Age Happy Problems (76 results)

Condition: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

Paperback. Condition: Good. Now updated in a second editionthe category-leading guide to parenting adventurous eaters.

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: acceptable. Fairly worn, but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket, disc or access code may not be included.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Now updated in a second editionthe category-leading guide to parenting adventurous eaters.

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1962 Edition - VERY GOOD in good dust jacket. DJ in protective mylar. Binding is tight and square. No marks in text. . . . . . . . In his 30's, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist Herbert Gold set out some of his impressions of the 1950s, mostly while travelling the wide world looking for what was not Cleveland. He offers the collection again in 1962, to test the validity of history against his predictions. . . a brilliantly ironic and reflective collection of essays and observations about postwar American life?its prosperity, anxieties, and illusions of happiness. This was Gold?s first major nonfiction work, written at a time when America had emerged triumphant from World War II and was deep in the conformist 1950s, poised on the edge of the ?New Frontier.? Through essays and sketches that mix satire with sociological reflection, Gold dissects suburban marriage, middle-class ambition, cultural trends, and the tension between individuality and conformity.Gold?s prose blends novelist?s flair with essayist?s bite?he was part of the same literary generation as Norman Mailer and Saul Bellow, and it shows in his mix of insight and swagger.For a reader in 2025, The Age of Happy Problems remains surprisingly resonant. Its critiques of consumer culture, overwork, and superficial happiness anticipate the social media era?s obsession with curated perfection and endless productivity. The anxieties Gold observed?alienation amid abundance, shallow self-invention, the decline of privacy?echo through modern life. His exploration of ?mass inertia? and ?mass destruction? also mirrors current concerns about technological overload and global instability.In today?s age of digital self-reinvention, Gold?s skepticism about ?creating ourselves in our own image? through consumption feels prophetic.In short, The Age of Happy Problems offers a sharp mirror for both its time and ours: a midcentury diagnosis of modern unease that foreshadows the challenges of identity and meaning in the 21st century.…

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Stain at the bottom margin of two pages, light sunning at the foot of the spine, very good in a very good dust jacket with rubbing, and a few creased tears.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (United States, Civilization) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardccover. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. Near Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy in its first printing. Tiny red mark on bottom page edges else fine. Price intact jacket has light wear at base of spine, else could be graded fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small octavo. Condition: slight wear to DJ; slight sun-fading to cloth binding; else NF/NF. Pages: xvii, 238.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.