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Life : the odds (and how to improve them) / Gregory Baer.
Van Pelt Library HQ2039.U6 B34 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baer, Gregory Arthur, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life skills--United States--Miscellanea.
- Life skills.
- Quality of life--United States--Miscellanea.
- Quality of life.
- Conduct of life--Miscellanea.
- Conduct of life.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Gotham Books, 2003.
- Summary:
- Now, with Gregory Baer's "Life: The Odds, you can find out the answers to these questions and more in fun, freewheeling, and compulsively readable way. Baer not only gives startling stats but also advice for nudging fate in your favor. Readers will discover the odds of: - bowling a perfect game- catching a ball at a Major League Baseball game- being canonized as a saint- picking a winning stock- surviving a train crash- getting away with murder (or getting convicted)- being well endowed (or poorly endowed)- reaching the summit of Mount Everest A great book with a great hook, "Life: The Odds is a sure bet to make you laugh--and to make you think.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-250).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1592400337
- OCLC:
- 52471430
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