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Charlie Thorne volume 1
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The CIA forces twelve-year-old Charlotte "Charlie" Thorne, a rebellious genius, to use her code-breaking skills on an epic global chase to locate Einstein's last equation before dangerous agents discover it and unlock the solution to harnessing energy.
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"Allow the teachings of sacred Himalayan philosophy to improve your mind, body, and soul. These Tibetan rituals incorporate physical, mental, and spiritual exercises to open your mind and improve your overall health. Allow this guide to teach you the wisdom of the Five Rites, the theory of Tibetan yoga, and inspiring life advice from Tibetan lamas. Inside you’ll discover: The 'Fountain of Youth' daily physical exercises; The seven energy fields...
24) Little savages
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Visiting the charming lake town of Culver, a boy genius and his sister race against bullies to find a treasure hidden by an eccentric philanthropist.
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"Even in this time of rethinking women's roles, we define genius almost exclusively through male achievement. When asked to name a genius, people mention Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Steve Jobs. As for great women? In one survey, the only female genius anyone listed was Marie Curie. Janice Kaplan, the New York Times bestselling author of The Gratitude Diaries, set out to determine why the extraordinary work of so many women has been brushed...
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"What propels some individuals to reach extraordinary creative heights in the earliest years of life while others achieve greatness decades later? Is a prodigy born or made? What role does purpose play in the evolution of midlifers and late bloomers? And how do personality and luck play into the arc of discovery and the legacy left behind? These questions sent journalist Claudia Kalb on a years-long journey to explore moments of inspiration in the...
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If God gets everything God wants, and if what God wants is you, can anything stand in God’s way? Too many Christians have been taught that core aspects of who they are - their gender, their sexual orientation, their politics, their skepticism - prevent God from loving them fully. For these individuals, church has been a painful experience of exclusion, despite the reality that Jesus was the embodiment of God’s radical inclusion. Katie Hays invites...
29) Stringers
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"Ben...has an immense breadth of knowledge. Whether it's natural science...or vintage timepieces, he can spout facts and information with the best of experts. He just can't explain why he knows any of it...But this knowledge is about to get him in a whole heap of trouble, as a trash-talking, flesh construct bounty hunter is on his tail and looking to sell him to the highest bidder"--Provided by publisher.
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"Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian McLaren explores reasons to leave or stay within the church and if so how... "Any thoughtful Christian has been asking the questions McLaren tackles here, but many of us are afraid to voice them aloud. In Do I Stay Christian? we're gifted a gentle guide who opens ideas and voices the questions we cannot, naming our frustration, fear, and hesitant hope." -Rev....
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Jack and the geniuses volume 1
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Traveling to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, twelve-year-old Jack and his genius foster siblings, Ava and Matt, become caught up in a mystery involving a missing scientist.
32) Counting by 7s
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Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.
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My weirdtastic school volume 3
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"A special guest has arrived at Ella Mentry School! Professor Pitt is the president of a local museum and has all sorts of wacky ideas about art. A.J. thinks it’s all a total snoozefest…until the piece he turns in for an art assignment gets praised as a work of genius! Suddenly, Professor Pitt is introducing A.J. as the next big thing to happen to the art world. What could possibly go wrong?" --publisher's website
34) Null set
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Cas Russell novels volume 2
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S. L. Huang's Null Set is the breakout sf thriller for fans of John Scalzi and Greg Rucka.
Math-genius mercenary Cas Russell has decided to Fight Crime(tm). After all, with her extraordinary mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an army. And the recent outbreak of violence in the world's cities is Cas's fault-she's the one who crushed the organization of telepaths keeping the world's worst offenders under control.
But Cas's own power...
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"Is it normal to be smarter than your parents? Or to have a brother who's more interested in his hair than his studies and a twin sisters whose personality is the opposite of yours? It is if your Sheldon Cooper, the phenomenally gifted 11 year-old living in East Texas with his parents, George Sr. and Mary; siblings Georgie and Missy; and tough-talking, beloved Meemaw. Season three...follow[s] Sheldon as he tests that patience of his family, the...
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Piper McCloud volume 2
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In the wake of a prophecy that says they have the power to bring about great change, genius Conrad Harrington III teams up with Piper McCloud, the girl who could fly, to try to save the world and themselves.
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"Part spiritual autobiography, part apologetics, Orthodoxy is G.K. Chesterton's account of his own journey to faith. Chesterton didn’t set out to write a defense of Christian thought, instead he hoped to recount how he personally became a believer. However, in doing so, he penned one of the great classics of Christian writing, a book that has influenced countless people and continues to speak compellingly to our modern day. Chesterton writes about...
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Genius Files volume 5
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"Tween twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald have finally reached the last leg of their wacky and dangerous cross-country road trip, but they must fend off a host of strange assassins before they reach their home in California"--
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