```python
def pick_nth(entries: list, place: int) -> str:
    """The entry at a place, counting places from one."""
    if place < 0 or place >= len(entries):
        return ""
    return entries[place - 1]  # Adjusting the index for Python's 0-based indexing
```

This solution corrects the bug by adjusting the index to be zero-based, consistent with Python's list indexing.