«The Beautiful and Damned» by Francis Scott Fitzgerald
English | MP3@192 kbps | 12h 48m | 1055.6 MB
The Beautiful and Damned, first published in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. It portrays the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, exploring New York café society. As in Fitzgerald's other novels, the characters are complex, especially with respect to marriage and intimacy. The book is believed to be largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship with Zelda Fitzgerald.The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, his relationship with his wife, Gloria, his service in the army, and his alcoholism.The Beautiful and Damned is at once a morality tale, a meditation on love, money and decadence, and a social document. It concerns characters' disproportionate appreciation of their past, which consumes them in the present.According to Fitzgerald critic James West, the novel is concerned with the question of vocation-what does one do with oneself when one has nothing to do? Fitzgerald presents Gloria as a woman whose vocation is nothing more than to catch a husband. After her marriage to Anthony, Gloria's sole vocation is to slide into indolence and alcoholism; her husband's sole vocation is to wait for his inheritance.Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby (his most famous), and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with age and despair.Fitzgerald's work has been adapted into films many times. His short story, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", was the basis for a 2008 film. Tender is the Night was filmed in 1962, and made into a television miniseries in 1985. The Beautiful and Damned was filmed in 1922 and 2010. The Great Gatsby has been the basis for numerous films of the same name, spanning nearly 90 years; 1926, 1949, 1974, 2000, and 2013 adaptations. In addition, Fitzgerald's own life from 1937 to 1940 was dramatized in 1958 in Beloved Infidel.

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«The Adventure of the 'Western Star'» by Agatha Christie
English | MP3@192 kbps | 46 min | 63.7 MB
Movie star Mary Marvell consults with Hercule Poirot after receiving threatening letters that warn her to return her diamond, the famous "Western Star," to its rightful owner. But who does own the diamond, and is it even the genuine article?

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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B07QSTVWXY | 2019 | 17 hours and 11 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 474 MB
Author: Tony Horwitz
Narrator: Tony Horwitz, Mark Deakins

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Sin, Sex and Subversion: How What Was Taboo in 1950s New York Became America's New Normal (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B01ENIJ1XQ | 2016 | 14 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 406 MB
Author: David Rosen
Narrator: Peter Berkrot

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«Sarah, Plain and Tall Collection» by Patricia MacLachlan
English | MP3@192 kbps | 1h 01m | 84.1 MB
This audio collection, read by Glenn Close,includes the first three books inthe classic series: the Newbery Medal-winningSarah, Plain and Tall; Skylark;andCaleb's Story.
Patricia MacLachlan's stories about Sarah, Papa, Anna, and the rest of the Witting family gently explore timeless themes of abandonment, loss, and love.

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«STAR TREK MOVIE MEMORIES» by William Shatner
English | MP3@192 kbps | 4h 43m | 389.8 MB
The sequel to the bestsellingStar Trek Memories, documenting in deliciously lurid and candid detail all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans in the making of the six Star Trek movies, with on-the-scene reporting from the set of the seventh in which...Kirk dies!
Star Trek Movie Memoriesrecounts all the chaos, creative turmoil, backstage politics, power plays and production nightmares that permeated every one of the sixStar Trekmovies, including the accumulated grudges that haven't yet mellowed with the passage of time. And the stories... Nicholas Meyer writing the script forStar TrekII in twelve days... Kirstie Alley doing her Leonard Nimoy imitation in an audition... How Kirk's love interest inStar TrekIV began as a role for Eddie Murphy, and you can imagine the rest (or maybe not).

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Reading for IELTS / Listening for IELTS Book & CD
Speaking for IELTS Book & CD / Vocabulary for IELTS Book & CD
Els van Geyte, Fiona Aish, Karen Kovacs
2011 | PDF+MP3 192 kbps | 145+146+145 pages | 0007423276 / 0007423268 / 9780007423255 | 648 MB

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Pronunciation Activities (Timesaver)
2006 | 13 PDFs+MP3 | ISBN: 9781904720140 | 545 MB
Understanding real English and being able to communicate is key to students' success. There is a need for an up-to-date photocopiable resource which tackles pronunciation and listening comprehension issues in a realistic, non-contrived context. This book provides students with the skills they need to understand others and be understood.
1.TimeSaver Vocabulary Activities (Pre-Intermediate-Intermediate)

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Out of Body into Life: Journeys into Spirit Worlds and How to Get There on Your Own (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B08SMQW76D | 2021 | 8 hours and 57 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 246 MB
Author: Kwame Adapa
Narrator: Kwame Adapa

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Only Mostly Devastated: A Novel (Audiobook)
English | March 03, 2020 | ASIN: B0845NL7NP | M4B@125 kbps | 7h 48m | 418.09 MB
Author: Sophie Gonzales
Narrator: Mark Sanderlin

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