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Luck: A Fresh Look at Fortune
Ed Smith
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Description for Luck: A Fresh Look at Fortune
Paperback. To what extent do we control our own destiny? Can those who have risen to the top really say it was all down to them? Is lucky success somehow less deserving? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BM; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 212. A Fresh Look at Fortune. 256 pages. To what extent do we control our own destiny? Can those who have risen to the top really say it was all down to them? Is lucky success somehow less deserving?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BM; VSP. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight: 182.
For aspiring cricketer Ed Smith, luck was for other people. Ed believed that the successful cricketer made his own luck by an application of will power, elimination of error, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. But when a freak accident at the crease at Lords prematurely ended Ed Smith's international cricketing career, it changed everything - and prompted him to look anew at his own life through the prism of luck. Tracing the history of the concepts of luck and fortune, destiny and fate, from the ancient Greeks to the present day - in religion, in banking, in ... Read more
For aspiring cricketer Ed Smith, luck was for other people. Ed believed that the successful cricketer made his own luck by an application of will power, elimination of error, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. But when a freak accident at the crease at Lords prematurely ended Ed Smith's international cricketing career, it changed everything - and prompted him to look anew at his own life through the prism of luck. Tracing the history of the concepts of luck and fortune, destiny and fate, from the ancient Greeks to the present day - in religion, in banking, in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408830604
SKU
V9781408830604
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About Ed Smith
Ed Smith is an author and journalist, and a former international cricketer who has represented England, Cambridge University, Kent and Middlesex. Ed Smith's previous books include Playing Hard Ball, On and Off the Field - the Wisden Book of the Year and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and The Cricket Society Book of the Year ... Read more
Reviews for Luck: A Fresh Look at Fortune
Book of the week ... Elegant and absorbing ... Smith is excellent at exploring nuances ... The writing on sport is superb ... Smith moves beyond sport with great effect
The Times
Thoughtful and thought-provoking
Independent on Sunday
He certainly sets out a compelling case ... Smith is a powerful advocate for genetic, innate skills and ... Read more
The Times
Thoughtful and thought-provoking
Independent on Sunday
He certainly sets out a compelling case ... Smith is a powerful advocate for genetic, innate skills and ... Read more