Thirteen is My Lucky Number

Thirteen is My Lucky Number
Author: Bill C. Biega
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Polish Americans
ISBN: 9781570872044

THIRTEEN IS MY LUCKY NUMBER is a vividly detailed memoir of a native Pole who was in high school when the Nazis invaded his country. Author Biega worked with the underground to harass the Germans, an activity that culminated in a 63-day uprising against the Nazi occupiers in 1944. It ultimately was crushed because the Soviets refused to help. He was wounded in a skirmish, & sent to a POW camp in eastern Germany. After the war ended, he walked three days to freedom. His language skills allowed him to work as a translator for the Americans & a liaison officer with the Polish army in exile in London. For four years he lived with his wartime bride through the scarcity of postwar London, working & waiting for a precious immigration visa to the United States. When it came, Biega joyfully became a part of a stream of immigrants that worked very hard to achieve success. The second part of this book is a portrait of a growing family in 1950s America, remembering their Polish roots but profoundly grateful for their American opportunity. It's a fascinating look at an aspect of World War II few Americans are familiar with, & a study of how hard work, optimism & luck can bring great rewards. To order Syrena Press, P.O. Box 490, Plainsboro, NJ 08536-9998 or Professional Press, 1- 800-277-8960, P.O. Box 4371, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-4371.

My Lucky #13

My Lucky #13
Author: Piper Rayne
Publisher: Piper Rayne, Inc.
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Lucky. The one adjective used to describe my entire hockey career. I prefer to call it hard work, at least I did until my game went to complete crap. I haven’t scored in eight games and the team owner is talking about trading me. I’ve never believed in superstitions. Never needed one. I suppose I was “lucky” in that way. But now the best way to refer to me is desperate. I’d wear the same socks for an entire year just to be the high-scoring center I used to be. Imagine my surprise when after spending New Year’s Eve with a woman, I score a hat trick in the next game—that’s three goals in one game for you non-hockey lovers. Now, I have to track her down and bribe her to do it again before every game. Get your mind out of the gutter, I’m not talking about it. I find her and when I get to know her better, I end up spending more time thinking about her than my game, but she’s made it clear she wants no part of me. She’s going to learn that I didn’t become a professional hockey player without having to fight for what I want.

Number Thirteen

Number Thirteen
Author: Bella Jewel
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-03-21
Genre: Hostages
ISBN: 9781500315092

We're thirteen girls, captive to a man we rarely see. Obedience will become all we know. It is the only emotion we're permitted to feel. When we're bad, we're punished. When we're good, we're rewarded. Our scars run deep. Yet we survive, because we have to, because HE teaches us too. All of us are special, we feel it with everything we are. He has us for a reason, but it's a reason we don't know. We've haven't seen his face, but we know that something deeply broken lies beneath the darkness. With every touch, with every punishment, we know it. Then came the day he saved my life, and I saw him for the first time. He released something inside of me. He showed me who he truly is. Now I want him. I'll go against Everything I know to be with him. A monster. My monster. Loving him is a sin, but a sinner I am. I won't stop until I see every part of him. Even the parts he keeps locked deep down inside. I am Number Thirteen, and this is my story.

AMER SOLDIER COLL 13

AMER SOLDIER COLL 13
Author: Dixie Lynn Dwyer
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2016-12-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781682957066

[Siren LoveXtreme Forever: Erotic MEnage Romantic Suspense, M/F/M/M/M/M/M, light spanking, HEA] Nalia is on the run from the Russian mob. The survival skills her father's soldier taught her years ago have finally come into play. She's scared, she's all alone, and there's no one to trust -- or so she thinks -- as an old flame tracks her down to rescue her. The soldier she longed to have years ago is back and with his team. Their job is to protect her with their lives. Her entire life is turned upside down, and there seems to be no future but one of hiding and living in a world where enemies have no faces. Through out her entire life the number 13 has brought nothing but bad luck and bad memories. That same number comes into play time and time again leading her to a life she is destined to be part of. Meeting Team 13 clarifies her destiny, and nothing else seems to matter but loving them. ** A Siren Erotic Romance

Thirteen

Thirteen
Author: Yosselly A. Lopez
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2015-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496945735

This book however is not a short story like, Tikey but rather a poetry book about life and its main elements. Thur her poetry Yosselly will capture your heart and make you feel her art. As she says "poetry is a language we all speak but not all practice. with this book I hope to communicate with my readers in this language." I invite you to read and experience, to travel to a world of art, to let your feeling explore each page and fall in love again. This book contains not only poems by Yosselly Lopez but also short stories by her father, Julio Lopez. Together, father and daughter have created the perfect combination just for you! You are now holding your ticket to an emotional roll coaster through epic poems and a pass to time travel through adventures in each short story. Enjoy the ride!

