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The Fortean Times Book of Close Shaves and Amazing Luck

Steve Moore

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Description:An entertaining look at outrageous fortune, this off-the-wall collection features tales of against-all-odds survivors, ludicrous luck, and death-defying near misses. Culled from newspaper reports around the globe, these brief accounts cover everything from the miraculous to the ridiculous. You'll read about: The New Jersey man who survived a near-fatal mugging when the bullet to his chest ricocheted off his credit card-filled wallet. The woman who ate for free in an Italian restaurant after a small stone from her dinner got wedged in her tooth-only to discover the next day that the stone was an uncut diamond worth thousands of dollars. The two morgue attendants playing chess on the night shift who got the shock of their lives when one of the "corpses" sat up and moved one of the chess pieces. The dumbstruck man confronting an oncoming train who promptly fainted and fell between the tracks-where the train passed over him without incident. Back from the Dead proves one thing for sure: Lady Luck may be fickle, but she certainly has a good sense of humor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fortean Times Book of Close Shaves and Amazing Luck. To get started finding The Fortean Times Book of Close Shaves and Amazing Luck, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An entertaining look at outrageous fortune, this off-the-wall collection features tales of against-all-odds survivors, ludicrous luck, and death-defying near misses. Culled from newspaper reports around the globe, these brief accounts cover everything from the miraculous to the ridiculous. You'll read about: The New Jersey man who survived a near-fatal mugging when the bullet to his chest ricocheted off his credit card-filled wallet. The woman who ate for free in an Italian restaurant after a small stone from her dinner got wedged in her tooth-only to discover the next day that the stone was an uncut diamond worth thousands of dollars. The two morgue attendants playing chess on the night shift who got the shock of their lives when one of the "corpses" sat up and moved one of the chess pieces. The dumbstruck man confronting an oncoming train who promptly fainted and fell between the tracks-where the train passed over him without incident. Back from the Dead proves one thing for sure: Lady Luck may be fickle, but she certainly has a good sense of humor.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fortean Times Book of Close Shaves and Amazing Luck. To get started finding The Fortean Times Book of Close Shaves and Amazing Luck, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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