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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...
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The Icarus is a sanctuary of sorts and a home to most of the "Supes" and "Others" in the area. Samantha Rainwater just happens to be the daughter of the owner of the club as well as daughter to the Alpha of the Fire Rock Pack. With the Icarus under attack, Sam's day job as Head of Security for the Icarus is about to get a lot more interesting. Others are being possessed and killed. It's up to her to stop it. She want's nothing more than life to go...
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Alien volume 1
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Man, machine and the most terrifying creature in the universe! It's an express elevator to hell, and you'll want to be on it! A small colony of synths has settled in secret on a backwater moon. When a company of United System soldiers comes to them for help retrieving biotechnology on a hostile planet that could be the key to saving humanity, the synths must decide whether the prospect of peace between man and machine is worth the risk of betrayal....
46) 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...
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Elizabeth Hand's thrilling Winterlong Trilogy, in one stunning volume Set in the surreal, post-apocalyptic City of Trees, Winterlong centers on Wendy Wanders, a girl who can tap into the dreams and emotions of the people around her, and her long-lost twin brother, Raphael, a seductive, sacred courtesan to the City's decadent elite. During their voyage, they encounter man-made and godlike monstrosities-both hideous and gorgeous-in their effort to...
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A la conquête des étoiles avec Andreas Tziolas et le projet Icarus !
Icarus Interstellar est une organisation internationale qui se consacre au développement de vaisseaux interstellaires et aux innovations techniques permettant le voyage au-delà du système solaire. La recherche, conduite par des scientifiques bénévoles issus d'horizons divers, y est conduite sur un mode collaboratif et exigeant, mêlant scientifiques de premier rang et amateurs...
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The must-read summary of Seth Godin's book: "The Icarus Deception: How High Will You Fly?".
This complete summary of the ideas from Seth Godin's book "The Icarus Deception" explains that when you settle for small dreams, you are robbing the world of what you could have created if you'd tried. In his book, the author highlights that to get ahead today and in the future, you've got to stand out and the only thing that will achieve that is if you make...
53) The Icarus plot
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Icarus saga volume 1
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Baen
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"There wasn't much money to be made as a Trailblazer, searching out new worlds for possible development. Still, it was safer than the bounty hunter career that had cost Gregory Roarke his left arm six years ago. And thanks to his Kadolian partner Selene's ultrasensitive sense of smell, they occasionally discovered a medically promising seed or spore they could sell under the table. It was a quiet life, uneventful and mostly legal. Until Roarke was...
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Alfred A. Knopf
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c2008
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English
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A futuristic reimaging of the classic Greek myth, as a boy ventures through deep space and challenges the awesome power of black holes. The beauty of the book lies in the images, provided by NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, and printed on board rather than paper.
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Detective Comics volume 30
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When his newest business associate is murdered on the doorstep of Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne finds himself at the center of the GCPD's investigation. Batman's own detective work uncovers a much more devious plot: a city-wide conspiracy involving corrupt politicians, rival gangs and a deadly designer drug known as Icarus flooding Gotham's streets. But a personal stake has Detective Harvey Bullock coming hard after the man he believes to be behind the...
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Read with Usborne volume Level 3
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Usborne Publishing Ltd
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©2018.
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English
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A Study Guide for William Carlos Williams' "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
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The Legend of Icarus O'Toole is a satirical love story about an innocent child of nature, who falls victim to his own eccentric, even slapstick ways. Born on the beautiful and wild Achill Island off the west coast of Ireland, free as a bird, with a predilection for chasing about naked on the high cliffs of Croaghaun, his carefree life slowly gathers momentum, then races around like an out of control roller-coaster. After tragic circumstances that...
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