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Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13If thirteen people sit down at a table, will one die within a year? Why did five U.S. presidents join the Thirteen Club? What is the only major New York hotel that has a thirteenth floor? In 13, a fascinating cultural history-cum-detective story, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer gets to the root of how one superstition'the fear of the number 13?developed among wildly divergent societies. A book about mythmaking, 13 explores why people believe what they believe, and the real reason Friday the 13th is the most unlucky day in the world.Lachenmeyer, Nathaniel is the author of '13 The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition', published 0014 under ISBN 9780452284968 and ISBN 0452284961.
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