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Download or read book Lucky written by Nancy Reil Riojas and published by Nancy Reil Riojas. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Children's Short Story - Ages 8 - 12) Steven finds a bird that falls out of its nest, and as it turns out, the tiny fowl is far, far from ordinary.

Download or read book The Southwestern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Call Me Lucky written by Robert Hinkle and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Do you think you could teach Rock Hudson to talk like you do?” The question came from famed Hollywood director George Stevens, and an affirmative answer propelled Bob Hinkle into a fifty-year career in Hollywood as a speech coach, actor, producer, director, and friend to the stars. Along the way, Hinkle helped Rock Hudson, Dennis Hopper, Carroll Baker, and Mercedes McCambridge talk like Texans for the 1956 epic film Giant. He also helped create the character Jett Rink with James Dean, who became a best friend, and he consoled Elizabeth Taylor personally when Dean was killed in a tragic car accident before the film was released. A few years later, Paul Newman asked Hinkle to do for him what he’d done for James Dean. The result was Newman’s powerful portrayal of a Texas no-good in the Academy Award–winning film Hud (1963). Hinkle could—and did—stop by the LBJ Ranch to exchange pleasantries with the president of the United States. He did likewise with Elvis Presley at Graceland. Good friends with Robert Wagner, Hinkle even taught Wagner’s wife Natalie Wood how to throw a rope. He appeared in numerous television series, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Dragnet, and Walker, Texas Ranger. On a handshake, he worked as country music legend Marty Robbins’s manager, and he helped Evel Knievel rise to fame. From his birth in Brownfield, Texas, to a family so poor “they could only afford a tumbleweed as a pet,” Hinkle went on to gain acclaim in Hollywood. Through it all, he remained the salty, down-to-earth former rodeo cowboy from West Texas who could talk his way into—or out of—most any situation. More than forty photographs, including rare behind-the-scenes glimpses of the stars Hinkle met and befriended along the way, complement this rousing, never-dull memoir.

Download or read book Rubies Lost written by Byder Wilde and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucky had held the Burmese rubies in his hands and felt the warmth from the cut Pigeon blood rubies. Now they were rubies lost. He had let them go but now he longed to reclaim them. Will he get them back? A dangerous clandestine World War II mission was demanding all his concentration. Can Lucky survive this perilous venture? Lucky is flooded with memories of Julie, his childhood next-door neighbor and the love of his life. At the innocent age of five it had all started when he stole a kiss. Lucky is tested by the great Depression, World War II and life's temptations. This tall Swede of Viking blood is all macho male, but when it concerns his childhood girlfriend, Julie, his tender side is evident. About the Author Survived the Great Depression. He learned by his father's example to live within his means; a principal he still lives by. Served in World War II. Discovered he could do much more than he thought he could. On a Navy ship in the Pacific he became part of a "band of brothers"; they would put their life on the line for one another. Earned a degree in Chemical Engineering. With help from the GI Bill he obtained an education so he'd have adequate means. Married Anne the love of his life and best friend. They enjoyed 62 years together. Developed a relationship with God. Jesus is his Lord, savior and best friend. Raised three children. With a wise and open heart he also gave loving support to two grand-children and three great-grandchildren. Said "good-bye" to parents, sister, wife, and almost all of his Navy brothers.

Download or read book Colorado Heart written by Cindy Holby and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a hard winter on the Colorado mountainside finally yields to spring, more than snow is melting in Angel’s End… To Cassie Parker, Colorado is the farthest point on earth from the dusty, troubled life she left behind in Texas. Here she has a birthright—her grandfather’s land not far from town—and a chance at a promising new start. And Jake Reece certainly is promising. There’s never been a day in Jake’s life that he didn’t work harder than anyone else, and he’s got a thousand head of cattle and the ranch of his wildest dreams to prove it. Yet winter has a way of making even the most independent of men long for more. That must be why he’s so drawn to the strange, secretive beauty who’s taken up on the Parker land. But when Cassie runs afoul of the local cattleman’s association—with Jake at the helm—what started as sparks ignites into a full blaze. And things in Angel’s End are about to really heat up…

Download or read book The Wurst of Lucky Peach written by Chris Ying and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best in wurst from around the world, with enough sausage-themed stories and pictures stuffed between these two covers to turn anyone into a forcemeat aficionado. Lucky Peach presents a cookbook as a scrapbook, stuffed with curious local specialties, like cevapi, a caseless sausage that’s traveled all the way from the Balkans to underneath the M tracks in Ridgewood, Queens; a look into the great sausage trails of the world, from Bavaria to Texas Hill Country and beyond; and the ins and outs of making your own sausages, including fresh chorizo.

Download or read book Can You Learn to Be Lucky? written by Karla Starr and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I don't know when I've been so wowed by a new author” –Chip Health, co-author of The Power of Moments and Switch A talented journalist reveals the hidden patterns behind what we call "luck" -- and shows us how we can all improve outcomes despite life’s inevitable randomness. "Do you believe in luck?" is a polarizing question, one you might ask on a first date. Some of us believe that we make our own luck. Others see inequality everywhere and think that everyone’s fate is at the whim of the cosmos. Karla Starr has a third answer: unlucky, "random" outcomes have predictable effects on our behavior that often make us act in self-defeating ways without even realizing it. In this groundbreaking book, Starr traces wealth, health, and happiness back to subconscious neurological processes, blind cultural assumptions, and tiny details you're in the habit of overlooking. Each chapter reveals how we can cultivate personal strengths to overcome life’s unlucky patterns. For instance: • Everyone has free access to that magic productivity app—motivation. The problem? It isn’t evenly distributed. What lucky accidents of history explain patterns behind why certain groups of people are more motivated in some situations than others? • If you look like an underperforming employee, your resume can't override the gut-level assumptions that a potential boss will make from your LinkedIn photo. How can we make sure that someone’s first impression is favorable? • Just as people use irrelevant traits to make assumptions about your intelligence, kindness, and trustworthiness, we also make inaccurate snap judgments. How do these judgments affect our interactions, and what should we assume about others to maximize our odds of having lucky encounters? We don’t always realize when the world's invisible biases work to our advantage or recognize how much of a role we play in our own lack of luck. By ending the guessing game about how luck works, Starr allows you to improve your fortunes while expending minimal effort.