An Odyssey Into Twilight

An Odyssey Into Twilight
Author: Richard Wynn Dosher
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0359528902

A remarkable story told through the eyes of a seventy-year-old man named Ota Gilbert who meets his destiny and the destiny of the world after a visit to the small West Texas town of Marfa. A story about an alien species called the Mussah who claim to have engineered a segment of modern humans 200,000 years ago. The Mussah, through their advanced knowledge of quantum physics, have seen the destruction of Earth in 2022 from nuclear war. There is a worldwide effort which Ota joins to convince nuclear countries to disarm. The task creates a never imagined outcome.

Odyssey Into Nothingness

Odyssey Into Nothingness
Author: Joe Sebastian (Olassa)
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2023-09-13
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

‘Odyssey into Nothingness’ is Joe Sebastian’s (Olassa), second Japanese-inspired haiku and senryu collection, which celebrates the brevity and poesy of this miniature art form by observing and experiencing nature and humans in splendorous ways. This often leads to that moment of epiphany, resulting in introspection on the inevitable march of seasons, birth, youthfulness, longing, courtship, loneliness, and death, the inexorable cycle of the cosmos and life and the myriad feelings it engenders in any sensitive soul.

Step into the Twilight

Step into the Twilight
Author: Jake Dyer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2015-03-10
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1326210785

A series of real-life gritty tales based around the intersecting worlds of life, love and death. Its bittersweet themes include loyalties made/betrayed, hopes formed/dashed and moments celebrated/regretted. Some small bends to reality have been made to protect the innocent (and the guilty).

A Woman's Odyssey Into Africa

A Woman's Odyssey Into Africa
Author: Hanny Lightfoot Klein
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2020-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 131771332X

Here is the intriguing story of one woman’s mid-life flight from her stultified, middle-class, psychologically crippling, and unfulfilled existence into a world of high adventure, danger, hardship, and endurance, which ultimately leads her to autonomy and recognition. In her new book, A Woman’s Odyssey Into Africa, Hanny Lightfoot-Klein chronicles three year-long solo backpacking treks through remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa. In the process, she discovers the mainsprings of strength within herself as she follows her own drummer, finding the courage to face the darkest and most secret convolutions of her own mind. She weaves the story of her journey through the men, women, and children she meets, and the dangers and adventures she faces as a lone woman traveler--part and parcel of the path she has chosen to take. She infuses readers at any stage of life, especially women, with the courage to do what their individual drummer dictates, as she did, to find fulfillment in life. Lightfoot-Klein assures readers in her book: “Even a life of quiet desperation is not beyond redemption. Change starts with a reassessment of the distortions in self image one has been programmed to accept. It starts with an inner rebellion, a realization that something has been amiss and a desire to set it right, if only to leave a better heritage for one’s children. And then, most important of all, it begins with a single, wild, breathless moment, where one picks up an unaccustomed load and steps off into the unknown . . . ” Her message is truly for everyone.

Philosophy in The Twilight Zone

Philosophy in The Twilight Zone
Author: Noël Carroll
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2009-03-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1444310364

Utilizing a series of essays examining the broad philosophical concepts embedded in Rod Serling's series, The Twilight Zone, Philosophy in The Twilight Zone provides a platform for further philosophical discussion. Features essays by eminent contemporary philosophers concerning the over-arching themes in The Twilight Zone, as well as in-depth discussions of particular episodes Fuses popular cult entertainment with classical philosophical perspectives Acts as a guide to unearthing larger questions - from human nature to the nature of reality and beyond - posed in the series Includes substantial critical and biographical information on series creator Rob Serling

Outrunner Odyssey

Outrunner Odyssey
Author: R. H. Thompson Jr.
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2008-11-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 059591280X

The long environmental nightmare had ended. Planet Earth had been healed. Its beauty and majesty had been restored by a race of evolving human descendants known as the Mirsiens. They had prevailed against those who would have used the knowledge and the power for themselves alone. Now, with the home world renewed, the time had come for the Mirsiens to reach for the stars. Taya G. Xallnyk is one of them. She seeks her place in the universe and the answers to all things unknown. She also commands the Outrunner vessel Oasis ValiMirum as it travels deep into the constellation of Orion. The vessel is a living, evolving entity in itself; a technological masterpiece in both form and function; a magnificent structure of almost unimaginable power. Others join the Mirsiens along the way. Together, they experience the frigid cold depths of space, the searing hot plains of Xolnon III, the conflicts with the Maljex, the mysterious spacial particle field, and the foreboding canyon on Zantauva. Their voyage is an incredible journey from one dimensional portal to the next as they travel through their wondrous and perilous galaxy.

