Unusual Minds

As a child, Angela Mathers was the victim of a top-secret experimental program that implanted neural chips in children to correct disorders and enhance intelligence. Shunned by society, she, and others like her were locked away in camps. Now an adult Luman, she is both brilliant and calculating. Her quest for redemption brings her to DC, where she works to get a government bill that would free the Lumans passed into law.

What if every page you turn makes you shout, “Wait… WHAT?!” Did you know… Marie Curie once used glowing radium as a homemade nightlight? A single software bug once cost NASA millions? You can generate electricity just by walking, dancing—or even shaking a leg? Some black holes spin faster than your kitchen blender? Welcome to Mind-Blowing Facts You Can’t Unlearn — the fun facts book packed with 100 unbelievable (but true!) stories that will make you laugh, learn, and never look at the world the same way again. Why Readers Love It 100 facts, each in under 5 minutes – perfect ...

"David Stifel provides a confident professorial tone in his narration of [Eric] Kandel's fascinating audiobook. Listeners searching for a fundamental review of neurobiology will find it satisfyingly comprehensive." — AudioFile Magazine Eric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in...

In this guide, you will find out what mental disorder is, the reality, the causes, consequences, compassionate treatment, and more. You will discover many things about this topic and you will have more tools to learn about it.

The law is serious. The people, cases, and courtroom moments surrounding it can be seriously entertaining. Whether you work in the legal profession or need a thoughtful gift for someone who does, For Bright Legal Minds Who Have It All offers an amusing journey through the remarkable—and sometimes wonderfully absurd—world of law. Created by an attorney with genuine respect for the profession, this engaging collection features true legal stories, unforgettable courtroom exchanges, clever judicial observations, unusual cases, curious rulings, astonishing records, and little-known legal ...

Discover the Hidden Wonders of Our World: 79 Tales That Defy Logic and Celebrate the Extraordinary! Did you know that the iconic pop-culture icon, the yellow smiley face, took ten minutes to design and create? Or that a simple light bulb in a California fire station has been glowing consistently since 1901? Welcome to The World’s Strangest True Stories, a curated collection of bizarre history, accidental discoveries, and unbelievable real-world events that prove truth is often much stranger than fiction. In this captivating journey through the oddities of our planet and beyond, you will ...

What If You Could Give Your Child the Superpower of Curiosity—Without Screens, Boredom, or “Do I HAVE to Read This?” Screen-Free Fun + Hours Of Learning + Laughter = The Perfect Gift Under. The Ultimate Rare & Unusual Facts Book transforms learning from “meh” into “MIND-BLOWING!”—packed with unbelievable facts, brain-bending puzzles, quizzes, riddles, and real-life challenges that keep kids entertained, laughing, and learning for hours!

Discover the World’s Strangest, Smartest, and Most Surprising Secrets! Get ready for a whirlwind adventure through the weirdest corners of science, nature, space, history, and beyond! The Unusual Facts Trivia Book for Kids is packed with over 2,000 brain-bending trivia questions that will make young readers laugh, think, and say, “Wait… that’s real?!” From animals that glow in the dark to planets that rain diamonds, and from mind-boggling inventions to record-breaking humans, every page is bursting with fun discoveries that turn learning into a thrilling game. Inside This Wacky ...

‘Patricia Cornwell, through her character Kay Scarpetta, was the first to introduce authentic, detailed forensic science and pathology into crime writing, and with Rapid and Fatal, she is still No1’ Multi-million selling author Lynda La Plante THE PERFECT MURDER LOOKS LIKE AN ACCIDENT. To...

Neurological and psychiatric disorders have long been regarded as fundamentally different, depending on whether they appear to affect the brain or the mind. In reality, the brain and the mind are inseparable. Both types of disorders can affect every aspect of brain function: from perception, action, memory and emotion to empathy, social interaction, attention and consciousness. It is easy to view brain disorders as simply tragic or frightening. 

Discover the unbelievable stories hiding all around us. Why do some animals glow in the dark? How can a frog survive being frozen? What secrets are hidden beneath the ocean? How did ancient civilizations build impossible structures? 101 Amazing Facts for Curious Minds takes readers on a journey through the strangest, most fascinating discoveries in science, nature, history, and the world around us. Inside you’ll discover: Amazing animal abilities Ancient mysteries and lost civilizations Surprising facts about the human body Space discoveries and cosmic wonders Strange natural events ...

