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1) Icarus
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A thief who steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries while targeting Mr. Black, the man responsible for his mother's death, Icarus Gallagher is torn between family loyalty, revenge, escape and Mr. Black's son--the boy he's come to love.
"Icarus Gallagher is a thief. He steals priceless art and replaces it with his father's impeccable forgeries. For years, one man--the wealthy Mr. Black--has been their target in...
2) Icarus
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Man versus machine. Anarchy versus order. Power versus love.Centuries of war have ravaged the world. Those left are sheltered under domed cities -- like the decrepit city of Kennedy -- but they're not really protected. Class warfare wages. The lower classes are kept down by the upper class that strives to eventually replace them with easily-controlled artificial intelligence. The man who created this AI is Jerrid Fieger, the most powerful man in Kennedy....
3) Icarus
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Trained KGB assassin, EDWARD GENN (code name ICARUS), finds himself in a foreign country with no one to trust. Determined to escape his muddled existence, he tries to start over. He assumes a new identity, starts a family and his own legitimate business. But when he is identified, he is forced to balance his new life as a family man and his old one as a career hitman.
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In early 2019, when playwright Kirk Wood Bromley was diagnosed with cancer, his fans and collaborators came together to fund and record three of his plays, one of which was Icarus and Aria, an "upgraded Romeo and Juliet" that was originally performed under the dramatory of Aaron Beall at the first New York International Fringe Festival in 1997. This full cast performance was directed by Joshua Spafford.
While riffing off its forerunner, Icarus and...
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This book was written to bring to everyone's attention our obsession with technology, which is destroying our planet's biosphere and will eventually, in the author's opinion, bring about the extinction of most species on Earth, both plant and animal, including, of course, our own. Clinging onto the belief that we will soon develop some new technology that will provide us with a free and unlimited source of energy and "save" us is just pure folly....
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Nosy Crow Ltd
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Izzy LOVES all the stories the Ancient Greeks told! She can't wait to tell her friends about Icarus, who was a TOTAL NUMPTY, and the Trojan Horse, which ended a war and wasn't even REAL! So pull up a plinth and enjoy all the DRAMA of the original Greek myths, as told by Pamela Butchart and Thomas Flintham, in collaboration with the British Museum. Now with even more SANDALS! Laugh-out-loud fun from Blue Peter Award winners Pamela Butchart...
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Tickets to the Fall of Icarus charts the flight of two flamboyant characters, Icarus and Audrey, as they navigate their way through the maelstrom of modern life amidst natural disasters, pandemics, online dating and even a little self-sabotage.
In artfully executed narrative poetry, Gering deploys his inimitable style and humour to bring characters into dynamic life on the page. Few readers won't see glimmers or shards of themselves in Audrey and...
11) The Icarus job
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Icarus saga volume 3
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Baen Publishing Enterprises
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[2024]
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English
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"For years Gregory Roarke and his Kadolian partner Selene worked as crocketts, combing through the atmospheres of uninhabited worlds for places that might be colonized or hold valuable resources. Now, they work for the Icarus Group, a top-secret government organization hunting for portals created by a long-vanished alien race, portals that can teleport a person hundreds or thousands of light-years in the blink of an eye. Usually, those hunts are long...
13) The sky was ours
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Penguin Books
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[2024]
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English
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"From prizewinning writer Joe Fassler comes a brilliant modern reimagining of the myth of Daedalus and Icarus as a story of obsession, longing, and the radical pursuit of utopia. It's 2005, and 24-year-old Jane is miserable. Overworked, buried in debt, she senses the life she wanted slipping away--while the world around her veers badly off course, hurtling toward economic and ecological collapse. She wants to find something better. But she has no...
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Icarus only remembers his last life, the many others that Luci stole from him have been lost to time and magic.
He spends his days stuck in the place she created, reliving the same day in limbo and cursed in death. While he dances in this world, each life he lived before plays out in others. He loved Luci in each life, never knowing the true reason for their clandestine rendezvous.
He was a victim of a scorned wife, a serial killer hunting...
15) Atlas Gambit
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Tracking the Kaon dreadnought had been a challenge but Captain Sinclair Barrett and the crew of the Icarus were not ready for where it led them. Atlas Station was a massive, alien structure that was visited by their phantom enemy and could hold clues to the true intentions of the Kaon.
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Sarah Salvator is on the run from the Icarus Project, the para-military organization that implanted her with a mysterious piece of tech that increases her perception, speed, and strength. These advantages come at a tremendous cost. Using information gathered from a storage unit called Alpha Zero Two, Sarah and a team from the Resistance including: Georgia, a 16 year old tech wiz; Zoe van der Meer, an Ex-military Doctor; and Dr. Joanna Yang, a confidant...
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In the unforgiving world of Azeremos, 18-year-old Aria Marlowe grapples with her father's mysterious disappearance and the rumors of his imprisonment. Her life takes an unexpected turn when her plea for help is answered by the enigmatic Space Wanderer. While he offers hope for her family's future, it's his alluring and ruthless security expert, Icarus, who ignites a sizzling, electrifying passion within her. As Aria's life spirals from despair to...
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A king's secret daughter is swept into romance and danger in this tale of royal intrigue.
The ruler of Icarus is cunning and ruthless, yet Iliana Kracos has seen another side of Demetrius DeSante. And after an explosive night of passion together, she agrees to marry him. Yet when he reveals her true parentage-;she's heir to the throne-;it puts her bridegroom in a new light.
Iliana isn't sure how she can trust Demetrius. Does he truly love her,...
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Are you ready to immerse yourself in a world of magic, dragons, and witches? Kaia, Penelope, Wickham, and Herja are four students in this year's cohort, each with hopes, fears, and challenges to overcome. Kaia has nightmares and is reluctant to leave the safety of the schloss, while Penelope struggles with her family's disapproval of her desire to join the military. Wickham has a secret crush on Herja, who is developing her writing and trying to avoid...
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GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Embark on a Timeless Odyssey with "Greek Mythology: A Collection of the Best Greek Myths"
Step into the world of gods and heroes, where each turn of the page brings you face-to-face with the most iconic tales of Greek mythology. From the mighty Olympians to the cunning heroes of old, this book is your guide through an epic saga that has shaped storytelling for millennia.
Delve into the stories of Zeus' thunderous...
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