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The Luck Of The Draw
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Author : Peter Stone
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-15
The Luck Of The Draw written by Peter Stone and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-15 with Political Science categories.
From the earliest times, people have used lotteries to make decisions--by drawing straws, tossing coins, picking names out of hats, and so on. We use lotteries to place citizens on juries, draft men into armies, assign students to schools, and even on very rare occasions, select lifeboat survivors to be eaten. Lotteries make a great deal of sense in all of these cases, and yet there is something absurd about them. Largely, this is because lottery-based decisions are not based upon reasons. In fact, lotteries actively prevent reason from playing a role in decision making at all. Over the years, people have devoted considerable effort to solving this paradox and thinking about the legitimacy of lotteries as a whole. However, these scholars have mainly focused on lotteries on a case-by-case basis, not as a part of a comprehensive political theory of lotteries. In The Luck of the Draw, Peter Stone surveys the variety of arguments proffered for and against lotteries and argues that they only have one true effect relevant to decision making: the "sanitizing effect" of preventing decisions from being made on the basis of reasons. While this rationale might sound strange to us, Stone contends that in many instances, it is vital that decisions be made without the use of reasons. By developing innovative principles for the use of lottery-based decision making, Stone lays a foundation for understanding when it is--and when it is not--appropriate to draw lots when making political decisions both large and small.
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Author : Piers Anthony
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-10
Luck Of The Draw written by Piers Anthony and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with Fiction categories.
Piers Anthony takes us back to Xanth in this luckiest volume yet!
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Author : Jack Daniels
language : en
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Release Date : 2020-04-08
Luck Of The Draw written by Jack Daniels and has been published by Covenant Books, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-08 with Fiction categories.
In looking over my life, it's interesting to realize how often some luck has been involved. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay area led to learning to love the Pacific Ocean and to getting to attend Sequoia High School in Redwood City, a school that I later realized had prepared me for winning National Championships, and medals in two Olympics. Our family's move to Montana led to lots of great hunting and fishing with brother Danny, and attending the University of Montana led to Danny, brother Jerry and I all being smoke jumpers for the U.S. Forest Service. That work also prepared Jerry for successful years with the CIA in Laos and Thailand, work that earned him three CIA medals of honor. Brother Kent was Montana State Trap-shooting champ and State champ in high school wrestling. My 4 years of military service sent me to Korea where I learned about the sport of modern pentathlon, and which also sent me to a year of study in a great Sport Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Next came graduate studies at the universities of Oklahoma and Wisconsin, which also led to many outstanding years of research in exercise physiology and how to be a successful running coach. Coaching years found me starting men's track and cross-country at Oklahoma City University, National Track Coach in the country of Peru, and women's track and cross-country coach at University of Texas. Then 6 years of research with Nike, followed by 19 years coaching runners at the State University of New York in Cortland to numerous national titles. I also began coaching post-collegiate runners, several of whom competed in Olympic Games, including a Silver-Medal winner in women's marathon. However, all of these accomplishments all take second place to my marriage to Nancy Jo Scardina, who was first a great runner (Olympic Trials qualifier in the totally-different events of 1500 and marathon), then was my Assistant Coach for 25 years during which she also became the mother of our two wonderful daughters, Audra Marie and Sarah Tupper. Sarah is an opera singer in New York City and Audra a very dedicated worker at the University of Washington in Seattle. Nancy has become a Registered Nurse and is as dedicated to that profession as she was to her running career. I always envy those for whom she provides aid. Few people have had the luck I have had. God bless Nancy Jo, Audra Marie and Sarah Tupper.
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Author : Kate Clayborn
language : en
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Release Date : 2018-04-24
Luck Of The Draw written by Kate Clayborn and has been published by Lyrical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-24 with Fiction categories.
