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MCF horizons is a podcast from McCann FitzGerald, exploring the legal and market developments, trends and policy milestones shaping today's landscape.Through conversations with our lawyers, MCF horizons shares practical insights and perspectives to help organisations navigate change, anticipate developments and make informed decisions.As part of the firm’s wider MCF horizons knowledge offering, the series showcases McCann FitzGerald’s expertise, thought leadership and practical guidance across key practice areas, helping organisations stay informed and ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

The Great Gatsby is a classic novel of ambition, illusion, wealth, longing, and disillusionment in the glittering world of the Jazz Age. The story follows Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire known for his extravagant parties, and his obsessive dream of reclaiming a lost love. Through the eyes of Nick Carraway, the novel reveals a society dazzled by money, status, beauty, and pleasure, while quietly exposing the emptiness and moral decay beneath its surface.

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of "Ice Palace," where themes of love, identity, and the complexities of human relationships unfold against the backdrop of contrasting environments. This podcast invites listeners to explore the delicate balance between warmth and cold, both in nature and in the dynamics of personal connections. Each episode features a new complete audiobook that delves into the lives of characters navigating their passions, doubts, and aspirations, often set against the stark beauty of winter landscapes. This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations ...

Reichtum, Illusion & der amerikanische Traum – F. Scott Fitzgeralds brillante Satire über Luxus und Maßlosigkeit, atmosphärisch gesprochen von Jürgen Fritsche. Mit „Ein Diamant so groß wie das Ritz" schuf F. Scott Fitzgerald eine außergewöhnliche Kurzgeschichte zwischen Gesellschaftssatire, Fantasie und Abenteuer. Der junge John Unger wird von einem wohlhabenden Mitschüler auf das abgelegene Anwesen seiner Familie eingeladen – und entdeckt dort einen unvorstellbaren Reichtum: einen gigantischen Diamanten, verborgen vor der Welt.

Will, who has given up everything to raise his twin daughters, has a terrible choice to make when both girls suffer kidney failure at age 16. Should he save one child? If so, which one? Should he buy a kidney – be an organ tourist? Should he sacrifice himself?

„Die Basil and Josephine-Geschichten" sind eine Sammlung von zwei separaten Kurzgeschichtenfolgen, die ursprünglich als Fortsetzungen in der Zeitschrift „The Saturday Evening Post" erschienen. Einige davon wurden später in „Taps at Reveille" und posthumen Kurzgeschichtensammlungen zusammengefasst. Die Basil-Geschichten schildern die emotionale Entwicklung einer Figur namens Basil Duke Lee, der als junger Mann im Mittleren Westen lebt und schließlich im Alter von 17 Jahren bereit ist, die Welt von Yale zu erobern.

In a battle for survival and self-acceptance, Matt Fitzgerald is willing to risk it all to outrun chronic illness. When sports journalist and bestselling author Matt Fitzgerald is struck by long COVID, his lifelong passion—running—becomes a distant memory, leaving him trapped in a failing...

Have you ever been angry with God? Are you walking through a season so painful that you've started to wonder if God is angry with you? Have you been praying and praying but starting to wonder if God is even listening? Have you put off praying because you just don't know what to say? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this podcast is for you. Angry Prayers is a podcast for hurting moms navigating grief, loss, heartbreak, disappointment, unanswered prayers, and life's hardest seasons.... also known as the hell of it. It's for the mom whose faith feels shaken, ...

Have you ever wondered why the glittering promise of the American Dream so often leads to tragedy? This compelling collection brings together two of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most celebrated works, The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise, offering a vivid portrait of ambition, love, and disillusionment in the Jazz Age.

Join Claire, with help from Reeling in the Queers author Paraic Kerrigan, on a 5-part journey across the decades of Irish queer history, and the queer cinema culture that grew up alongside it.

The extra sugar. The processed snack. The drink you do not count. The skipped walk. The sleepless night. The endless scrolling. The toxic relationship you keep explaining away. None of them destroys you in a single moment. But repeated every day, they become your venom? PICK YOUR VENOM is a sharp, eye-opening guide to the hidden habits that quietly drain your energy, damage your health, cloud your mind, and keep you living below your potential.

Zeit, Vergänglichkeit & ein Leben rückwärts – F. Scott Fitzgeralds berühmte Kurzgeschichte über das Geheimnis des Alterns, atmosphärisch gesprochen von Jürgen Fritsche. Mit „Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button" schuf F. Scott Fitzgerald eine der außergewöhnlichsten Erzählungen der amerikanischen Literatur. Benjamin Button kommt als alter Mann zur Welt – und wird mit den Jahren immer jünger. Fitzgerald verbindet Fantasie, Melancholie und feine Gesellschaftsbeobachtung zu einer bewegenden Geschichte über Identität, Liebe und die Vergänglichkeit des Lebens.

Your Energy Is the Strategy is a practical guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed, distracted, or mentally exhausted by modern life. In a world that constantly demands more attention, more productivity, and more availability, burnout has become the norm. This book offers a different approach. Instead of pushing harder, you’ll learn how to protect your energy, reduce unnecessary mental drain, and focus on what truly matters.

Krissie and Sarah – best friends for years – have always wanted different things from life. So when Krissie becomes pregnant after a fling and Sarah can't seem to conceive, things get a little tense. They decide to go on holiday along with Sarah's husband in the hope of getting their friendship back on track. But what starts as a much-needed break soon becomes a nightmare of sexual tension, murder and mayhem...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Great Gatsby is a classic novel of ambition, illusion, wealth, longing, and disillusionment in the glittering world of the Jazz Age. The story follows Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire known for his extravagant parties, and his obsessive dream of...

"Memory's haunt conjures the most arrant of ghosts..." Python is a drifter, a vampire living his eternal life on the road and liking it that way. Beholden to nothing and certainly to no one. But such a lifestyle doesn’t come without creating enemies. Most notably, a pesky vampire hunter he...

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a haunting portrait of ambition, love, and illusion in 1920s America. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the novel follows the enigmatic Jay Gatsby—a self-made millionaire whose lavish parties mask a singular obsession. As Gatsby chases his dream, Nick becomes both captivated and disillusioned by Gatsby's idealism. Through glittering excess and quiet despair, Fitzgerald exposes the emptiness and elusiveness of the American Dream, the moral corruption involved in the pursuit of wealth, and the deep divide between old money privilege and the striving ...

Re-reading those books you threw against a wall because they were so bloody annoying. We'll look at what was promised, what went wrong, and whether they deserved a second chance?Agree? Disagree? thebooksthatflew@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Era una sensación agradabilísima estar en la cima. Tenía la certeza de que todo era perfecto, de que las luces brillaban sobre bellas damas y hombres valientes, de que los pianos nunca desafinaban y de que los labios jóvenes cantaban para corazones felices. Todos aquellos rostros hermosos, por ejemplo, debían ser absolutamente felices. Y entonces, al son de una rumba crepuscular, un rostro que no era suficientemente feliz pasó ante la mesa de Jim.

Verrückter Sonntag - Eine Erzählung von Francis Scott Fitzgerald, gelesen von Ingolf Kloss. F. Scott Fitzgerald beobachtete die Welt von außen. Die rauschenden Partys, die opulenten Villen, der Jazz, der bis tief in die Nacht erklang – für ihn waren das nicht nur Kulissen, sondern Spiegelbilder von Sehnsüchten, Wünschen und der oft verborgenen Leere hinter dem Glamour. In dieser Welt der glitzernden Illusionen entstand auch „Verrückter Sonntag" (Originaltitel: Crazy Sunday) Published in the collection Taps at Reveille, Originally published in American Mercury October 1932.