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Learn moreOnce upon a time, there was a swimming-pool repairman who only had a hundred-dollar bill to pay for a hot dog, requested the change in lottery tickets, and subsequently won $180 million. Strange, but ultimately true.
In this insightful, thoroughly entertaining book, countless similar case studies of "as luck would have it …" are presented, offering a fascinating survey of the phenomenon. Weaving the subjects' own beliefs about their experiences with compelling research on chance, probability, and luck psychology, As Luck Would Have It also includes research on how to prepare for luck, how to deal with it when it arrives, and how to make the choices that will most benefit you. Are you ready?
Joshua Piven is coauthor, with David Borgenicht, of the bestselling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook and its sequels. More than five million copies of his books have been sold. He lives in Philadelphia.
J. P. Guimont has been stage acting since the age of five. He attended the University of Maine at Orono and studied theater under Dr. Sandra Hardy. Guimont is also a charter member and cofounder of the Cast, a theater company located in Portland, Maine.
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“As Piven knows, readers enjoy nothing more than witnessing a likable character get sideswiped by an act of nature or rise from the humdrum of everyday life through an uncanny spell of good fortune. The stories work because Piven takes us back with meticulous detail to the historical second when luck is about to strike.”
“An entertaining and thought provoking read for anyone who believes in luck, and anyone who doesn’t…Action-packed cliffhangers are interspersed with quirkier stories about one-hit wonders and accidental millionaires…Piven’s gift is for storytelling.”
“These people are all fascinating, and the details in each profile are well presented.”
“[J P. Guimont] possesses admirable diction and reads with listenable fluidity.”
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