What Weird People Like You Do: A Collection of Disturbingly Curious Quirks Embrace the strange, the bizarre, and the downright peculiar. What Weird People Like You Do takes you on a wild journey through the hidden side of human nature—where quirks, oddities, and the unexpected reign supreme. From strange collections to eccentric habits, this book dives into the wonderfully weird things people do behind closed doors and in public spectacle. It’s more than just a book of facts—it’s a celebration of individuality and the quirks that make life interesting. Whether you’re fascinated by...

The Glitch in the Matrix: Unbelievable Facts from Natural History, Pop Culture, and the Human Mind Dive into the Secrets the World Keeps—From Exploding Termites to Forbidden Laws Are you ready to discover the world you thought you knew? Forget the history books and toss out your old encyclopedia. This book is a fast-paced, jaw-dropping journey into the weirdest, wildest, and most verifiable truths hiding just beneath the surface of everyday life. This isn't trivia; it’s an exposé of the colossal, beautiful, and sometimes terrifying glitches in the matrix of reality. Within these pages,...

All my life, I’ve been tripping over jaw-dropping, fascinating ideas that few people have ever heard of. This started happening in my early 20s, when I learned of Douglas Hofstadter’s ‘strange loops’ in Gödel, Escher, Bach. It continued with Jorge Luis Borges’ Library of Babel, where all possible books reside. John Searle’s Chinese Room; the untold stories of Paleolithic humanity – the list has grown and grown over the years. In this collection of chapters from various books of mine, many disciplines are explored: science, math, history, neuroscience, sociology, linguistics ...

Interesting Fun Facts for Adults: Surprising Tidbits and Stories for Curious Minds is not your average book—it's a collection of mind-blowing, laugh-out-loud, and totally true stories that will have you saying, "Wait, seriously?!" This is the ultimate antidote to boring trivia, filled with facts you'll want to share with friends, family, and anyone who will listen.

Do you love trivia or know someone in your family who can’t get enough of fascinating facts? Do you or someone close to you enjoy discovering mind-blowing information that very few people know? If so, Mind-Twisting Facts for Curious People is the perfect book to surprise, entertain, and expand your knowledge—one fact at a time. Attention Have you ever wanted to become the most interesting person at the dinner table? This book delivers 1,500 unforgettable facts across history, science, pop culture, inventions, language, geography, ancient civilizations, and much more. Each page holds ...

Welcome back, dear reader, to this second set of collected stories of mystery, intrigue, adventure and romance. Here, we present a tale of espionage and safe houses, a story of a hotel murder, two airport mysteries, two winter-season stories a wood-plank piano ... Abducted by aliens ... clam diggers ... the pet sitter ... strange visitors ...So settle in ... Sip a hot cocoa. Let the stories transport you and the images dazzle your senses. Get ready to journey along with Molly and Paige, Angus, Rick, Dominic, Lily and Rosie, Adrian and Vivian, Michael And Bob, Amelia and Daniel, and a giant ...

What if the past wasn’t primitive… just wildly creative? Long before smartphones, electricity, or modern engineering, ancient civilizations were building things that still leave scientists scratching their heads. We’re talking about self-opening temple doors powered by heat, brain surgery performed with shocking precision, and mechanical devices that look suspiciously like early robots. Ancient Weird Tech dives deep into the strangest, smartest, and most unexpected inventions from civilizations you thought you understood. From the deserts of Egypt to the mountains of Peru, from Roman ...

Ever wondered how an aircraft flies? Taking a flight is exciting, but many aspects of aviation remain a mystery. Why do the wings of an airliner seem to grow before takeoff? How does a jet engine lift a massive aircraft into the sky? And why do pilots sometimes detour across the airport to find the perfect wind conditions? In this entertaining, easy-to-read book, we answer these questions with humor and insight. Discover how aircraft have evolved to be bigger, faster, and safer, and explore quirky scenarios like what happens if an airliner tries to break the sound barrier. Packed with ...

“Quotist” means quote artist or writer. These are quotes about my random thoughts, analyses, practical knowledge, useful info you probably didn’t know, or interesting facts I have run into, occasionally. These are the first 15 quotes. 1. Most people falsely assume that “Rocky (1976)” is the first film Sylvester Stallone starred in – wrong! In Wikipedia, I actually counted that it’s the 18th movie he has ever appeared or taken a role in. Not giving up may be the key to success. 2. Along with our fundamental eating and sleeping desires, humans have a strange unrecognized desire ...