Recipes for Good Luck
The Superstitions, Rituals, and Practices of Extraordinary People
Published on 3. April 2018
144 pages
978-1-4521-6221-8 (ISBN)
Description
A visual compendium of good luck habits implemented by influential people from history.
What did Maya Angelou do to keep the words flowing? How do NASA engineers ensure a successful launch? What was Audrey Hepburn's lucky number? How does Thom Yorke get ready for a concert? How did Björn Borg prepare for Wimbledon?
This charmingly illustrated book reveals the real-life creative processes, superstitions, curious practices, and performance routines of influential leaders from every walk of life-artists, writers, scientists, politicians, musicians, actors, and more-who forged their own path and left an indelible mark on the world. It is a celebration of all the many weird and wonderful ways we find the courage to boldly go forth. So, get out there and start making some good luck of your own!
What did Maya Angelou do to keep the words flowing? How do NASA engineers ensure a successful launch? What was Audrey Hepburn's lucky number? How does Thom Yorke get ready for a concert? How did Björn Borg prepare for Wimbledon?
This charmingly illustrated book reveals the real-life creative processes, superstitions, curious practices, and performance routines of influential leaders from every walk of life-artists, writers, scientists, politicians, musicians, actors, and more-who forged their own path and left an indelible mark on the world. It is a celebration of all the many weird and wonderful ways we find the courage to boldly go forth. So, get out there and start making some good luck of your own!
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Ellen Weinstein
Recipes for Good Luck
The Superstitions, Rituals, and Practices of Extraordinary People
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04/2018
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Ellen Weinstein is a New York-based award-winning illustrator and instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Agatha Christie
- Akira Kurosawa
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Allyson Felix
- Anna Wintour
- Anthony Bourdain
- Audrey Hepburn
- Augustus Caesar
- Barack Obama
- Benjamin Franklin
- Beyoncé
- Björn Borg
- Charles Dickens
- Coco Chanel
- Dan Brown
- Diane von Furstenberg
- Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Ellen Degeneres
- Flannery O'Connor
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Frida Kahlo
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Gertrude Stein
- Gustav Mahler
- Gustave Eiffel
- Haruki Murakami
- Heidi Klum
- I. M. Pei
- Isabel Allende
- James Joyce
- J. K. Rowling
- Joan Didion
- John Steinbeck
- John Wayne
- Laboratory of the University of Georgia
- Laird Hamilton
- Leonard Cohen
- Lucille Ball
- Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Lupita Nyong'o
- Marie Curie
- Mary Shelley
- Maya Angelou
- Michael Jordan
- Misty Copeland
- Mitoizumi
- Napoléon Bonaparte
- Nasa
- Niels Bohr
- Pablo Picasso
- Patricia Highsmith
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Robert Plant
- Salvador Dalí
- Serena Williams
- Sigmund Freud
- Taylor Swift
- Thom Yorke
- Tiger Woods
- Virginia Woolf
- Wade Boggs
- Winston Churchill
- Yoko Ono
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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