{"product_id":"thirteen-a-journey-into-the-number-9780385512800","title":"Thirteen: A Journey Into the Number","description":"Odysseus, the 13th of his group of companions, is the only one to have escaped the devouring appetite of the Cyclops Polyphemus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The ill-fated Apollo 13 mission was launched on April 11, 1970, at 1313 hours Central Time from Pad 39 (13 x 3), and had to be aborted on April 13 after the explosion of an oxygen tank serving the commanding ship. Three of the sleeping periods scheduled for the astronauts were supposed to start 13 minutes past the hour, as was one of the possible splashdown times. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are said to be 13 stages of Buddhahood consisting of ten bohisattva stages and three additional pre-Buddhist stages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Queen Elizabeth II paid a visit to West Germany in 1965, the number of the platform at Duisburg railway station, from which she was about to depart, was changed from 13 to 12A. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 13 weather-related disasters covered by insurance companies: (1) hurricane, (2) tornado, (3) flood\/flash flood, (4) lightning, (5) blizzard, (6) avalanche, (7) ice storm, (8) dust storm, (9) hailstorm, (10) forest fire, (11) tsunami (tidal wave), (12) drought, (13) heat wave\/cold wave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eYorkshire Post\u003c\/i\u003e, May 1960: \"A note left by a window cleaner who was found dead in a gas-filled room at his home said: 'It just needed to rain today--Friday the 13th--for me to make up my mind.'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Cott\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author of 19 books, including \u003ci\u003ePipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand, \u003ci\u003eDays That I'll Remember: Spending Time with John and Yoko. \u003c\/i\u003eHe collaborated with Maurice Sendak on the book\u003ci\u003e Victorian Color Picture Books, \u003c\/i\u003eand he is the editor of \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale and Fantasy. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Doubleday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844414247186,"sku":"9780385512800","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5218fe60-5720-4ca2-88f5-5461e9e2955e.jpg?v=1737319536","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thirteen-a-journey-into-the-number-9780385512800","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}