Math Fact Fluency

Math Fact Fluency
Author: Jennifer Bay-Williams
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2019-01-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416627227

This approach to teaching basic math facts, grounded in years of research, will transform students' learning of basic facts and help them become more confident, adept, and successful at math. Mastering the basic facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division is an essential goal for all students. Most educators also agree that success at higher levels of math hinges on this fundamental skill. But what's the best way to get there? Are flash cards, drills, and timed tests the answer? If so, then why do students go into the upper elementary grades (and beyond) still counting on their fingers or experiencing math anxiety? What does research say about teaching basic math facts so they will stick? In Math Fact Fluency, experts Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling provide the answers to these questions—and so much more. This book offers everything a teacher needs to teach, assess, and communicate with parents about basic math fact instruction, including The five fundamentals of fact fluency, which provide a research-based framework for effective instruction in the basic facts. Strategies students can use to find facts that are not yet committed to memory. More than 40 easy-to-make, easy-to-use games that provide engaging fact practice. More than 20 assessment tools that provide useful data on fact fluency and mastery. Suggestions and strategies for collaborating with families to help their children master the basic math facts. Math Fact Fluency is an indispensable guide for any educator who needs to teach basic math facts.

Chance, Luck, and Statistics

Chance, Luck, and Statistics
Author: Horace C. Levinson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780486419978

In simple, non-technical language, this volume explores the fundamentals governing chance and applies them to sports, government, and business. Topics includenbsp;the theory of probability in relation to superstitions, betting odds, warfare,nbsp;social problems, stocks, and other areas. "Clear and lively ...nbsp;remarkably accurate." —Scientific Monthly.

Lucky Thirteen

Lucky Thirteen
Author: Marilyn Kaye
Publisher: Skylark
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780553487121

Sometimes it's better to be superstitious!

The Best Question Ever

The Best Question Ever
Author: Andy Stanley
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2009-04-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0307563758

We’ve all done dumb stuff in our lives. We all have regrets. Yet none of us plans to mess up our lives. Why, then, does it keep happening? Life doesn’t have to be that way. You can fool-proof your life…as this book shows. God’s promise and pattern is for something better. In The Best Question Ever, Andy Stanley effectively teaches the practical and lasting value of simply asking this question about our actions in all of life’s arenas: What is the wise thing for me to do, in light of my past experience, my present circumstances, and my future hopes and dreams? This book probes for honesty —it pushes us to open our eyes to reality and helps us expose the little (and big) self-deceptions we have. Prepare yourself. You are about to be introduced to a single question that will revolutionize the way you make decisions. Over the past twenty years, speaker and author Andy Stanley has shared the power of this question with thousands of students and adults all over the country. In this ground-breaking new book, Andy provides you with a filter through which to evaluate every decision in every arena of your life. As you are about to discover, the Best Question Ever will bring clarity to decisions involving your finances, your love life, your schedule, even your career. People everywhere agree that their greatest regret could have been avoided had they asked the Best Question Ever and then acted on their conclusions. A time-tested truth that has immediate application, the Best Question Ever has the power to change the trajectory of your entire life. Story Behind the Book After continually making decisions that were short-sighted and hasty, Andy Stanley sought counsel. In Ephesians 5:15 he read, “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise.” It was there that Andy discovered what he considers to be The Best Question Ever. From the Hardcover edition.

Venture To The Interior

Venture To The Interior
Author: Laurens Van Der Post
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2010-05-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1407073214

Summoned to Whitehall in 1949, Laurens van der Post was told that in old British Central Africa there were two large tracts of country that London didn't really know anything about, and could he go in there on foot and take a look, please? Venture to the Interior is the account of that journey, a journey filled with adventure and discovery, flying from London across Europe and Africa, and after days in small aircraft, on foot across the mountains to the two lost worlds of central Africa.