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1) Icarus
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Benny Griessel novels volume 5
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English
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A week before Christmas, a young photographer discovers a plastic-wrapped corpse amidst the sand dunes north of Cape Town. It doesn't take long for the police to identify the body as that of Ernst Richter--the tech whiz founder of Alibi, an Internet service that provides unfaithful partners with sophisticated cover stories to hide their affairs. Assigned to the case is lead detective Benny Griessel--but unfortunately, his two years of sobriety have...
2) Icarus
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English
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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...
3) Icarus
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
Deutsch
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Mathias is eight and lives with his divorced mother in East Berlin. One day, he pays his father a surprise visit. When he opens the door, his father is confused—and Mathias notices that a strange woman is there. When he sees Mathias looking at a picture of ICARUS, he distracts the boy from the situation and tells him the legend of ICARUS. When his father promises him a sightseeing flight on his upcoming birthday, Mathias is excited; but it breaks...
4) Icarus
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English
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A woman out of her time. A man determined to keep her safe. A government's deadly secrets.
In a world where the past collides with the distant future, love takes root amidst the stars. Journey through time and space in this captivating sci-fi romance novel, where a tale of resilience, discovery, and devotion unfolds.
Kara Giddings, an Air Force specialist burdened by a haunting past, embarks on a daring escape from her abusive family, seeking refuge...
5) Icarus
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English
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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....
6) Icarus
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English
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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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Jessamy Harrison skips ahead a year in school (to the pride of her English father and Nigerian mother) and finds the change difficult. Unable to make friends or to cope with teasing about her mixed-race status, she breaks down in screaming tantrums and is prey to odd, feverish illnesses. When the family visits Nigeria for the first time, Jessamy makes a friend who understands her: a ragged little girl named TillyTilly. Her delight in her newfound...
10) The Icarus show
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English
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Alex has worked out a foolproof way to avoid being picked on. Don't React. It's so simple, it's brilliant! David does react and becomes an outcast, nicknamed Bogsy. He's branded a weirdo and Alex is determined to avoid the same fate. But one day, Alex gets a note in his bag that forces him out of his safe little world. Who sent the note? And is it true-- will a boy really fly? A powerful story about friendship, loneliness and a strange kind of genius....
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Overview: Peter Beinart's provocative account of hubris in the American century describes Washington on the eve of three wars: World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq-three moments when American leaders decided they could remake the world in their image. Each time, leading intellectuals declared that the spread of democracy was inevitable. Each time, a president held the nation in the palm of his hand. And each time, a war conceived in arrogance brought tragedy....
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Jay Bell
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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For his entire life, Icarus has been told that he's destined for greatness, although he would settle for finding a lover that held his interest. Only when he learns of his special connection to the sun god Apollo does Icarus set his sights on the heavens. Infatuated, he does everything in his power to attract the handsome deity's attention. This quest is complicated when the sins of his father incur the king's wrath. To save his family, Icarus
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What are you afraid of?
The old rules: Play it safe. Stay in your comfort zone. Find an institution, a job, a set of rules to stick to. Keep your head down. Don’t fly too close to the sun.
The new truth: It’s better to be sorry than safe. You need to fly higher than ever.
In his bravest and most challenging book yet, Seth Godin shows how we can thrive in an economy that rewards art,...
The old rules: Play it safe. Stay in your comfort zone. Find an institution, a job, a set of rules to stick to. Keep your head down. Don’t fly too close to the sun.
The new truth: It’s better to be sorry than safe. You need to fly higher than ever.
In his bravest and most challenging book yet, Seth Godin shows how we can thrive in an economy that rewards art,...
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Wendy Wanders and Margalis return in the thrilling conclusion of the Winterlong trilogyand their lives hang on one question: What is Icarus?" Araboth is destroyed, open war rules both the earth and sky, and Margalis Tast'annin sees himself as the last hope for the Ascendants as they fight against the dangerous energumens. Outside the destroyed City of Trees, Wendy Wanders finds herself joining the rebel forces as they wait for the mythical and mysterious...
15) Icarus Rising
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English
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After his fall to Earth, Icarus has been in Hell, punished for his hubris. When he wins a chance at parole, he's thrilled - except for the set of wings attached to his body.
Eve Gregory runs a small bookstore in northern Connecticut. When she hires the handsome stranger to work for her, she doesn't know the secrets he's hiding. Or that becoming involved with him will embroil her with the Greek gods and goddesses.
Icarus and Eve must perform a quest...
16) Icarus Syndrome
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English
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Taking risks and exploring the unknown are as vital to human beings as our need for air, for growth, for affi?rmation that we exist for something. These 19 stories reach deep into humanity's compulsion for the rush of new experiences. But gently, because it's not only records we might shatter. When does adventure turn to recklessness? What happens when we toe the edge above the void and face the big silence, where we might see God -- and die without...
17) Icarus in Flight
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James Ellsworth is a bit jaded, especially for his young age. He hates school and longs for his parents' estate, where life is far more pleasant. Meeting new schoolmate Daniel Courtney is a much-needed distraction, one that will prove more and more engrossing as James and Daniel grow older. When his father dies, James is thrust into a position of responsibility, not just to his estate, but to his mother and sisters as well. He leans as much as he...
18) Icarus and Aria
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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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