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The Curse of the High IQ


Free Download The Curse of the High IQ By Aaron Clarey
2016 | 222 Pages | ISBN: 1522813756 | EPUB | 1 MB
Society, by statistical necessity, needs to focus on the majority. It needs to be built and designed for "the average." Society, by moral necessity, also needs to focus on the disadvantaged and disabled, helping those who cannot help themselves. But while the majority of society’s resources, attention, and infrastructure is dedicated to average or below-average intelligent people, little-to-none of it is paid to the abnormally intelligent. And while having a high IQ is an overall net benefit in life, being an statistical intellectual freak is not without its drawbacks. Welcome to the "Curse of the High IQ." Whether you fall asleep during class, constantly ram heads with your boss, can’t understand why people watch the Oscars, are an alcoholic, or are accused of having "ADD," having a high IQ can be a maddening experience. What you see as the obvious solution is what the "normies" will fight against tooth and nail. Those D-‘s you keep getting in English? Your superior mind being held hostage by the boring and inferior mind of your teacher. And you’d like to start a family? Good luck finding an intellectual-equal for a spouse. And so while the world obsesses with their own problems or (rightly so) the problems of the disadvantaged, no one is paying attention to the problems of the abnormally intelligent. However, that all changes now with "Curse of the High IQ." "Curse of the High IQ" is the first book specifically written for abnormally intelligent people. It identifies and addresses a litany of problems intelligent people face, as well as analyzes them and provides solutions. But more importantly it aims to bring sanity to those who struggle with abnormal intelligence, especially those who are unaware they have it. So if you’re constantly at odds with society, are suffering from depression or ennui, can’t find any reason or agency in life, or just plain can’t find any friends, consider purchasing "Curse of the High IQ." It’s guaranteed to make your life a little easier.

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The Curse of Pietro Houdini A Novel [Audiobook]


Free Download The Curse of Pietro Houdini: A Novel (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C87LF712 | 2024 | 11 hours and 23 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 312 MB
Author: Derek B. Miller
Narrator: Gabra Zackman

From the Dagger Award-winning author comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult. August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey’s shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed "Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican," rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls. But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man?

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The Curse of Pietro Houdini A Novel


Free Download The Curse of Pietro Houdini: A Novel by Derek B. Miller
English | January 16, 2024 | ISBN: 1668020882 | True EPUB | 384 pages | 6.9 MB
From the Dagger Award-winning author of Norwegian by Night comes a vivid, thrilling, and moving World War II art-heist-adventure tale where enemies become heroes, allies become villains, and a child learns what it means to become an adult-for fans of All the Light We Cannot See.

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Curse of the Phoenix


Free Download Aimée Carter, "Curse of the Phoenix"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1534478442 | EPUB | pages: 352 | 2.7 mb
The creatures of legend are real-and it’s up to twins Zac and Lu to save them in this fun-filled middle grade adventure perfect for fans of Fablehaven and The Hotel Between.

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In Blood and Ashes Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece [Audiobook]


Free Download In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CP6DZYFW | 2023 | 10 hours and 40 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 314 MB
Author: Jessica L. Lamont
Narrator: Mary Helen Gallucci

In Blood and Ashes provides the first historical study of the development and dissemination of ritualized curse practice from 750-250 BCE, documenting the cultural pressures that drove the use of curse tablets, charms, spells, and other private rites. This book expands our understanding of daily life in ancient communities, showing how individuals were making sense of the world and coping with conflict, vulnerability, competition, anxiety, desire, and loss, all while conjuring the gods and powers of the Underworld. Bringing together epigraphic, literary, archaeological, and material evidence, Jessica L. Lamont reads between traditional histories of Archaic, Classical, and early Hellenistic Greece, drawing out new voices and new narratives to consider: here are the cooks, tavern keepers, garland weavers, helmsmen, barbers, and other persons who often slip through the cracks of ancient history. The texts and objects presented here offer glimpses of public and private lives across many centuries, illuminating the interplay of ritual and conflict-management strategies among citizens and slaves, men and women, pagans and Christians. Filled with new material and insights, Lamont’s volume offers a groundbreaking perspective on ancient Greek social history and religion, highlighting the role of ritual in negotiating life’s uncertainties.

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