Author : Chantal Delsol
Publisher : Crosscurrents (ISI Books)
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935191698
Originally published: Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2003, in series: Crosscurrents.
Author : Chantal Delsol
Publisher : Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,11 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
With style and lucidity, Delsol likens contemporary Western man to the mythical figure Icarus. During the twentieth-century, Delsol argues, man flew too closely to the sun of utopian ideology. Having been burned, he is now groping for a way to orient himself. But the ideas he once held so dear are no longer believable, and he has, for the most part, long since rejected the religious tradition that might now have provided an anchor.
Author : William Rundquist
Publisher :
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2018-03-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781980620372
A group wake up, alone in space, their homes gone, taken from them. However their homes aren't the only things to be taken, not only has their home been wiped away and taken by others, they have no memory of how anything has happened. Embark on their journey to find the truth of their home, and who they are with Icarus Falling.
Author : Caighlan Smith
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 29,4 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1630790583
It�s Clara who�s desperate to enter the labyrinth and it�s Clara who�s bright, strong, and fearless enough to take on any challenge. It�s no surprise when she�s chosen. But so is the girl who has always lived in her shadow. Together they enter. Within minutes, they are torn apart forever. Now the girl who has never left the city walls must fight to survive in a living nightmare, where one false turn with who to trust means a certain dead end.
Author : Seth Godin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,92 MB
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 067092301X
In The Icarus Deception, Seth Godin's most inspiring book, he challenges readers to find the courage to treat their work as a form of art Everyone knows that Icarus's father made him wings and told him not to fly too close to the sun; he ignored the warning and plunged to his doom. The lesson: Play it safe. Listen to the experts. It was the perfect propaganda for the industrial economy. What boss wouldn't want employees to believe that obedience and conformity are the keys to success? But we tend to forget that Icarus was also warned not to fly too low, because seawater would ruin the lift in his wings. Flying too low is even more dangerous than flying too high, because it feels deceptively safe. The safety zone has moved. Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce and more valuable than ever. So is choosing to do something unpredictable and brave: Make art. Being an artist isn't a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It's an attitude we can all adopt. It's a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. If you do those things you're an artist, no matter what it says on your business card. Godin shows us how it's possible and convinces us why it's essential. 'If Seth Godin didn't exist, we'd need to invent him' Fast Company 'Seth Godin is a demigod on the web, a bestselling author, highly sought-after lecturer, successful entrepreneur, respected pundit and high-profile blogger' Forbes Seth Godin is the author of thirteen international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about marketing, the ways ideas spread, leadership and change including Permission Marketing, Purple Cow, All Marketers are Liars, The Dip and Tribes. He is the CEO of Squidoo.com and a very popular lecturer. His blog, www.sethgodin.typepad.com, is the most influential business blog in the world, and consistently one of the 100 most popular blogs on any subject..
Author : Bruce Blake
Publisher : Bruce Blake
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 18,97 MB
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1927687071
Icarus Fell thought the afterlife couldn't get any worse...until Hell came looking for him. When you are the orphaned child of a disgraced nun, and you're saddled with a ridiculous name like Icarus Fell, you don't expect things can go drastically downhill. Until death comes along and an archangel recruits you for a job you screw up so badly you nearly lose your son to a demonic priest and a fallen angel. And then, burdened by the lives lost because of your foul ups, you travel to Hell, a detour that costs you more dearly then you could ever have imagined. No, things couldn't get much worse in the afterlife...unless Satan sends his lap dog to bring back the one thing he thinks belongs to him. You. Why couldn't death be easy?
Author : Amie Kaufman
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,73 MB
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1423187784
"One of the most intense, thrilling, and achingly beautiful stories I've ever read."--Marie Lu, New York Times best-selling author of the Legend trilogy The first in the New York Times bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner's sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds. It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen are the only survivors. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other's arms. Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won't be the same people who landed on it.
Author : Chantal Delsol
Publisher : Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 26,82 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :
Calls into question most of the truths and beliefs bequeathed to us from the past. A central belief in the dignity of the human person, the cornerstone of the doctrine of universal human rights to which even secular Westerners still cling. Delsol charges that it is not enough to proclaim human rights; rather, one must understand what sort of being the human person is if humans are to be genuinely respected.
Author : Virgil
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 19,10 MB
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0486113973
Monumental epic poem tells the heroic story of Aeneas, a Trojan who escaped the burning ruins of Troy to found Lavinium, the parent city of Rome, in the west.
Author : Timothy Zahn
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307822435
From Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of two landmark Star Wars® series, comes an original new tale featuring a renegade space pilot, his unusual alien partner, and an unknown cargo that can change the course of galactic history. Jordan McKell has a problem with authority. Unfortunately for him, the iron-fisted authority of the powerful Patthaaunutth controls virtually every aspect of galactic shipping. In order to survive, Jordan ekes out a living dabbling in interstellar smuggling for outlaw concerns that represent the last vestiges of free trade in the galaxy. So when Jordan and his partner, Ixil--an alien with two ferret-like "outhunters" linked to his neural system--are hired by a mysterious gentleman to fly a ship and its special cargo to Earth, they jump at the job. Caution has never been one of Jordan's strong suits. But this time he may have taken on more than even he can handle. The ship, Icarus, turns out to be a ramshackle hulk, the ragtag crew literally picked up off the street, and the cargo so secret, it's sealed in a special container that takes up most of the cramped and ill-designed ship. As if that weren't bad enough, it looks like the authorities already suspect something is afoot, there's a saboteur aboard, and the Icarus appears to be shaking apart at the seams. It doesn't seem as if things could get any worse. That is, until a beautiful crew member helps McKell uncover the true nature of the cargo he's carrying. With his enemies closing in on the lumbering Icarus, the unknown saboteur still aboard, and authorities on Earth pressured to turn them in, McKell and Ixil become fugitives. Their only chance is to stay one step ahead of their pursuers as they try to make it home. A bold and epic novel filled with unrelenting action and a good dose of humor, The Icarus Hunt is a wild hyperspace romp through the galaxy.
