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The Good Luck Of Right Now

Author : Matthew Quick
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443425877
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Good Luck Of Right Now written by Matthew Quick and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For almost four decades, Bartholomew Neil has done nothing but live with his mom. When she begins calling him Richard—for reasons unknown—and then dies, Bartholomew is woefully unprepared.” A clue comes in the form of a “Free Tibet” letter he finds in his mother’s underwear drawer, and so Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life, writing Richard Gere a series of highly intimate fan letters. Jung’s theory of synchronicity, the mystery of women, the Dalai Lama’s teachings, alien abduction, cat telepathy and the Catholic Church are all explored in depth by Bartholomew’s epistles—but mostly the letters outline one man’s heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a family of his own. A struggling priest, a “girlbrarian,” her foul-mouthed brother and Richard Gere (well, sort of) join the quest. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada in search of Bartholomew’s biological father and end up finding so much more.

Lucky Jim

Author : Kingsley Amis
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 9780241956847
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book Lucky Jim written by Kingsley Amis and published by Viking. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Lucky Jim' is the tale of university lecturer Jim Dixon who has to navigate the stumbling blocks of life at a red brick university, as he attempts to climb the social ladder to a moderately successful future.

A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

Author : Ann Beattie
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525557369
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book A Wonderful Stroke of Luck written by Ann Beattie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Good Housekeeping Best Book of the Year "Every sentence shines with wit, originality, and sharp observations." --The Boston Globe A razor-sharp, deeply felt novel about the complicated relationship between a charismatic teacher and his students, and the secrets we keep from those we love At a boarding school in New Hampshire, Ben joins the honor society led by Pierre LaVerdere, an enigmatic, brilliant, yet perverse, teacher who instructs his students not only about how to reason, but how to prevaricate. As the years go by, LaVerdere's covert and overt instruction lingers in his students' lives as they seek some sense of purpose or meaning. When Ben feels the pace of his life accelerating and views his intimate relationships as less and less fulfilling, there seems to be a subtext he's not able to access. And what, really, did Bailey Academy teach him? While relationships with his stepmother and sister improve, and a move to upstate New York offers respite from his anxiety about love and work, LaVerdere's reappearance in his life disturbs his equilibrium. Everything he once thought he knew about his teacher--and himself--is called into question. Written by one of our most iconic writers, known for casting a cold eye on her generation's ambivalence and sometimes mistaken ambition, A Wonderful Stroke of Luck is a keenly observed psychological study of a man who alternates between careful driving and hazardous risk taking, as he struggles to incorporate his past into the vertiginous present.

Tough Luck

Author : Jason Starr
Publisher : Polis Books
ISBN 13 : 1940610974
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Tough Luck written by Jason Starr and published by Polis Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mickey Prada's a nice kid. He works in a neighborhood seafood market in Brooklyn putting fish on ice. He’s got a nice girlfriend. He even delayed college a year, to help his sick dad. But Mickey’s got a problem. A customer at the fish store, Angelo Santoro, keeps asking Mickey to place bets for him and Angelo keeps losing. As Angelo gets further in the hole, his bad luck is turning out to be Mickey’s too. Now Mickey’s got his bookie after him and Angelo’s showing him the butt of his pistol rather than paying him back. So when his best friend, Chris, asks Mickey to join him on a can’t-lose caper, Mickey decides to go along. But, surefire schemes often have a way of backfiring, and this one is sending Mickey into an uncharted part of Brooklyn, where fish like Chris and Mickey have trouble just staying alive.

Private Good Luck

Author : Sherwin Gluck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967254319
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Private Good Luck written by Sherwin Gluck and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five months have passed since the start of World War II. German U-boats are hunting British passenger ships in the North Atlantic and daily life in a rural Hungarian village in what had recently been Czechoslovakia is increasingly restricted by anti-Jewish laws. Yet, with their father's blessing, four siblings overcome two years of bureaucratic hurdles and flee to America in search of a better life. With only a dollar and a dime in his pocket, the youngest brother begins his pursuit of the American dream, only to have it interrupted by the war. Not yet a citizen, he's inducted into the Army and chooses to serve in the infantry in order to defend his newfound American freedom, champion the honor of his people, and save the family he left behind. Throughout his service, small serendipities repeatedly safeguard him from almost certain death. From the battlefields of Monte Porchia and Anzio in Italy with the 6th Armored Infantry Battalion to occupied France and Germany with the 67th MP Company, his courage, kindness, and optimism are inspirational. Join him on his transformative journey and learn how his story will be forever linked with the triumph and tragedy of World War II.