A popular ebook original now in print for the first time, here is the second novel in a whip-smart, witty, and thoughtful romantic trilogy about three friends who impulsively buy a lottery ticket, and never suspect the many ways their lives will change—or that for each of them, love will be the biggest win of all. Will appeal to fans of Emily Henry and classic romance with a fresh, contemporary flair. Sure, winning the lottery allows Zoe Ferris to quit her job as a cutthroat corporate attorney, but no amount of cash will clear her conscience about the way her firm treated the O’Leary family in a wrongful death case. So she sets out to make things right, only to find gruff, grieving Aiden O’Leary doesn’t need—or want—her apology. He does, however, need something else from her. Something Zoe is more than willing to give, if only to ease the pain in her heart, a sorrow she sees mirrored in his eyes . . . Aiden doesn’t know what possesses him to ask his family’s enemy to be his fake fiancée. But he needs a bride if he hopes to be the winning bid on the campground he wants to purchase as part of his beloved brother’s legacy. Skilled in the art of deception, the cool beauty certainly fits the bill. Only Aiden didn’t expect all the humor and heart Zoe brings to their partnership—or the desire that runs deep between them. Now he’s struggling with his own dark truth—that he’s falling for the very woman he vowed never to forgive. PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF KATE CLAYBORN “Clayborn’s characters are bright and nuanced, her dialogue quick and clever, and the world she builds warm and welcoming. Zoe and Aiden slide into love, healing themselves along the way.” —Sarah MacLean, author of Heartbreaker “A classic author writing in the modern age, Clayborn is in a league entirely her own.” —Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling authors of The Soulmate Equation “Kate Clayborn’s writing is magnetic and witty and expansive.” —Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
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Author : Iris Tom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-12-25
Luck Of The Draw written by Iris Tom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-25 with categories.
An anthology of eight love stories set in a fantasy world in which every kingdom and province has its own god. Each story takes place in a different kingdom ruled by a different god.
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Author : Frank Murphy
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2023-02-28
Luck Of The Draw written by Frank Murphy and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-28 with History categories.
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “In the pursuit of authenticity, of accurate history and undeniable courage, no words matter more than, ‘I was there.’ Read Luck of the Draw and the life of Frank Murphy and ponder this: how did those boys do such things?” —Tom Hanks The epic true story of an American hero who flew during WWII, as featured in the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks TV Series, Masters of the Air. Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering. 4,300 B-17s and B-24s failed to return; nearly 21,000 men were taken prisoner or interned in a neutral country, and a further 17,650 made the ultimate sacrifice. Luck of the Draw is more than a war story. It’s the incredible, inspiring story of Frank Murphy, one of the few survivors from the 100th Bombardment Group, who cheated death for months in a German POW camp after being shot out of his B-17 Flying Fortress. Now with a new foreword written by his granddaughter Chloe Melas, of NBC, and daughter Elizabeth Murphy. “A gripping, inspirational account of incredible bravery, resilience, and sheer will to survive. A truly extraordinary story!” —General David Petraeus, U.S. Army (Ret.)
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Author : Chris Gudgeon
language : en
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Release Date : 2001
Luck Of The Draw written by Chris Gudgeon and has been published by arsenal pulp press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Luck of the Draw profiles past winners of big lotteries, and how their windfalls impacted their lives, mostly for the better, but sometimes for the worse, such as the Florida widow who won $5 million in 1984: three years later, she lost her mansion and fancy cars, and owed the IRS $500,000 in back taxes, and was eventually arrested for trying to hire a contract killer for her daughter-in-law, whom she blamed for her lottery misfortune.
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Author : Zeke Masters
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981-05-03
Luck Of The Draw written by Zeke Masters and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-05-03 with Fiction categories.
The Luck Of The Draw
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Author : Danilo Balestra
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Luck Of The Draw written by Danilo Balestra and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Fiction categories.
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Author : Rachael Renee Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Bonneville
Release Date : 2010
Luck Of The Draw written by Rachael Renee Anderson and has been published by Bonneville this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.
Brighton Andrews accepts a bet to date three girls at the same time, who must be roommates and not know they are dating the same man. After being thwarted on several attempts, Brighton is forced to take desperate measures.