Chancing It: Why We Take Risks
by Keyes, Ralph
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Book VG+: clean, tight, unmarked text, author inscription on title page: "For Glo + Bill, Who made it possible to spend a good a/DJ VG: age toning/rubbing, NOT clipped ($15.95)
- ISBN 10
- 0316491322
- ISBN 13
- 9780316491327
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1985. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: clean, tight, unmarked text, author inscription on title page: "For Glo + Bill, Who made it possible to spend a good afternoon with colleagues. May all of your risks be good ones Ralph Keyes/DJ VG: age toning/rubbing, NOT clipped ($15.95). 8vo 311pp. stated first edition. includes two pamphlets laid in, one for "Productive Risk-Taking" a seminar led by RALPH KEYES, and a pamphlet for the book itself. from front flap: "When was the last time you really took a risk? Was it thrilling, scary, or both? Do you envy others who summon the courage to take a chance on what you'd never try? Whatever risk actually means to you--whether it's doing something for sheer adventure or making a life-altering decision--you may suspect that you play it much too safe. Chancing It confronts the issue of why we so often feel that way as it takes a provocative, in-depth look into the psychological and physical thirst we all have--whether we indulge it or not--to take risks." #01716.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1653
- Title
- Chancing It
- Author
- Keyes, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: clean, tight, unmarked text, author inscription on title page: "For Glo + Bill, Who made it possible to spend a good a
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG: age toning/rubbing, NOT clipped ($15.95)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316491322
- ISBN 13
- 9780316491327
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- risk, self-help, motivation, risk taking, nonfiction, first edition, signed
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Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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