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The Great Gatsby, a work that seriously examines the theme of aspiration in an American setting, defines the classic American novel. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with a socialite, and by parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Inferno (Italian: [iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno tells the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the "realm ... of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen". As an allegory, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul toward God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.

Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the title character (whose birth name is Robinson Kreutznaer)—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued. The story has been thought to be based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived for four years on a Pacific island called "Más a Tierra", now part of Chile, which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island in 1966.

"New Atlantis" is an incomplete utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon. Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of the mythical Bensalem.

Kira owns a profitable hair and nail salon. She lives in a nice home in an exclusive community with her husband Ricky, an infamous, well-known drug dealer from the rough streets of DC. He is also known to be one of the most feared men in the South. Because of Ricky's drug-empire, Kira finds herself in the most dangerous situation ever. Ricky forces Kira to believe that he's going to call on his reinforcements, so everything will end in his favor. However, unknown to Ricky, Kira felt the need to devise an escape plan on her own. Will she choose loyalty or her life?

After Phoenix discovers that all of her friends are either engaged or already married, she’s convinced that love is in the air for everyone except her. Cupid’s bow and arrow skip over Phoenix by happenstance as she struggles to accept her chances of walking down the aisle next to the love of her life are officially screwed, no thanks to her best friend Xay and ex-boyfriend Asher, who is keeping a few secrets of his own.

After a whirlwind romance, Princess Kensi’s bright destiny is becoming a daunting reality. Not two months ago, she was earning her bacon as a private investigator, and now she wonders if her new werewolf-mate, Drake, even likes bacon. They constantly bicker, yet he’s mere days from being invested as the official co-heir to her father’s kingdom. When another contender for the throne emerges, the claimants go toe-to-toe in a race designed to put their skills and stamina to the test. But the competition is rigged - and one of them is marked for death.

Kiki Jenkins knows that opening her home to her best friend’s younger sister means giving up some solitude. What she doesn’t expect is for her new roommate to become temptation in the form of novelty panties and flirty innuendos. But Charley is off limits...for several reasons. Charley Graham wants to be seen as more than her brother’s little sister. And she wants Kiki to do the seeing. Her new internship provides the perfect opportunity. Plan in motion, she’s not going to let their close living quarters go to waste.

The audiobook is a story about two brothers, Kelvin “Kels” Johnson, Jr., and Malik “Lil Ghadi” Johnson. Each of them had eager desires to follow in their father’s legacy for success and power. They wanted to finish the goal their father, Kelvin “Ghadi” Johnson, Sr., started before his incarceration, as well as try to achieve the goal of getting out of the game without getting scarred like their father did. Kelvin “Ghadi” Johnson, Sr.’s name ran throughout the streets of the Eastson Neighborhood, but not even his name could stop what his sons were about to face.

Luka is back, but he's not the same. Something happened to him. Bringing him back from the dead did something to him that she doesn't know if she can fix. And keeping him there only seems to be doing more damage to him. Luna is holding Talon hostage, using his magic to her own nefarious purposes in bringing people back from the dead. But Ela can see the effects this is having on Luka. He doesn't belong in the land of the living and it's tearing him apart. Almost literally.

Thomas is out of time. He is a shifter without a mate and growing weaker every day. He is ready to give up when fate intervenes and he suddenly finds himself mated. Only someone wants her out of the picture. Christine has been married and isn’t looking for a relationship or love. After her divorce she comes home to be with her grandmother and find herself. She soon finds that the world is not quite what she expected and love can’t be controlled.

With the weight of the world and a failed marriage, Danielle has a drunken night drowning her sorrows. Heartbroken, devastated, and loaded with debt, Danielle has to pick up the pieces of her life. Assuming things couldn’t get any worse, she was dealt the deadliest blow of all. To stay above water with the countless credit card bills, foreclosed home, and repossessed cars, Danielle is forced to take on a part-time job. Chance meetings, a knight without the armor, and apparent foes within her circle will make themselves visible. Can she allow love to live within her ever again?

Secrets once buried with the dead are revealed. And even Ela doesn't see them coming. Talon now holds Ela's heart, even though she still mourns for Luka. His death taught her one thing. She needs to prepare for the coming war. She needs to learn how to harness her powers before the world is brought to its knees. With her parents in prison for treason, the threat of danger is a constant companion. Any moment, she could be seen as the enemy.

Talon has shown up in her life, telling her she's not crazy and that she shouldn't be afraid of her gift. That's easy for him to say. He's not the one seeing everyone die. But when he takes her to Mortals Landing, a city of extravagance and beauty unlike anything she's seen before, she's seen not as a freak but as a valuable asset. She's in a whole new world with entirely new dangers. Someone is after the Wraiths, stealing their magic. She knows that Talon will be targeted next. She knows this. But she fears she won't be of any use.

Socialism, communism, fascism and Nazism are all but dead now. They have failed miserably. But they have been replaced by what is merely another more watered-down form of collectivism that may be called "interventionism". Indeed, interventionism is the predominant economic system in the world today. Contrary to the doctrine of laissez-faire capitalism, in the real world there are prolonged periods when market forces cannot self-correct in time to best serve the common good. Resulting social instability can only be corrected by government action.

How to Understand and Live with Social Anxiety emphasizes the idea that social anxiety is not a disorder, not something that needs to be fixed, but a developed conditioning of the mind to think and believe in negative realities. The audiobook, through a step-by-step process, helps listeners slowly understand their mental illness within the distinctiveness of their own context and gives them the tools to rewire their thought processes.

The Black Sapphire was a concept that Ruth toyed with for a few years. She studied dialect to help enhance one of the main characters, "Mattie." In the story, an unsolved crime shows its ugly face when Detective Adam Reynoir starts investigating. Mattie, the home's housekeeper, and her son, Jarell, decide that they are going to continue staying in the home, even after the dismembering murders have been cleaned up. As the story unfolds, Mattie takes Detective Reynoir on a tour of the home, trying to get him to understand in her way that the murders were no accident.

Anya and her sister, Dawn, grew up with their parents teaching them how to use magic. Unbeknownst to her sister, Anya is a nephadin, the offspring of an angel and a demon. Anya, being the more powerful of the two, is envied and secretly hated by Dawn. In young adulthood, their rivalry comes to a head when they both fall in love with Seth, the prince. Anya’s accident in the woods brings the prince right to their door and into their hearts.

Augee: Guardian of Hohala tells the story of the Hohalians - a nonviolent people who live in abundance in a remote, idyllic country. Across the ocean from Hohala, the Volcarons live in destitution. Led by a psychotic genius named Morgoratt, the Volcarons embark on a voyage to conquer Hohala. When the peace-loving king of Hohala orders his citizens to go into exile to avoid bloodshed, a young rebel, Nicholas Stone, abandons his people - and his love interest, the Hohalian princess - to travel into the wilderness in search of a miracle, guided by what he believes is the mysterious hand of the gods. He discovers a peculiar, fire-breathing infant creature....

It's wartime New York, 1943. Jessica Minton, an up-and-coming young stage actress, is pondering the mixed blessings of rehearsals for a play that just doesn't seem to be jelling, the attentions of a reliable beau she isn't quite sure she wants to marry, and playing referee for her sister and brother-in-law's tempestuous marriage. Just as she thinks her life couldn't get any crazier, she becomes entangled with deceit, espionage, and murder when an unsettlingly attractive stranger makes her the unwilling custodian of a mysterious package in a Manhattan stalked by fifth columnists.