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Luck : understanding luck and improving the odds

Author: Barrie Dolnick; Anthony H Davidson
Publisher: New York : Harmony Books, ©2007.
Edition/Format:  Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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From the Publisher: Have you ever noticed that you talk about luck every day of your life? Luck is your silent companion, sometimes bringing awesome parking spaces, a chance meeting with a new love interest, or a small windfall. Most of the time you probably don't even pay attention to luck. Chances are, you only really think about luck when you buy a lottery ticket or participate in a contest. Luck is so much more  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Barrie Dolnick; Anthony H Davidson
ISBN: 9780307347503 0307347508
OCLC Number: 122309479
Description: xiv, 236 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Preface --
Part 1: Examining Luck --
1: Luck begins --
2: Luck in our own backyard --
3: Luck and the natural world --
4: Future of luck through divination --
5: Luck through the meaning of numbers --
6: Probable luck, reasonable luck, mathematician's luck --
7: Gambling: sheer games of luck --
8: Modern and wacky world of luck --
Part 2: Personal Luck Profile --
Applying astrological luck --
Applying numerology: your personal numbers --
Applying tarot --
Applying time --
Applying herbs --
Applying colors --
Applying stones --
Applying charms --
Personal luck profile worksheet --
Appendix A: Venus in the signs 1925-2017 --
Appendix B: Jupiter in the signs 1925-2017 --
Appendix C: Saturn in the signs 1925-2017 --
Sources.
Responsibility: Barrie Dolnick and Anthony H. Davidson.
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From the Publisher: Have you ever noticed that you talk about luck every day of your life? Luck is your silent companion, sometimes bringing awesome parking spaces, a chance meeting with a new love interest, or a small windfall. Most of the time you probably don't even pay attention to luck. Chances are, you only really think about luck when you buy a lottery ticket or participate in a contest. Luck is so much more than that. If you take steps to live longer by eating right and exercising, why wouldn't you also take similar steps to improve your good fortune? Barrie Dolnick and Anthony Davidson asked themselves this very question, and set out to study luck and decipher how it works. In this insightful and engaging book, they share the secrets they've uncovered so you can use luck more effectively in your day-to-day life. Where does luck originate? Does one need to be "born lucky" in order to be lucky? Answering these and many other pressing questions, Dolnick and Davidson investigate both ancient and scientific approaches to luck. From early man to famous rationalists, luck has been prayed for, played with, and courted. You'll learn how ancient practices such as the I Ching, astrology, tarot, and numerology have been used to understand luck, and how great mathematicians studied luck-some guided by their own interest in gambling. Every- one wants to be lucky. Once you know the fundamentals of luck, the authors take you through your own Personal Luck Profile so that you can use this wisdom and try your luck. People do a lot of weird things to improve their luck-and now you can make smart choices and informed decisions about how to play with yours.

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