The Indian Luck Book
The Indian Luck Book

Author: Monisha Bharadwaj

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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When it comes to luck, there's one thing everyone can agree on--you can never have too much of it. For thousands of years, people in India have invited luck into their lives with positive thinking and ancient techniques using color, gems, numerology, and more. The Indian Luck Bookguides readers through the riches of traditional Indian wisdom, teaching them how to: € Wear the right clothes for any occasion € Plan life events using the wisdom of their horoscopes € Attract love with lucky gems € Interpret their dreams and their palms € Create a positive atmosphere in the home with the principles of Vastu Shastra With its vibrant full-color illustrations, The Indian Luck Bookshows readers how to bring a little luck into their lives by following in the footsteps of generations of Indians.

Luck
Luck

Author: Barrie Dolnick

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2007-11-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0307405303

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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.

Just Lucky
Just Lucky

Author: Melanie Florence

Publisher: Second Story Press

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1772601055

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Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things…like turning off the stove, or Lucky’s name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn’t realize how bad things are. That is until he’s gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can’t hide what’s happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families are okay. Some aren’t. And some really, really aren’t. Is it possible to find a home again when the only one you’ve ever known has been taken from you?

Lucky T
Lucky T

Author: Kate Brian

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1439108722

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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....

What Are the Chances?
What Are the Chances?

Author: Barbara Blatchley

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2021-08-03

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0231552750

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Winner, 2023 William James Book Award, American Psychological Association Division 1 in General Psychology Most of us, no matter how rational we think we are, have a lucky charm, a good-luck ritual, or some other custom we follow in the hope that it will lead to a good result. Is the idea of luckiness just a way in which we try to impose order on chaos? Do we live in a world of flukes and coincidences, good and bad breaks, with outcomes as random as a roll of the dice—or can our beliefs help change our luck? What Are the Chances? reveals how psychology and neuroscience explain the significance of the idea of luck. Barbara Blatchley explores how people react to random events in a range of circumstances, examining the evidence that the belief in luck helps us cope with a lack of control. She tells the stories of lucky and unlucky people—who won the lottery multiple times, survived seven brushes with death, or found an apparently cursed Neanderthal mummy—as well as the accidental discoveries that fundamentally changed what we know about the brain. Blatchley considers our frequent misunderstanding of randomness, the history of luckiness in different cultures and religions, the surprising benefits of magical thinking, and many other topics. Offering a new view of how the brain handles the unexpected, What Are the Chances? shows why an arguably irrational belief can—fingers crossed—help us as we struggle with an unpredictable world.

She Sang Me a Good Luck Song
She Sang Me a Good Luck Song

Author: Theresa Harlan

Publisher: Heyday Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781597143004

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A collection of photographic portraits of the indigenous people of Californa that were taken by Native American photographer Dugan Aguilar.

Macroeconomics and Markets in India
Macroeconomics and Markets in India

Author: Ashima Goyal

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781138817432

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India was one of the better performers after the global financial crisis, and has done well despite opening out in a period of great international volatility. This book asks if this was due to luck or to good management. It was previously published as a special issue of Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies.