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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
We tell girls that they can be anything, so why do 90 percent of Americans believe that geniuses are almost always men? New York Times bestselling journalist Janice Kaplan explores the powerful forces that have rigged the system-and celebrates the women geniuses past and present who have triumphed anyway.
Author
Series
In the City of Time volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After an experiment goes wrong, three science prodigies from two different time periods meet in a strange, seemingly adandonded city, and burdened with a glitchy time machine, an android time cop hot on their trail, and some tangled temporal mechanics to unravel, they set out to save the Earth.
4) Real genius
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When a group of crazy college geniuses put their heads together, their plan culminates in an incredible scheme that outsmarts the military and convinces the professor that it doesn't pay to fool with real genius.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Pursuit of the Pankera is one of the most audacious experiments ever done in science fiction by the legendary author of the classic bestseller Starship Troopers. Robert A. Heinlein wrote The Number of the Beast, which was published in 1980. In the book Zeb, Deety, Hilda and Jake are ambushed by the alien "Black Hats" and barely escape with their lives on a specially configured vehicle (the Gay Deceiver) which can travel along various planes of...
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed as one of the greatest composers of musical history, the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was already apparent at the early age of six. At that age he amazed audiences with his instrumental and comparitional skills. A prolific composer, he composed in all possible genres - opera, concerto, chamber music, solo music, songs, masses, and oratorios. Mozart's music is universally loved, biting the perfect expression of classical form and grace....
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Pitted against his most chilling adversary yet, Luther is haunted by past ghosts and hellbent on revenge as the Serious Crime Unit faces its most challenging psychological duel to date. There is no question he will come close to the edge, but will he finally go over?
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius"--
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most brilliant mind at America's top university isn't a student, he's the kid who cleans the floors! Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who's failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
Author
Series
Elements of genius volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Someone who goes by the name of "V" is planning to unleash a lethal virus that could destroy the human race, and it is up to Nikki Tesla and her friends from the Genius Academy (which has been blamed for an international incident and shut down), to uncover the villain (who is closer to them than they realize) and find a way to stop the biological attack--an effort that will cost Nikki her life.
13) Míster Magnolia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
A Míster Magnolia le falta una bota.
Even though Mister Magnolia is very talented and owns many amazing things, he has only one boot.
14) Connect the dots
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Twelve-year-olds Oliver Beane and Frankie Figge are starting middle school in their suburban town of Lake Grove Glen, but from the beginning things seem a little weird, starting with the mysterious girl Matilda Sandoval who seems to know a lot about the boys, and continuing with a series of apparently random events that may not be random at all; somehow it all leads back to Preston Oglethorpe, a former student genius at their school who won the Nobel...
15) Luther: Season 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A twisted fetishist is targeting young women in London. As Luther is called to another case, will the killer escape him? Luther faces an even bigger threat as members of his own team will stop at nothing to bring him down, even as a vigilante killer is taking violent justice into his own hands.
17) Luther: 5
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When the moonless shadows of London give birth to a new nightmare, John Luther once again confronts the depths of human depravity. As a series of monstrous killings becomes more audacious, Luther and new recruit DS Catherine Halliday are confounded by a tangle of misdirection that seems to protect an unspeakable horror. But as the case brings him closer than ever to the nature of true evil, a reluctant Luther faces the ghosts of his own past. Striding...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A self-destructive near-genius, Luther might just be as dangerous as the depraved criminals he hunts. Luther follows his own moral code as much as the rules of criminal law. But he quickly becomes locked in a lethal battle of wits with Alice, a beautiful, highly intelligent mass murderer, and his decision-making process becomes increasingly murky. Luther's lonely path pulls him towards the very edge of temptation.
Author
Series
Elements of genius volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
Nikki Tesla is a genius, so mostly she finds school boring, and amuses herself by inventing things, like her mysterious missing father; trouble is most of her inventions have serious, lethal potential (like the death ray, which just blew a hole in her floor); so she and her ferret are hustled off to the special Genius Academy with classmates who are equally exceptional, although she still worries about fitting in--but when her death ray disappears...
20) Luther: Season 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
John Luther, the near-genius detective struggling with his own demons, returns with two distinctive, thrilling crime stories. Devastated by the brutal murder of his wife, John Luther returns to policing in a different world. His old unit has gone and he's working in the newly created Serious and Serial unit, headed by former police complaints officer Martin Schenk. Luther quickly gathers together his team, rescuing his old partner Detective Justin...
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