The Binge Watcher's Guide to The Twilight Zone: An Unofficial Journey

The Binge Watcher's Guide to The Twilight Zone: An Unofficial Journey
Author: Jacob Trussell
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books LLC
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2021-05-10
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 162601583X

“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension—a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind.” There are a lot of compendiums on The Twilight Zone out there, most offering a backstage peek at the ins and outs of producing this seminal genre series. The Binge Watcher’s Guide to The Twilight Zone will offer you something these other books do not: a microscopic look into the themes and ideas that Rod Serling weaved into his landmark show to give you a deeper understanding of why The Twilight Zone still resonates with audiences over 60 years later. This guide will examine how the socio-political turmoil of the early 1960s, the global anxiety over nuclear power, and the looming specter of trauma in post-war America influenced Serling to use The Twilight Zone as a bully pulpit, pushing back against social ills, from racism and censorship to McCarthyism and totalitarianism. Whether this is your first trip to the Zone or you’re an old fan returning for one more round, this retrospective is an opportunity to engage with the timeless classic in a way that can help you make sense of our here and now. “You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.”

Homer's Odyssey

Homer's Odyssey
Author: Gwen Cooper
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2009-08-25
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 0440338743

ONCE IN NINE LIVES, SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAPPENS. The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s veterinarian called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight. Everyone warned that Homer would always be an “underachiever.” But the kitten nobody believed in quickly grew into a three-pound dynamo with a giant heart who eagerly made friends with every human who crossed his path. Homer scaled seven-foot bookcases with ease, survived being trapped alone for days after 9/11 in an apartment near the World Trade Center, and even saved Gwen’s life when he chased off an intruder who broke into their home in the middle of the night. But it was Homer’s unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity for love, and his joy in the face of all obstacles that transformed Gwen’s life. And by the time she met the man she would marry, she realized that Homer had taught her the most valuable lesson of all: Love isn’t something you see with your eyes. BONUS: This edition contains a new afterword and an excerpt from Gwen Cooper's Love Saves the Day.

The Cat Lover's Bundle: Homer's Odyssey and Love Saves the Day (2-Book Bundle)

The Cat Lover's Bundle: Homer's Odyssey and Love Saves the Day (2-Book Bundle)
Author: Gwen Cooper
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 698
Release: 2013-12-02
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 0804180377

As an acclaimed writer of both fiction and nonfiction, Gwen Cooper touches readers with heartwarming and often surprising insights into the bond between humans and their animal companions. Featuring Cooper’s inspiring memoir, Homer’s Odyssey, and her cat-narrated novel, Love Saves the Day, this eBook bundle is perfect for readers who’ve ever known unswerving feline devotion, fallen asleep with a purring kitten nestled in their arms, or wondered what their cat was really thinking. HOMER’S ODYSSEY A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat “Touching . . . one not to miss.”—USA Today The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention an underpaying job and a recently broken heart. Then Gwen’s vet called with a story about a three-week-old eyeless kitten who’d been abandoned. It was love at first sight. Everyone warned that Homer would be an “underachiever,” but the kitten nobody believed in quickly grew into a three-pound dynamo who scaled seven-foot bookcases, survived alone for days after 9/11 in an apartment near the World Trade Center, and even saved Gwen’s life when he chased off a home intruder. By the time Gwen met the man she would marry, Homer had taught her the most valuable lesson of all: Love isn’t something you see with your eyes. LOVE SAVES THE DAY A Novel “Prudence [is a] sassy but sensitive feline heroine.”—Time When five-week-old Prudence meets a woman named Sarah in a deserted construction site on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, she knows she’s found the human she was meant to adopt. For three years their lives are filled with laughter, tuna, catnaps, music, and the unchanging routines Prudence craves. Then one day Sarah doesn’t come home. When Sarah’s estranged daughter and her husband arrive with boxes, Prudence knows that her life has changed forever. Poignant, insightful, and laugh-out-loud funny, Love Saves the Day is the story of a mother, a daughter, and the irrepressible feline who becomes the bridge between them. Prudence, a cat like no other, is sure to steal your heart. Praise for Gwen Cooper Homer’s Odyssey “Moving, insightful, and often hilarious, Homer’s Odyssey is about a blind cat with a spirit of epic proportions. Read and rejoice!”—Sy Montgomery, author of The Good Good Pig “Cooper is a genial writer with both a sense of humor and a gift for conveying the inner essence of an animal. . . . The indefatigable feline should be an inspiration to us all.”—The Christian Science Monitor “A wonderful book for animal lovers.”—Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation Love Saves the Day “[A] poignant tale . . . [Gwen Cooper] once again demonstrates her compassionate fluency in felinespeak and proves equally adept at conveying complex human emotions with flair and sensitivity.”—Booklist “A reason to stand up and cheer . . . Once again Gwen Cooper shines her light on the territory that defines the human/animal bond.”—Jackson Galaxy, star of My Cat from Hell and author of Cat Daddy “A charming story of love lost and found . . . Love Saves the Day eloquently explains why so many of us would do anything at all for our pets.”—Barbara Delinsky, New York Times bestselling author of Escape