A Thousand Chances

Author : Tulsi Badrinath
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789350093771

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Man of a Thousand Chances by Tulsi Badrinath Pdf

Harihar Arora: second-generation north Indian in Madras, museum curator, indifferent husband, indulgent father – and thief. Desperate to meet his beloved daughter’s wedding expenses, the otherwise honest Harihar steals a rare gold coin minted by Mughal Emperor Jahangir and pawns it, with every intention of returning it after the wedding. But when he finds himself in a position to redeem it, he learns that it has been melted by the pawnbroker. What follows next forces Harihar to readdress his place in the world, and in his own marriage. Beneath the deceptively simple surface of a story about an ordinary man in a rather extraordinary fix, are questions about the workings of karma, causality and the power of art, that offer profound matter for debate.

Author : Tulsi Badrinath
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789350093771

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Man of a Thousand Chances by Tulsi Badrinath Pdf

Harihar Arora: second-generation north Indian in Madras, museum curator, indifferent husband, indulgent father – and thief. Desperate to meet his beloved daughter’s wedding expenses, the otherwise honest Harihar steals a rare gold coin minted by Mughal Emperor Jahangir and pawns it, with every intention of returning it after the wedding. But when he finds himself in a position to redeem it, he learns that it has been melted by the pawnbroker. What follows next forces Harihar to readdress his place in the world, and in his own marriage. Beneath the deceptively simple surface of a story about an ordinary man in a rather extraordinary fix, are questions about the workings of karma, causality and the power of art, that offer profound matter for debate.

Author : Gamble Glenn Gamble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0615274722

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A Thousand Chances by Gamble Glenn Gamble Pdf

A former road gambler is fighting with the demons of his past and for the affection of a new flame. How does he slay the demons that haunt him from his days as a card hustler? The urbane Darius Blaylock seems to have it all, youth, good looks, intelligence and sharp instincts, but beneath the surface he has some unresolved business to take care of. For a long time, Darius has been able to sweep his dirt underneath the rug while proclaiming no love for a woman could ever trump his love for money. That is until he meets the woman of his dreams and ultimately chases her out of his life: the beautiful Michelle Wurley. For the first time Darius must confront and overcome his demons if he is to have any chance to win back the affection of Ms. Wurley, who is as equally sharp in wit as she is beautiful. Has Darius finally met his match or will he continue to allow his demons to destroy him?

Author : Andrew C. A. Elliott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780198883661

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What are the Chances of That? by Andrew C. A. Elliott Pdf

Chance fills every day of our lives and affects every decision we make. Yet, for something woven so closely into the fabric of our being, we are not very good at thinking about uncertainty and risk. In this lively and engaging book, Andrew C. A. Elliott asks why this is so. He picks at the threads and, in showing how our world is built on probability rather than certainty, he identifies five obstacles to thinking about uncertainty that confuse us time after time. Elliott takes us into the casino, but this is not an invitation to gamble. He looks at financial markets, but this is not a guide to investment. There's discussion of health, but this is not a medical book. He touches on genetics and evolution, and music-making, and writing, because chance is at work there too. Entering many different fields, What are the Chances of That? is always following the trail of chance and randomness. One purpose of the book is to go cross-country, to show that there are connected ways of thinking that disrespect boundaries and cut across the domains of finance, and gambling, and genetics, and public health, and creativity. Through it, one visits the vantage points that give a broad view of the landscape and sees how these different areas of life and knowledge are connected - through chance. What are the Chances of That? discusses chance and the importance of understanding how it affects our lives. It goes beyond a mathematical approach to the subject, showing how our thinking about chance and uncertainty has been shaped by history and culture, and only relatively recently by the mathematical theory of probability. In considering how we think about uncertainty, Elliott proposes five “dualities” that encapsulate many of the ambiguities that arise.

