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21) So many smarts!
Author
Publisher
Magination Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Encourages readers to look at their own combination of brain power, skills, abilities, and capabilities to determine how they might learn best, excel, and be themselves.
22) Shutter
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases -- she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. As a lone portal back to the living for traumatized spirits, Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won't...
24) Loonshots: how to nurture the crazy ideas that win wars, cure diseases, and transform industries
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"'Loonshots is a brilliant and wonderfully entertaining book, an unstoppable read, full of surprises and rich with insight into how people create and nurture things that change the world. It's also an important book. Bahcall, a physicist and biotech entrepreneur, is unfolding the secrets behind successes everywhere.' --Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone and The Wild Trees. What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? Why do traffic jams appear...
Author
Publisher
Findhorn Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Helping artists catapult into further action, this guide is a treasury of insight and inspiration. Rather than focus on art techniques that build skills or overcome creative blocks through playful activities or writing, this guide walks the artist through exercises designed to develop the personal qualities critical to being an artist in the world, such as courage, the ability to look and see, and connection to the true creative self. This is a hands-on,...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
What, exactly, is creativity? Take a closer look at what makes a creative person in this introductory lecture that explores ancient ideas about creativity (including the muses of the ancient Greeks); debunks common myths about the sources of creativity; and examines how play, passion, practice, and purpose can enhance your own creative thinking.
Author
Series
The adventures of Sophie Mouse volume 3
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sophie Mouse wants to prove how wonderful mice are for a school project she is doing with her brother, Winston, but starts to have doubts when, even with Hattie and Owen's help, she is unable to learn to swim.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened. In Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer introduced Area X--a remote and lush terrain mysteriously sequestered from civilization. This was the first volume of a projected trilogy; well in advance of publication, translation rights had already sold around the world and a major movie deal had been struck. Just months later, Authority,...
Author
Publisher
John Joseph Adams/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The fate of New Orleans rests in the hands of a wayward grifter in this novel of gods, games, and monsters ... The post-Katrina New Orleans of The City of Lost Fortunes is a place haunted by its history and by the hurricane's destruction, a place that is hoping to survive the rebuilding of its present long enough to ensure that it has a future. Street magician Jude Dubuisson is likewise burdened by his past and by the consequences of the storm, because...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis' parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents -- telekinesis and telepathy -- who got to this place the same...
33) NOS4A2: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photography, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it's across Massachusetts or across the country. Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2...
34) The fates divide
Author
Series
Carve the mark volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Cyra's father Lazmet Noavek, a soulless tyrant thought to be dead, reclaims the throne, Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth are desperate to stop him from igniting a barbaric war.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
How can we tell if a child is developing normally in its first two years? Learn some of the basic developmental milestones in physical growth, personal and social skills, large and small motor skills and language acquisition. Discover when to seek professional help to assess development, especially for potential problems in hearing and vision. Understand that speech is the most variable area of development. Learn to recognise key motor skill developments....
36) The vanishing
Author
Series
Fogg Lake volume 1
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz comes a new gripping romantic suspense trilogy fraught with danger and enigma. Decades ago in the small town of Fogg Lake, 'The Incident' occurred: an explosion in the cave system that released unknown gases. The residents slept for two days. When they woke up they discovered that things had changed -- they had changed. Some started having visions. Others heard ominous voices. And then the scientists...
37) Ophie's ghosts
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discovering her ability to see ghosts when a cruel act ends her father's life and forces her to move in with relatives in 1920s Pittsburgh, young Ophelia forges a helpful bond with a spirit whose own life ended suddenly and unjustly.
Author
Series
Southern Reach Trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown, navigating new terrain and new challenges, the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Coming September 22nd From the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you've dreamed of. Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent...
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