THE LUCKY BUGGER’S CASEBOOK: TALES OF SERENDIPITY AND OUTRAGEOUS GOOD FORTUNE

Book ID/图书代码： 12844010B36596

English Summary/英文概要：

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 不論多麼精心策劃，萬全準備，有些事註定人算不如天算《超幸運事件簿》

美洲大陸的發現、可口可樂的發明、以及50英鎊便購得了藏有畢卡索真跡的藝術書。
這三個事件的共同點是什麼…..?
答案是：純粹只是運氣!!
不論多麼精心策劃，萬全準備，有些事注定人算不如天算。
本書作者Daniel M. Smith以詼諧的口吻，把那些被幸運女神眷顧的人，一一解開他們到底為什麼如此走運。包括了發明家、諾貝爾獎得主、科學家、演員、國王、歷史知名建築師、被通緝多年的罪犯、超級名模、冠軍運動員以及其他許多的幸運兒。
在這本書中，Daniel說出各種令人瞠目結舌的巧合，例如因股票錯字而發大財的日本貿易商，在火車上遺失手稿的德國小說家，如何失而復得把手稿尋回…
本書故事是所有人憧憬的美夢，正如披頭四的保羅·麥卡尼在一覺醒來後寫下夢中的旋律，當時他絕不曾想到，《Yesterday》這首歌將成為轟動世界的經典名曲。(Ruby & Chris)

Awards/获奖情况：What connects the discovery of America, the creation of Coca Cola and the art book bought for GBP50 that turned out to contain original Picassos? That’s right: sheer blind luck. No matter how meticulously things are planned, time after time the most important bits of life are the product of simple, random chance. In wonderfully witty style, Daniel M. Smith gives us the stories of inventors, Nobel Prize winners, scientists, actresses, escapees, engineers, kings, architects, pop stars, criminals, supermodels, tennis champions, opera singers and many more who have benefited from happy serendipity. From the Japanese trader who made fortune after a share price typo to the German novelist who lost his manuscript on a train, and ended up buying some fish wrapped in his own pages at the station, "The Lucky Bugger’s Casebook" is a celebration of the type of unexpected good fortune we all dream of - just ask Sir Paul McCartney, who awoke one morning with the tune to ’Yesterday’ having arrived in his head overnight.

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Inventions and Innovations (Part 1)
2. Today’s Specials
3. Great Leaps Forward
4. Uncovering the Past
5. The Big and Small Screens
6. Criminal Negligence
7. The Medicine Cabinet
8. World of Sport
9. Musical High Notes
10. Great Escapes
11. Inventions and Innovations (Part 2)
12. Treasure Trove
13. A Final Miscellany

About the Author/作者介绍： Daniel M. Smith worked in publishing as a researcher, writer and editor of non-fiction (including The Statesman’s Yearbook - a geo-political guide to the word - The Artist’s Yearbook and The Screenwriters Handbook) and in 2003 lived and worked in Calcutta, India. He is the author of World in Your Pocket, a factbook about the countries and cultures of the world, and the forthcoming Sherlock Holmes: An Elementary Guide. He lives in east London with his partner, Rosie, and an assortment of fish.
Daniel M. Smith是採訪紀實文學類的資深編輯和作家。2003年扎根印度，作品包含講述世界各地文化概況的《口袋裡的世界( World in Your Pocket)》，以及即將出版的新作《福爾摩斯解碼手冊(Sherlock Holmes: An Elementary Guide)》。

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