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1) Running hot
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Pub. Date
2008
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Reluctantly paired for a murder investigation by the paranormal Arcane Society, former cop Luther Malone and aura-reading librarian Grace Renquist find their mutual disgust dissolving into a powerful attraction, during a case that is further complicated by operatives for a ruthless underground psychic group.
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Pub. Date
2019.
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"David Epstein examined the world?s most successful athletes, artists, musicians, inventors, forecasters and scientists. He discovered that in most fields?especially those that are complex and unpredictable?generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. Generalists often find their path late, and they juggle many interests rather than focusing on one. They?re also more creative, more agile, and able to make connections their more specialized peers...
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"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's 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 way...
4) Think like a rocket scientist: simple strategies you can use to make giant leaps in work and life
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
368 pages cm
Description
"We're experiencing a second age of spaceflight, and the renaissance of rocket science is captivating the world. Movies and television shows set in this sphere consistently top the charts, and millions tune in to watch SpaceX launches. Although we glamorize rocket science, we assume that it's beyond comprehension by mere mortals who don't have a special kind of genius baked into their DNA (hence the common saying, "It's not rocket science"). Yet while...
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"In The Real Work-the term magicians use for the accumulated craft that makes for a great trick-Gopnik becomes a dedicated student of several masters of their craft: a classical painter, a boxer, a dancing instructor, a driving instructor, and others. Rejecting self-help bromides and bullet points, he nevertheless shows that the top people in any field share a set of common qualities and methods. For one, their mastery is always a process of breaking...
6) Flashback
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Series
Keeper of the lost cities volume 7
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
845 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
After the Neverseen prove how vulnerable she is, Sophie decides to learn how to fight, but battle training won't help her friend facing a different kind of danger.
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Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2010
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xvi, 303 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
The internationally acclaimed psychic medium presents guidelines and intuition-building exercises for developing one's natural psychic ability and explains how to use this energy to make positive changes in all aspects of life.
9) Unravel me
Author
Series
Shatter me (Mafi) volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"Juliette has escaped to Omega Point, the headquarters of the rebel resistance and a safe haven for people with abilities like hers. She is finally free from The Reestablishment and their plans to use her as a weapon, but Warner, her former captor, won't let her go without a fight."--
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In this profound and lyrical book, one of our most celebrated biologists offers a sweeping examination of the relationship between the humanities and the sciences: what they offer to each other, how they can be united, and where they still fall short.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 369 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Description
"Dean Radin, Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and bestselling author of The Conscious Universe, presents persuasive new experimental evidence for the existence of such phenomena. He takes us on a thrilling scientific journey and challenges outdated assumptions that these abilities are mere superstition. Focusing on Patanjali's mysterious Yoga Sutras -- 2,000 year-old meditation practices believed to release our extraordinary...
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2022.
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England, 1882. In Victorian London, two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness-a man made of smoke. Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid, despite a brutal childhood in Mississippi, doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself, whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe, a foundling from a railway freight car, shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When a jaded female detective is recruited to escort them...
14) Sizzle and burn
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Series
Arcane Society novels volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
359 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
A member of the Archane Society, a secret organization dedicated to the study of paranormal phenomena, must recruit a reluctant woman to use her psychic gift against a cabal of psychic criminals.
15) The blur
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Nothing can stand in her way as she takes the world by storm: always on the move and darting into danger! All too soon, she is zipping through the days, and zooming over the years…
18) A deadly web
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Series
Bishop files volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
335 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Description
"John Brodie is a Guardian, a member of a secretive network devoted protecting the vulnerable psychics from a deadly, ruthless -- and virtually invisible enemy. Tasha Solomon is a gifted psychic unaccustomed to depending on anyone for anything. Now, the only person she can trust to guide her through a maze of danger and deception is Brodie"--
19) Happy dreamer
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Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
A "dreamer maximus" describes the many ways one can dream, and the importance of being a happy dreamer.
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Joe and Sparky volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
37 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
When Joe the giraffe and his friend Sparky, a turtle, see a television talent show, Joe tries to find Sparky's talent so that they can compete.
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