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Ripped from the life she once knew, Talia is forced to confront a destiny she never asked for, alongside her childhood friends, Sai and Yang. As they uncover the mysteries of their intertwined fates, each must face their own trials—Sai, catapulted into the treacherous world of aristocracy, and Yang, hunted for his latent gifts.

“There’s a book I recommend for everybody: It’s Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind. It has helped me immensely.” – Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power What do we mean when we call someone smart? That they are good at math and got a high score on the SAT? That they learn...

Dr. Stephen Pevnick is a world renowned behavioral scientist as well as an advisor to the president of the United States. He has gathered the world's most prodigious savants - people with astonishing intellectual abilities - to his research center in Maine. His intent is to conduct an unprecedented experiment, to have the savants work on a common project together; a major challenge because the savants, while gifted, do not possess the social skills that might enable them to work as an effective team.

The remarkable story of an ordinary man who was transformed when a traumatic injury left him with an extraordinary gift. No one sees the world as Jason Padgett does. Water pours from the faucet in crystalline patterns, numbers call to mind distinct geometric shapes, and intricate fractal patterns emerge from the movement of tree branches, revealing the intrinsic mathematical designs hidden in the objects around us. Yet Padgett wasn’t born this way. Twelve years ago, he had never made it past pre-algebra. But a violent mugging forever altered the way his brain works.

21 stories to poke your fears, question reality, examine cultural idiosyncrasies, and to explore the greatest expanses of space and time.

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Suzanne Jenkins! A Manhattan surgeon travels to New Orleans to face the tragedies and secrets of her youth, leading on a journey to madness. Warning: Contains graphic descriptions of child abuse. Scroll Up and Grab The Savant of Chelsea Today!

The brain’s potential is the human potential! What if there are faster and easier ways to learn and study than the modi operandi currently being taught in mainstream education systems? GENIUS INTELLIGENCE: Secret Techniques and Technologies to Increase IQ is the ultimate treatise on accelerated learning methods. Written by novelists, filmmakers and independent researchers James Morcan & Lance Morcan with a foreword by leading scientist Dr. Takaaki Musha, this book shatters the myth that geniuses are born not developed. It reveals how most instances of above-the-ordinary intelligences are ...

The classic police procedural meets cutting-edge science in this huge international best seller. Already a runaway bestseller in France, Syndrome E tells the story of beleaguered Detective Lucie Henebelle, whose old friend has developed a case of spontaneous blindness after watching an extremely rare - and violent - film from the 1950s. Embedded in the film are subliminal images so unspeakably heinous that Lucie realizes she must get to the bottom of it - especially when nearly everyone who comes into contact with the film starts turning up dead.

5* Reviews *** 'A Paranormal Masterpiece!' *** *** 'If Harry Potter and Fourth Wing had a baby.. *** *** 'The Adult magical academy of your dreams' *** Blake Stone doesn't believe in Happily Ever After. Having been bumped around the foster care system for most of her life, she knows just how cruel and heartless the world can be. But with her new foster parents, Blake believes she has finally found her home. That is, until Supernatural Services discover she's a Shifter and whisk her away to Dorn, the Supernatural Academy hidden in the depths of the Scottish Highlands. Forced to part from the...

What if what you believe in is wrong? What if your beliefs are a myth no more valid than Greek and Roman mythology? What if the ancient philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, got it wrong? Can’t be. Not after all these millennia. And who says they got it wrong, anyway? Kyle Ignatius Llano, The Savant, the barrio dumpster baby, and the Sisyphean toiler, says they got it all wrong. Kyle’s brilliant manuscript, Cogitatio Universum, challenges centuries-old ideas underpinning the core of contemporary Western thought.

Nothing in life is ever as it seems. Summer is here, and after a turbulent first semester, Blake is excited to spend a long summer in Vale with the Shifters, exploring the rugged landscape and her fledgling relationship with Grayson. But when an unfortunate incident proves her power to be stronger than originally thought, questions will be asked, and decisions will be made that threaten the already fragile power structure of the Supernatural World. Now, to maintain harmony, Blake must navigate the treacherous realm of supernatural politics, a world filled with hidden agendas and deadly ...

Read by the author. #1 New York Times Bestseller Guthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted offering...

The Skaintz Imperium was eradicated from the backwater planet of Garm, but at great cost. The population of the world was decimated within weeks, and Garm will never be the same. At least humanity can breathe easily knowing that the mysterious aliens are all dead.... But are they? Using their natural form of communication, Skaintz radio signals did chirrup and click, however briefly. Transmissions in their ancient language now spread at the speed of light in a growing sphere.

Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics—curiosity—in this “lively, expert, and definitely not dumbed-down account” (Kirkus Reviews) as he explores our innate desire to know why. Experiments demonstrate that people are more...

In London lies an underground ghost station - empty and unused. Trains don't stop there anymore, but if you look closely on the tunnel walls, you might just spot a grime-covered sign for Brompton Road Station. Tucked away from the hustle of London streets, the station holds a secret - a government training facility for those select few who are unusual. After 18 years, the Wicks, Wakefield and Lynch Institute for the Gifted has started recruiting once again!

Hella is a planet where everything is oversized. The trees are mile-high, the dinosaur herds are huge, and the weather is extreme - so extreme, the colonists have to migrate twice a year to escape the blistering heat of summer and the atmosphere-freezing cold of winter. Kyle is a neuro-atypical young man, emotionally challenged, but with an implant that gives him real-time access to the colony's computer network. When an overburdened starship arrives, he becomes the link between the established colonists and the refugees from a ravaged Earth.

In On Angels and Intellect, philosopher and essayist George Le Savant offers a luminous, lyrical exploration of what it means to think, to be known, and to endure. Drawing on the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, C. S. Lewis, and both ancient and modern philosophers, this reflective work traces the nature of the soul’s intellect—before, during, and beyond the body.

The Caviar Savant is the book for anyone wanting to immerse themselves in the rare delicacy of caviar. The 100 Facts is more than a list book that Connoisseurs and novices will find delves into many facets of the "Caviar" realm. Global markets for luxury foods, etiquette, varieties, author Penny D. Nichols takes us through the journey from the history of sturgeon to the royal courts of Europe and on to the American Dream.

Clay Marzo has an almost preternatural gift with a surfboard. From his first moments underwater (he learned to swim at two months old) to his first ventures atop his father's surfboard as a toddler, it was obvious that Marzo's single-minded focus on all things surfing was unique. But not until late in his teens, when this surfing phenom was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, did the deeper reasons for his obsession - and his astonishing gift for surfing - become clear

¿Qué significa realmente pensar bien? Este libro explora las ideas, métodos y enseñanzas de Marilyn vos Savant, la mujer reconocida por tener el coeficiente intelectual más alto del mundo. Pero más allá del número, lo que hizo único su legado fue su capacidad para aplicar la lógica con humildad, tomar decisiones sin arrogancia y cultivar una mente clara incluso en tiempos caóticos. A través de ejemplos, reflexiones y análisis de sus respuestas más célebres, esta obra ofrece una guía práctica para vivir con más lucidez, cuestionar con sentido y decidir con responsabilidad. ...