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As luck would have it :

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9781400060559

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As luck would have it :

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incredible stories, from lottery wins to lightning strikes /

Joshua Piven.

1st ed.

New York :

Villard,

©2003.

xx, 199 pages ;

19 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-199).

Do not rip the ticket or otherwise mutilate it / Steve Roberts, the lottery, and the sharing of luck -- Staying put means giving up / Bennett Zelner, the Sierra wilderness, and illusory control -- A cardboard box with airholes and a carrying handle / Gary Dahl, the Pet Rock, and the belief in good luck -- Jenny, I've got your number / Tommy Heath and Jim Keller, "867-5309" and weak ties -- We have lost both engines / Amy Knowlton, a crash at sea, and risk assessment -- It is not a log / John Smith, Paralititan stromeri, and flexible inquiry -- Like a shortgun blast inside the plane / Keith Gallagher, a partial ejection, and defensive pessimism -- Parents wait in line for hours / Al Kahn, Cabbage Patch and Pokemon, and business relationships -- As if someone has swung a baseball bat into his spine / Steve Marshburn, Sr., a lightning strike, and the power of optimism.

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Offers a selection of true-life stories about some of the luckiest--or unluckiest--people in the world, from a woman who survived a plane crash at sea to a bank teller struck by lightning while at work inside the bank.

As luck would have it.

Fortune.

Fortune.

Piven, Joshua.

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