Author : Karen Kingsbury
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849839662

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The Chance by Karen Kingsbury Pdf

A heartwarming story about childhood friends, broken lives, and a long ago promise that just might offer the hope of love for today. Years ago, the day before Ellie moved from Georgia to California, she and her best friend Nolan sat beneath the Spanish moss of an ancient oak tree where they wrote letters to each other, and sealed them in a rusty old metal box. The plan was to return eleven years later and read them. But now, as that date arrives, much has changed. Ellie, bereft of the faith she grew up with, is a single mom living in a tired apartment trying to make ends meet. Sometimes she watches television to catch a glimpse of her old friend -Nolan, now an NBA star, whose terrible personal tragedies fueled his faith and athletic drive in equal measure. But Nolan also suffers from a transcendent loneliness that nothing has ever eased. In their separate lives, as Ellie and Nolan move toward the possibility of a reunion at the oak tree, Kingsbury weaves a tale of heart-wrenching loss, the power of faith, and the wounds that only love can heal.

Author : Jackie Fraser
Publisher : Dell
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593499467

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The Bookshop of Second Chances by Jackie Fraser Pdf

A woman desperate to turn a new page heads to the Scottish coast and finds herself locked in a battle of wills with an infuriatingly aloof bookseller in this utterly heartwarming debut, perfect for readers of Evvie Drake Starts Over. “Humor and charm abound. . . . [This] love story hits the spot.”—Publishers Weekly Thea Mottram is having a bad month. She’s been let go from her office job with no notice—and to make matters even worse, her husband of nearly twenty years has decided to leave her for one of her friends. Bewildered and completely lost, Thea doesn’t know what to do. But when she learns that a distant great uncle in Scotland has passed away, leaving her his home and a hefty antique book collection, she decides to leave Sussex for a few weeks. Escaping to a small coastal town where no one knows her seems to be exactly what she needs. Almost instantly, Thea becomes enamored with the quaint cottage, comforted by its cozy rooms and lovely but neglected garden. The locals in nearby Baldochrie are just as warm, quirky, and inviting. The only person she can’t seem to win over is bookshop owner Edward Maltravers, to whom she hopes to sell her uncle’s book collection. His gruff attitude—fueled by an infamous, long-standing feud with his brother, a local lord—tests Thea’s patience. But bickering with Edward proves oddly refreshing and exciting, leading Thea to develop feelings she hasn’t experienced in a long time. As she follows a thrilling yet terrifying impulse to stay in Scotland indefinitely, Thea realizes that her new life may quickly become just as complicated as the one she was running from.

Author : Mia Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798590287086

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A Thousand Second Chances 1 by Mia Clark Pdf

We had a thousand chances to find our perfect love. It only took one. * Gavin Knight is an arrogant, cocky, womanizing jerk. He's a one-night-only rockstar lover and nothing could ever change that. Yes, he acts nice when he feels like it. It's true that he's ridiculously attractive, too. It's impossible not to notice his rock-hard sculpted muscles through his tight-fitted tees. His powerful hands were clearly made for all sorts of sin. Don't even get me started on his panty-melting bad boy grin that makes you want to... Enough! Now for the fun part: Gavin and I are reliving the same day over and over again. We're trapped in a time loop of epic proportions. We can do anything we want and nobody else remembers. ...Like when I leapt into his arms in the middle of the college cafeteria and we made out in front of everyone like our lives depended on it. Or, you know, that one night we accidentally, um... Look, it was a mistake. It didn't mean anything. No one remembers. Except for Gavin, and he wants a repeat performance, a second chance at the raging hot chemistry I've never had with anyone before. What's the harm in tempting fate? It's not like he'd ever fall for me, right?

Author : Robyn Carr
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488057564

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The Chance by Robyn Carr Pdf

Come back to a small town on the Oregon coast, in book 4 of the beloved Thunder Point series only from New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr. With its breathtaking vistas and down-to-earth people, Thunder Point is the perfect place for FBI agent Laine Carrington to recuperate from a gunshot wound and contemplate her future. The locals embraced Laine as one of their own after she risked her life to save a young girl from a dangerous cult. Knowing her wounds go beyond the physical, Laine hopes she’ll fit in for a while and find her true self in a town that feels safe. She may even learn to open her heart to others, something an undercover agent has little time to indulge. Eric Gentry is also new to Thunder Point. Although he’s a man with a dark past, he’s determined to put down roots and get to know the daughter he only recently discovered. When Laine and Eric meet, their attraction is obvious to everyone. But while the law enforcement agent and the reformed criminal want to make things work, their differences may run too deep…unless they take a chance on each other and find that deep and mysterious bond that belongs to those who choose love over fear. Originally published in 2014

Author : Howard G Buffett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451687866

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40 Chances by Howard G Buffett Pdf

The son of legendary investor Warren Buffet relates how he set out to help nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security through his passion of farming, in forty stories of lessons learned.

