David Billings

Biography

Like most of us, David Billings has spent a life time watching society with both curiosity and dismay as it seems to try to go everywhere at once and, in the process, goes nowhere but to decline. David’s quest to write this, and other books, began on a camping trip in Northern Ontario when he was eight years old and caught a fish with his bare hands about an hour before an eclipse of the sun. The long drive home, with its progressive re-entry into society gave him a sense of mission: to find out why grown ups are so crazy and how he could grow up without growing old. The wordless wonder of an eight year was carried through university degrees in commerce, social organization and human relations as well as economics from the University of Western Ontario plus biological engineering from the University of Guelph. He taught briefly at Sheridan College. Without accepting any major corporate responsibilities that tend to make all of us grow old beyond our control, he has developed an answer to his childhood curiosity into the balance of growing up and growing old by working as an independent poet/handyman.

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Books

Cowards Die Many Times
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 51,900. Language: English. Published: June 15, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Classics
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Life and Death of Julius Caesar". Approximately 55,000 words of which approximately 27,000 words are Shakespeare's with about one hundred original Shakespearean sonnets describing characters inner thoughts. Provides access to Shakespeare for readers performers and audiences.
Cordelia and the Crown Bearer
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 59,580. Language: English. Published: March 31, 2018 . Categories: Plays » Shakespeare
An adaptation of Shakespeare's "King Lear". In 750 B.C. in Britain, princess Cordelia unwittingly defies her father, the king. Will she find happiness? Will England survive? 56,000 words of which 27,000 are Shakespeare's original text. Includes approximately 50 original Shakespearean sonnets.
The Tragedy of Iago
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 55,830. Language: English. Published: March 23, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Plays & Screenplays » European
Shakespeare's "Othello" has been adapted into an accessible novel by adding context, backstory and 18 original sonnets. In 1571, the City of Venice was facing imminent military invasion. Three military commanders: Othello, Cassio and Iago, must defend her. Can Iago fulfill his civic duties without neglecting duties to his wife and his own morality? 57,000 words of which 27,000 are Shakespeare's.
Christianity as Economic Actualism
You set the price! Words: 56,400. Language: English. Published: November 22, 2017 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Biblical Commentary / New Testament, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Religious philosophy
“Christianity as Economic Actualism” is the first book to identify and resolve the economic contradictions in the New Testament with its resulting spiritual implications. It does this by applying a new analytical philosophy. This book also provides a fresh perspective on several issues and helps to bring Christianity into the 21st century with relevance and inclusion.

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