13 Steps to Bloody Good Luck

Author : Ashwin Sanghi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789395767774
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book 13 Steps to Bloody Good Luck written by Ashwin Sanghi and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book A UNIQUE BOOK PACKED WITH ANECDOTES FROM THE LIVES OF VARIOUS 'LUCKY' PEOPLE, THAT HELPS READERS UNDERSTAND THE PHENOMENON OF LUCK AND ATTRACT IT INTO THEIR OWN LIVES. The journey of life isn't exactly easy. Some people make it through hard work and talent. Some fall by the wayside. And some people are just plain lucky. They are blessed with bloody good luck! But is it possible to attract good luck? Can we train ourselves to be lucky? Apparently, it seems that Dame Luck isn't that fickle. She is well within our reach. In his first non-fiction foray, best-selling author Ashwin Sanghi explores that critical, much-longed-for element called luck. Through entertaining and informative anecdotes, narrations of personal experiences and vignettes of homespun wisdom, Ashwin gives us a whole new insight into how people can work towards being lucky. It seems that luck isn't entirely the twist of fate that it is made out to be! Almost inspirational like Robin Sharma, Dale Carnegie or Spencer Johnson, Ashwin Sanghi shows us a brand new side to his writing in this particular book About the Author Ashwin Sanghi is the author of several bestsellers including two New York Times best-selling crime thrillers with James Patterson. He was included by Forbes India in their Celebrity 100 list and is a winner of the Crossword Popular Choice Award. He was educated at The Cathedral and John Connon School and St. Xavier's College. He holds a Master's degree in Business Management from Yale University. Ashwin Sanghi lives in Mumbai with his wife, Anushika, and his son, Raghuvir.

Success and Luck

Author : Robert H. Frank
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691178305
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Success and Luck written by Robert H. Frank and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that hurts everyone, and what we can do about it How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much. In recent years, social scientists have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life outcomes than most people imagine. In Success and Luck, bestselling author and New York Times economics columnist Robert Frank explores the surprising implications of those findings to show why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in success—and why that hurts everyone, even the wealthy. Frank describes how, in a world increasingly dominated by winner-take-all markets, chance opportunities and trivial initial advantages often translate into much larger ones—and enormous income differences—over time; how false beliefs about luck persist, despite compelling evidence against them; and how myths about personal success and luck shape individual and political choices in harmful ways. But, Frank argues, we could decrease the inequality driven by sheer luck by adopting simple, unintrusive policies that would free up trillions of dollars each year—more than enough to fix our crumbling infrastructure, expand healthcare coverage, fight global warming, and reduce poverty, all without requiring painful sacrifices from anyone. If this sounds implausible, you'll be surprised to discover that the solution requires only a few, noncontroversial steps. Compellingly readable, Success and Luck shows how a more accurate understanding of the role of chance in life could lead to better, richer, and fairer economies and societies.

Lucky T

Author : Kate Brian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439108722
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Lucky T written by Kate Brian and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some girls have all the luck. So far, Carrie Fitzgerald's sixteen years have been pretty sweet. Straight A's, an adorable boyfriend, a starting position on the varsity basketball team... But Carrie's luck is about to, well, change. Suddenly, her boyfriend dumps her (to "hang out with his friends"!), she and her best friend have a massive blowout, and she gets a D on a biology test. Carrie knows what's wrong -- her mom accidentally donated her lucky T-shirt to Help India. That one adorable, perfect T-shirt was the source of all her good fortune. So Carrie does what any girl would do: She's going to India. Cross your fingers and hope that Carries finds adventure, love, and maybe just a little good luck along the way....

The Furies

Author : Janet Hobhouse
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590170854
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Furies written by Janet Hobhouse and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SELECTION OF THE LOST BOOKS CLUB An exhilarating, fiercely honest, ultimately devastating book, The Furies confronts the claims of family and the lure of desire, the difficulties of independence, and the approach of death. Janet Hobhouse's final testament is beautifully written, deeply felt, and above all utterly alive.

The Serendipity Mindset

Author : Christian Busch
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593086023
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Serendipity Mindset written by Christian Busch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good luck isn’t just chance—it can be learned and leveraged—and The Serendipity Mindset explains how you can use serendipity to make life better at work, at home—everywhere. Many of us believe that the great turning points and opportunities in our lives happen by chance, that they’re out of our control. Often we think that successful people—and successful companies and organizations—are simply luckier than the rest of us. Good fortune—serendipity—just seems to happen to them. Is that true? Or are some people better at creating the conditions for coincidences to arise and taking advantage of them when they do? How can we connect the dots of seemingly random events to improve our lives? In The Serendipity Mindset, Christian Busch explains that serendipity isn’t about luck in the sense of simple randomness. It’s about seeing links that others don’t, combining these observations in unexpected and strategic ways, and learning how to detect the moments when apparently random or unconnected ideas merge to form new opportunities. Busch explores serendipity from a rational and scientific perspective and argues that there are identifiable approaches we can use to foster the conditions to let serendipity grow. Drawing from biology, chemistry, management, and information systems, and using examples of people from all walks of life, Busch illustrates how serendipity works and explains how we can train our own serendipity muscle and use it to turn the unexpected into opportunity. Once we understand serendipity, Busch says, we become curators of it, and luck becomes something that no longer just happens to us—it becomes a force that we can grasp, shape, and hone. Full of exciting ideas and strategies, The Serendipity Mindset offers a clear blueprint for how we can cultivate serendipity to increase innovation, influence, and opportunity in every aspect of our lives.

