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Bounce : Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the science of success / by Syed, Matthew.;
In this thoughtful, provocative book, a former Olympian persuasively demonstrates how sports offer powerful and often overlooked tools with which to explore fundamental subjects, including biology, morality, globalization, culture, gender, race, and economics.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Success.; Ability.; Expertise.; Gifted persons.; Excellence.;
© c2010., Harper,
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Flowers for Algernon / by Keyes, Daniel.;
From the Publisher: With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance-until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie? An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Science fiction.; Science fiction.; People with mental disabilities; Gifted persons; Brain;
© ©1994., Harcourt Inc.,
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Leonardo da Vinci / by Isaacson, Walter.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 533-570) and index.Main Characters -- Currency in Italy in 1500 -- Note regarding the cover -- Primary periods of Leonardo's life -- Timeline ; -- Introduction: I can also paint ; -- 1. Childhood -- 2. Apprentice -- 3. On his own -- 4. Milan -- 5. Leonardo's notebooks -- 6. Court entertainer -- 7. Personal life -- 8. Vitruvian Man -- 9. The horse monument -- 10. Scientist -- 11. Birds and flight -- 12. The mechanical arts -- 13. Math -- 14. The nature of man -- 15. Virgin of the Rocks -- 16. The Milan portraits -- 17. The science of art -- 18. The Last Supper -- 19. Personal turmoil -- 20. Florence again -- 21. Saint Anne -- 22. Paintings lost and found -- 23. Cesare Borgia -- 24. Hydraulic engineer -- 25. Michelangelo and the lost Battles -- 26. Return to Milan -- 27. Anatomy, round two -- 28. The world and its waters -- 29. Rome -- 30. Pointing the way -- 31. The Mona Lisa -- 32. France -- 33. Conclusion ; -- Coda: Describe the tongue of the woodpecker."He was history's most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? The [bestselling biographer] brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography. Drawing on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. His creativity, like that of other great innovators, came from standing at the intersection of the humanities and technology. He peeled flesh off the faces of cadavers, drew the muscles that move the lips, and then painted history's most memorable smile on the Mona Lisa. He explored the math of optics, showed how light rays strike the cornea, and produced illusions of changing perspectives in The Last Supper. Isaacson also describes how Leonardo's lifelong enthusiasm for staging theatrical productions informed his paintings and inventions. His ability to combine art and science, made iconic by his drawing of what may be himself inside a circle and a square, remains the enduring recipe for innovation. His life should remind us of the importance of instilling, both in ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to question it; to be imaginative and, like talented misfits and rebels in any era, to think different."--Jacket.
Subjects: Biographies.; Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.; Artists; Scientists; Gifted persons;
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Asylum / by Roux, Madeleine,1985-;
Three teens at a summer program for gifted students uncover shocking secrets in the sanatorium-turned-dorm where they're staying--secrets that link them all to the asylum's dark past.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Horror fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Teenagers; College students; Mental illness; Haunted places; Psychiatric hospitals; Gifted persons; Teenagers; College students; Mental illness; Haunted places; Psychiatric hospitals; Gifted persons;
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Gifts differing : understanding personality type / by Myers, Isabel Briggs.; Myers, Peter B.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Typology (Psychology); Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.;
© c1995., Davies-Black Pub.,
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A wrinkle in time / by L'Engle, Madeleine.;
740Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.Newbery Medal, 1963An appreciation by Anna Quindlen -- Mrs. Whatsit -- Mrs. Who -- Mrs. Which -- The black thing -- The Tesseract -- The happy medium -- The man with red eyes -- The transparent column -- IT -- Absolute zero -- Aunt Beast -- The foolish and the weak -- Go fish : questions for the author -- Newbery Medal acceptance speech : The expanding universe.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Space and time; Brothers and sisters; Missing persons; Extraterrestrial beings; Gifted children; Time travel; Space and time; Brothers and sisters; Missing persons; Extraterrestrial beings; Gifted children; Time travel;
© 2007., Square Fish,
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As chimney sweepers come to dust : a Flavia de Luce novel / by Bradley, C. Alan,1938-;
Banished from her home at Buckshaw for her recent indiscretions, Flavia is shipped across the ocean to Miss Bodycote's Female Academy in Toronto, her mother's alma mater, there to be inducted into a mysterious organization known as the Nide. No sooner does she arrive, however, than a body comes crashing down out of the chimney and into her room, setting off a series of investigations into mysterious disappearances of girls from the school.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; De Luce, Flavia (Fictitious character); Missing children; Missing persons; Child detectives; Gifted girls; British; Boarding schools;
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As chimney sweepers come to dust : [electronic resource] : A Flavia de Luce novel by Bradley, C. Alan,1938-;
Banished! is how twelve-year-old Flavia de Luce laments her predicament, when her father and Aunt Felicity ship her off to Miss Bodycote’s Female Academy, the boarding school that her mother, Harriet, once attended across the sea in Canada. The sun has not yet risen on Flavia’s first day in captivity when a gift lands at her feet. Flavia being Flavia, a budding chemist and sleuth, that gift is a charred and mummified body, which tumbles out of a bedroom chimney. Now, while attending classes, making friends (and enemies), and assessing the school’s stern headmistress and faculty (one of whom is an acquitted murderess), Flavia is on the hunt for the victim’s identity and time of death, as well as suspects, motives, and means. Rumors swirl that Miss Bodycote’s is haunted, and that several girls have disappeared without a trace. When it comes to solving multiple mysteries, Flavia is up to the task—but her true destiny has yet to be revealed.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; De Luce, Flavia (Fictitious character); Missing children; Missing persons; Child detectives; Gifted girls; British; Boarding schools; Fiction.; Historical Fiction.; Mystery.; Thriller.;
© 2015.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=1945191 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Always looking up : the adventures of an incurable optimist / by Fox, Michael J.,1961-;
Work -- Politics -- Faith -- Family.The popular film and television actor evaluates the personal philosophy that has enabled his positive outlook in spite of his battle with degenerative Parkinson's disease, in an uplifting account that considers how he has become a happier and more satisfied person by recognizing the gifts of everyday life.
Subjects: Fox, Michael J., 1961-; Actors; Actors;
© c2009., Hyperion,
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Emily Post's etiquette / by Post, Lizzie,author.; Senning, Daniel Post,author.; Post, Emily,1872-1960.Etiquette.; Eight Hour Day,illustrator.;
Authors' note -- Best society -- What is etiquette? -- Greetings & introductions -- Conversation & correspondence -- Personal appearance -- Table manners -- Hosts & guests -- Gift giving -- Hard times -- Life at home -- Entertaining at home -- About town -- Thinking forward -- Emily Post and her legacy.For the past one hundred years, Emily Post has been America's definitive source for how to navigate-- and enhance-- every social interaction. This centennial edition has been updated for our increasingly diverse and intersectional world. Post and Senning-- great-great grandchildren of Emily Post-- continue the Post family legacy of upholding traditions while moving forward with the times. From table manners and gift-giving to video meetings, AI and home security, and tipping practices in the age of rideshares and payment screens, you'll move through your world with confidence and ease. -- adapted from back cover
Subjects: Etiquette; Manners and customs;
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