Author : Molly McAdams
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062267672

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Taking Chances by Molly McAdams Pdf

Her first year away is turning out to be near perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything. Eighteen year old Harper has grown up under her career-Marine father’s thumb. Ready to live life her own way and experience things she’s only ever heard of from the jarheads in her father’s unit, she’s on her way to college at San Diego State University. She finds herself being torn in two as she quickly falls in love with Brandon, who becomes her boyfriend—and her roommate’s brother Chase. Covered in tattoos, known for fighting in the Underground and ridiculously muscled...they’re exactly what she was always warned to stay away from, but just what she needs.

Author : Hebe Schaillée,Reinhard Haudenhuyse,Lieve Bradt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781000586190

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The Potential of Community Sport for Social Inclusion by Hebe Schaillée,Reinhard Haudenhuyse,Lieve Bradt Pdf

Social inclusion is a pressing issue confronting all levels of sport today, and community sport in particular. Sport is being promoted as an inclusive environment in which people of all backgrounds and abilities can participate and access a range of social and health benefits. Moreover, sport is often heralded as a vehicle for promoting social inclusion in other societal domains. Yet, the policy ideal of ‘sport for all’ is not always realised in practice, and community sport continues to be plagued by various forms of discrimination and social exclusion. This book brings together a team of scholars from across the globe whose research addresses the complex relationship between community sport and social inclusion. Their contributions critically examine the dynamics of inclusion/exclusion in community sport, as well as the broader outcomes and impacts that sports programmes may have in promoting, or hindering, social inclusion in other areas of life, such as employment, education and migrant integration. This book will be of interest to academics, researchers, and advanced students of sport, sociology, politics, social work and public policy. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : Morgan Matson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780857072719

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Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson Pdf

Taylor Edwards family might not be that close - everyone is a little too busy and overscheduled, but for the most part, they get along just fine. Then Taylor's dad gets some devastating news, and her parents decide that the family will spend on last summer together at their old lake house in the Pcocono Mountains. Crammed into a place much smaller than they are used to, they begin to get to know each other again, but as the summer progresses they're more aware than ever that they're battling a ticking clock. And as Taylor tries to deal with the drama at home, she is faced with the fact that the friends she thought she'd left behind haven't actually gone anywhere. Her former summer best friend is still living across the lake and still as mad with Taylor as she was five years ago, and her first boyfriend has moved in next door… but he's much cuter at seventeen than he was at twelve. Can one summer be enough time to get a second chance - with family, friends, and love?

Author : Claudia Gray
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062278982

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A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray Pdf

Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions. Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite's father is murdered, and the killer—her parent's handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul— escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him. Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul's guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father's death is far more sinister than she expected. A Thousand Pieces of You explores an amazingly intricate multi-universe where fate is unavoidable, the truth elusive, and love the greatest mystery of all.

Author : Maurice R. Holloway
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532646331

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An Introduction to Natural Theology by Maurice R. Holloway Pdf

“What is the God of the philosopher? Can the philosopher, that is to say, can human reason, unenlightened by the revealed word, come to a true and secure understanding of ‘He-Who-Is’? Is it possible for mere man, without the impact of a personal experience, intimate and intuitive, to arrive by means of an objective demonstration at an absolute affirmation that the Being we call God exists, or that He is Pure Act, Existence Itself, because without him the world of our experience is unintelligible, a complete contradiction? “And even if we admit, as all Christian philosophers must, that unaided reason is able by its own power to reach an objectively true and secure assent that God exists, is there any evidence, in the recorded history of our world, that man, without the directive knowledge of revelation, ever did secure by a metaphysical effort this absolute truth that the Ipsum Esse exists? Whatever be the answer to this difficult problem—and we do not pretend to know it—it is obvious that Father Holloway, in composing his philosophical approach to God, allowed himself to be guided by the knowledge of faith. Indeed, he must have prayed often for the enlightenment which the supernatural motion of divine grace brings even to the limited and imperfect intellect of a philosopher.” —From the Foreword by Henri Renard, S.J.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : American periodicals
ISBN : UOM:39015030089257

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Littell's Living Age by Anonim Pdf