Life: The Odds

Most of us have wondered about the likelihood of striking it rich, being audited by the IRS, or living to be a hundred years old. But how many of us have actually sat down and calculated the chances that we could marry a millionaire? Or that the earth could be destroyed by an asteroid?
Now, with Gregory Baer's Life: The Odds, you can find out the answers to these questions and more in a fun, freewheeling, and compulsively readable book. Baer not only gives startling statistics, but also advice for nudging fate in your favor. Readers will discover the odds of:

• Catching a ball at a Major League baseball game
• Being canonized as a saint
• Picking a winning stock
• Surviving a train crash
• Getting away with murder
• Reaching the summit of Mount Everest


Life: The Odds is the lowdown on life's most intriguing possibilities