Seven Dreams of Falling

Seven Dreams of Falling
Author: Carey Scott Wilkerson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2013-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780615942964

Seven Dreams of Falling, is a re-thinking of the Icarus myth. It's late in the post-modern day and Icarus has grown weary of falling out of the sky over and over: in painting, poetry, and myth. Having decided it's time for a career change, he plots his escape from a cycle of doomed repetition even as family and friends, who are part of his story, find themselves struggling with the idea of letting go. Can Icarus simply fly out of his own life? And if he can, what does that mean for those he leaves behind: Deadalus, a father for whom rules, rituals and quantum mechanics are sacred; Theseus, a fading hero who loves the monster he must kill; Ariadne, the hero's former flame, the monster's half-sister, Lesbian cultural-critic; and the monster himself, The Minotaur, who holds a secret that could destroy them all...or set them free. It's a comedy of mythic proportions. a review of Seven Dreams of Falling, "The dialogue is snappy, off-the-wall, and literate, wielded to great comic effect, like early Woody Allen pieces in The New Yorker. There are references to Brueghel, who painted the iconic image of a falling Icarus; to William Carlos Williams who wrote a poem called "Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus"; to Werner Heisenberg's uncertainty principle; to feminist theory; and to the violation of culture-defining mythic master narratives. They're all there, parceled and presented in ways you've never seen before." --The Huffington Post "This is Icarus in modern times. [Wilkerson's] revamping of an old tale is a fine example that there is much to be done with what has already been done." --examiner.com

Seven Dreams

Seven Dreams
Author: Charlotte E. English
Publisher: Frouse Books
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2017-02-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A riddle in the skies. A puzzle spanning worlds. A prize, locked behind seven keys... Serena Carterett leads a team of masqueraders, shapeshifters and reformed thieves. Fighting crime’s their job; solving ancient mysteries, not so much. But when the seven dreams riddle lights up the skies, that’s got to change. The riddle speaks of treasure; better yet, a door, protecting an unimaginably dangerous power. In the wrong hands, this power will threaten the future of the Seven Realms — and the distant past. As treasure-hunters spread across the worlds, Serena musters her band of misfits for the greatest mission of their career. To win could be everything; to lose, unthinkable. The challenge is on. Who will unlock the door?

The Journal of Philosophy

The Journal of Philosophy
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 738
Release: 1905
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Covers topics in philosophy, psychology, and scientific methods. Vols. 31- include "A Bibliography of philosophy," 1933-

Good Business

Good Business
Author: Ian Wedde
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1775580814

From jaunty and self-deprecating to serious and nostalgic, the poems in this collection paint a vivid portrait of Wellington businesses and institutions. Quietly hilarious, the verse captures the essence of Toyota, Tony's Tyre Service, Metalworx Engineering, Wellington Scrap Metal, the KFC on the corner of Pirie Street, and the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. At the heart of this collection are three stunning sequences: an ode to walking the streets of Wellington, a gathering of surreal and quirky moments, and a lyrical approach to the author's travels from Bangladesh to the south of France. Playing with the contrasts of light and dark and dawn to dusk, this compendium also explores the balance between departures and arrivals as well as the seen and unseen.

Rise and Fall of Man

Rise and Fall of Man
Author: Phineas Nyabera
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2021-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1645599507

Rise and fall of man present powerful details of survey of man’s life right from the beginning of life itself. Chapter by chapter, page by page, blow by blow, this book explains causes, effects, forces, friction, and joyous encounters. Man has been wrapped in jealousy and greed, drifting away from the Ten Commandments and the Law. This book is accurate and straight forward because of its clarity and its Eternal truth. Rise and Fall of Man will still be read after many years have passed.