The Public

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Public written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Good Luck

Author : Whitney Gaskell
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553905775
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Good Luck written by Whitney Gaskell and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Parker wins the lottery on the worst day of her life. But can all the money in the world make up for a cheating boyfriend, a derailed career, and ending up in the middle of a media circus? Everyone wants a piece of Lucy…and all she wants is to escape from it all. After life as she knows it falls apart, Lucy heads off to Palm Beach to hide out at the home of an old college friend. There, living in a tropical paradise of millionaires, Lucy acquires a new hair color, a new social set, and enough anonymity to put her notoriety behind her. Soon she's courted by two men who don’t know her history. But just as Lucy begins to envision a new life for herself, the past catches up with her. Lucy would give up every penny to have her old life back—but just as she’s ready to cash it all in, fate has one last surprise in store for her…one that will show her exactly what she’s worth.

Bad Luck and Trouble

Author : Lee Child
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0440336856
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Bad Luck and Trouble written by Lee Child and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING JACK REACHER SERIES • The inspiration for season two of the hit streaming series Reacher! “Electrifying . . . this series [is] utterly addictive.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times From a helicopter high above the California desert, a man is sent free-falling into the night. On the streets of Portland, Jack Reacher is pulled out of his wandering life and plunged into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends . . . and the people he once trusted with his life. Reacher is the ultimate loner—no phone, no ties, no address. But a woman from his old military unit has found him using a signal only the eight members of their elite team would know. Then she tells him a terrifying story about the brutal death of a man they both served with. Soon Reacher is reuniting with the survivors of his team, scrambling to unravel the sudden disappearance of two other comrades. But Reacher won’t give up—because in a world of bad luck and trouble, when someone targets Jack Reacher and his team, they’d better be ready for what comes right back at them.

Good Luck Don't Suck

Author : Dan Whalen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734679502
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (795 download)

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Download or read book Good Luck Don't Suck written by Dan Whalen and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement

Author : Naomi Seidman
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1789624770
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov Movement written by Naomi Seidman and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Schenirer and the Bais Yaakov movement she founded represent a revolution in the name of tradition in interwar Poland. The new type of Jewishly educated woman the movement created was a major innovation in a culture hostile to female initiative. A vivid portrait of Schenirer that dispels many myths.

What's Luck Got to Do with It?

Author : Edward D. Kleinbard
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190943580
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book What's Luck Got to Do with It? written by Edward D. Kleinbard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American dream of equal opportunity is in peril. America's economic inequality is shocking, poverty threatens to become a heritable condition, and our healthcare system is crumbling despite ever increasing costs. In this thought-provoking book, Edward D. Kleinbard demonstrates how the failure to acknowledge the force of brute luck in our material lives exacerbates these crises leading to warped policy choices that impede genuine equality of opportunity for many Americans. What's Luck Got to Do with It? combines insights from economics, philosophy, and social psychology to argue for government's proper role in addressing the inequity of brute luck. Kleinbard shows how well-designed public investment can blunt the worst effects of existential bad luck that private insurance cannot reach and mitigate inequality by sharing the costs across the entire risk pool, which is to say, all of us. The benefits, as Kleinbard shares in a wealth of data, are economic as well as social a more inclusive economy, higher national income, and greater life satisfaction for millions of Americans. Like it or not, our lives and opportunities are determined largely by luck. Kleinbard shows that while we can't undo every instance of misfortune, we can offer a path to not just a fairer America, but greater economic growth, more broadly shared.

Good Luck, Ronald Morgan!

Author : Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780606167789
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (677 download)

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Download or read book Good Luck, Ronald Morgan! written by Patricia Reilly Giff and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody Upmotivates children to learn by linking the English classroom to the wider world. The more links you make, the more children are likely to remember. It's the way they naturally learn. Links to other school subjects Colorful cross-curricular lessons at the end of every unit provide a practical link to other school subjects. Learning content through English is meaningful and inspiring to children. Links to values and real life Real-life stories teach important life lessons such as being helpful. Values and good citizenship will please parents and help teachers with classroom management. Links between school and home A specialEverybody UpFriend in each lesson provides children with language they can take home and demonstrate to their parents. Plus, the songs are so catchy they will want to practice them at home. Links with students around the world Join our Global Sing-along and sing along with children in other countries! The songs inEverybody Upare written by award-winning songwriters, each with a different style. There's something for everyone. Links to standardized English tests Everybody Uphelps prepare children for standardized tests through the Test Center CD-ROM and the skills focus in Levels 5 and 6.