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This 1920’s classic is Fitzgerald’s debut novel, and follows the story of Amory Blaine, a Princeton University student who, in his relentless pursuit of wealth, status, and love, lets his greed take him down a dark path to ruin. After dabbling in literature and serving in WWI, Amory finds himself infatuated by Rosalind Connage, but as his finances crumble around him and everything he thought he had is lost, he ends up homeless and in ruin.

Wanders Far lived in dangerous times and was faced with one difficult challenge after another. He was a skinny, quiet boy who was raised on the banks of a tributary of New York State’s Mohawk River, hundreds of years before colonists arrived. One lifetime was not enough for Wanders Far’s old soul. From a very young age, his wanderlust compelled him down one path after another. No village could contain him. He was happy living a simple life in the physical world during challenging times. The spirit world had other plans.

Everybody wants to live a successful and satisfying life. The secret to living such a life is lifestyle, which is a collection of a myriad number of habits that characterize how a person lives on a regular basis. A lifestyle of bad habits will lead to an unsuccessful and unsatisfying life, while a lifestyle comprised of mostly productive habits can help you live the life of your dreams. That’s why you’ll need to master your lifestyle and not let it master you.

Do you ever wonder how some people manage to keep their cool even in stressful situations? Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Do you want to learn to control your emotions? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, then you need to learn about emotional intelligence and that is exactly what this audiobook intends to help you with. Use emotional intelligence to take control of your life.

You have an idea of what you want your lifestyle to be, whether it involves making plenty of money to buy a mansion or simply happiness with the people you love. To master your lifestyle, you are going to need a few tools that will make it happen.

Former African American schoolteacher and amateur sleuth Dr. Inez Buchanan is surprised by a strange visit from her neighbor Dolly David. Dolly needs Inez’s help. Years ago, Dolly’s granddaughter Kadija Campbell went missing from her college campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. The police believed Kadija was dead, but Dolly has always held out hope. A mysterious phone call reinforces her belief that Kadija is alive and hints that she is being held in Afghanistan.

Pubblicato nel 1934 dopo quasi dieci di stesure e diverse rielaborazioni, il romanzo conobbe una strana vicenda editoriale. Fitzgerald difatti, convinto di avere commesso un errore strutturale, raccontando "il vero inizio" retrospettivamente, decise di rimettere mano alla struttura del libro, riordinando gli eventi in senso cronologico sulla sua copia cartacea. Pur pubblicata nel 1948, questa versione sarebbe stata in seguito dichiarata "apocrifa", per infine ritornare alla versione del 1934.

After the unexpected death of his father, Joel inherits a mysterious antique passed down through multiple generations of his family. When he discovers its hidden contents, it sets in motion a chain of predestined spiritual events dating back not only to AD 70 - when the high priest recorded his firsthand account of the missing body of Jesus of Nazareth - but also to the foundations of the earth.

If you are looking for the perfect bridal gift or a treat for yourself, Unveiling Weddings is it. It's your girlfriends' guide that supports the bride from "Yes" to "I Do". The audiobook will entertain you with stories and insight into the emotional hurdles and family dramas that are often hidden from the public eye.

With insight into the historical, cultural, political, legal, and economic processes that shape our use of animals as food, Fitzgerald provides a holistic picture and explicates the connections in the supply chain that are obscured in the current mode of food production. Bridging the distance in animal agriculture between production, processing, consumption, and their associated impacts, this analysis envisions ways of redressing the negative effects of the use of animals as food.

OneShot. OneLife. will help you start achieving real and meaningful success in every area of your life. You will learn how to implement five powerful principles, called the Ultimate Success Formula, that have been proven over and over again to help people succeed in the vital areas of money, people, faith, work, and health.

In questo racconto Fitzgerald esprime la sua ribellione contro la repressione imposta dai costumi della società. Il racconto è intriso del rimpianto della vita non vissuta.

Un racconto tenero e malinconico che parla d'amore e di amicizia, messi alla prova da una lunga malattia. Cornice musicale: "Rapsodia in blu" di George Gershwin.

Eine Revue für mehrere Witwen, kongenial interpretiert von Katharina, Anna und Nellie Thalbach. Jenseits aller Schicksale, die hinter dem Begriff "Witwe" lauern, von der Witwe Bolte bis zur Lustigen Witwe: Um die Witwe ranken sich zahlreiche Sprichwörter, Dramen und Geschichten, deren Szenen zwischen Komik und Tragik oszillieren. Fitzgerald Kusz hat sich um die Befindlichkeit von Witwen seine heiteren, ironischen und traurigen Gedanken gemacht und sie zu Witwendramen zusammengefügt.

"Almaznaya gora" - radiospektakl' po odnoimennomu rasskazu. V rolyah: E. Kindinov, V. Dugin, O. Sirina i dr.

"Velikiy Getsbi" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu proizvedeniyu. Ispolniteli: V. Lanovoy, YU. Borisova i dr.

Drawing on his own life and career and the rich lore of The Lion King, Alton Fitzgerald White, Broadway's longest-running "King", delivers his message of service - taking responsibility for and deriving happiness from commonplace achievements - as a philosophy that anyone can get through each day with satisfaction, pride, and a sense of accomplishment.

Carefree, party loving Amory Blaine leaves his home in Minnesota for Princeton University, with his sight set on a high-energy career in New York City. At Princeton, the ambitious and self-centered Amory longs to be included with the popular crowd, and become one of those he views as entitled, but along the way, he indulges in a string of romances with beautiful, young women. While chasing his golden dream, Amory's youth is slipping away, along with the past. Will young Amory understand how fleeting life is before it is too late?

"The Ice Palace" is a modernist short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in The Saturday Evening Post, May 22, 1920. It is one of eight short stories originally published in Fitzgerald's first collection, Flappers and Philosophers (New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920), and is also included in the collection Babylon Revisited and Other Stories (New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1960).

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Colliers magazine on May 27, 1922. It was subsequently anthologized in his book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories.