.
About the Author
Dennis Prager is one of America's most respected radio talk show hosts. He has been broadcasting in Los Angeles since 1982 and became nationally syndicated in 1999. Widely sought after by television shows for his opinions, he's appeared on Larry King Live, Hardball, Hannity & Colmes, CBS Evening News, The Today Show and many others.
The Los Angeles Times said, "Dennis Prager is an amazingly gifted man and moralist whose mission in life has been crystallized: to get people obsessed with what's right and wrong." Dennis Prager's most recent book, Happiness Is a Serious Problem, became a Los Angeles Times best seller immediately upon publication.