Nothing By Chance

In Nothing by Chance, Richard Bach shares the adventure of one magical summer he spent as an old-fashioned barnstormer flying an antique biplane. The journey is another soaring adventure of wonder and insight from the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

NOTHING HAPPENS BY CHANCE (SEVEN RULES FOR SUCCESSFUL LIVING) What's important to you right now? Would you like to have more money, a better job, an improved love life, or greater peace of mind? Would you like it now? And what about improved health? Is that important? Can you put a name to that elusive something that you think will bring you more happiness or fulfilment? Would you like to know more? NOTHING HAPPENS BY CHANCE gives the answers to all these questions in seven easy-to-read chapters. It shows you how to take control and to be in the driver's seat of your life. There's a basic law of life that we need to be aware of. Some people call it cause and effect, others call it the law of attraction but, regardless of what you call it, it's always available to use. How does it work? How do we use it? That's what NOTHING HAPPENS BY CHANCE IS ALL ABOUT. Read it now. Your life will never be the same.

'Sparklingly funny' Wired Magazine '[Nwaubani] not merely explores a side of modern existence that touches millions every day, but does so with wit, warmth and insight' Independent 'Beautifully written' Sunday Herald Kingsley is fresh out of university, eager to find an engineering job so he can support his family and marry the girl of his dreams. Being the opara of the family, he is entitled to certain privileges - a piece of meat in his egusi soup, a party to celebrate his graduation. But times are hard in Nigeria and jobs are not easy to come by. For much of his young life, Kingsley believed that education was everything, that through wisdom, all things were possible. But when a tragedy befalls his family, Kingsley learns the hardest lesson of all: education may be the language of success in his country, but it is money that does the talking. In desperation he turns to his uncle, Boniface-aka Cash Daddy-an exuberant character who suffers from elephantiasis of the pocket. He is also rumoured to run a successful empire of email scams. But he can help. With Cash Daddy's intervention, Kingsley and his family can be as safe as a tortoise under its shell. It is up to Kingsley now, to reconcile his passion for knowledge with his hunger for money, to fully assume his role of first son. But can he do it without being drawn into this outlandish milieu?

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.

A New York Times Bestseller • A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, TIME, The A.V. Club, Buzzfeed, and PopSugar “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and mesmerizing and funny sentences and then hits you in a way you didn’t see coming. You’re laughing so hard you don’t even realize that you’ve suddenly caught fire.” —Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of Fleishman is in Trouble, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang, a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable ability. Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it’s the truth. Thinking of her dead-end life at home, the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one humid, demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other—and stay cool—while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her—urgently and fiercely. Couldn’t this be the start of the amazing life she’d always hoped for? With white-hot wit and a big, tender heart, Kevin Wilson has written his best book yet—a most unusual story of parental love.

A daring but meticulously planned mid-morning bank robbery has the potential to become the stuff of legend according to its lead architect, Vincent Grier. He and his assembled team have left nothing to chance. However, as the events at the First National Bank unfold, the plan unravels in the most disastrous ways for those ensnared in its web. Several characters move into the central story to put their own indelible imprint on that fateful morning. A reluctant thief, brought into the group through coercion and control, a high school teacher closing in on two long buried dreams, an overindulged security officer with fleeting delusions of grandeur, an abused housewife weary of living a lie, a college student with a catastrophic sense of loyalty, a police chief with a desperate need to improve his reputation and a tenaciously ambitious reporter ready to take her shot at the limelight. These characters move together as the events of the robbery unfold, each playing a part in what will become the most notoriously infamous heist ever recorded in human history.

Forget about what you've missed in the past. You can't fix that, but you can fix today and you can fix tomorrow. Every single chapter of Leave Nothing to Chance will shape your life into the success you have always dreamed of. Regardless of how you define the details of leading a "successful life," your underlying goal is to own your time so that you can pursue your goals and focus on the things that make you happy; happiness being the ultimate goal for us all.Over the years we've had the pleasure of working with thousands of people. Whether their vision of success included sitting behind a desk in a corner office or being able to take an extra vacation every year, control and freedom always played a big part in an individual's definition of leading a successful life.You know what you want, you just aren't sure how to get there. Even if we don't know you personally, our guess is that you already know this. That's why you need to read Leave Nothing to Chance.

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