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A baby dinosaur is found after being frozen since prehistoric times and is now living with a group of misfits on an island. When a king wants the dinosaur for his private collection, it's up to the islanders to save their newest family member.

Finding the strength to pack up her three kids and leave an abusive husband, Marie works her way through college and lands a job with the State of Tennessee. Hard work moves her up to the appointment as the first woman to head the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, but she soon learns that justice and politics don't always mix.

Everyone has heard of Reinhard Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague. And most have heard stories of his spectacular assassination at the hands of two Czechoslovakian partisans. But who exactly were the forgotten heroes who killed one of historys most notorious men? In Laurent Binet's captivating debut novel, HHhH (Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich, or Himmler's brain is called Heydrich), we follow the lives of Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, the Slovak and the...

A collector of objects, Amy Ashton, who believes it is easier to love things than people, finds her solitary existence interrupted when a new family moves in next door with two young boys--one of whom has a collection of his own. Amy Ashton once dreams of becoming an artist and creating beautiful objects. Now she simply collects them-- and they take up every available inch of space in her house. After a tragedy in her life, she's decided that it's...

Sparkling cyanide: An elderly husband and wife are unlikely looking secret agents brought in to investigate the murder of a powerful soccer club manager's beautiful trophy wife at a glitzy champagne event. Why didn't they ask Evans?: A local vicar finds a man lying fatally injured and unconscious on the rocks at the foot of a cliff. His last words before passing were spoken clearly to the vicar "Why didn't they ask Evans?". The Seven Dials mystery:...

Dora tells the story of how she first met Boots. Includes 4 episodes.

Lady Windermere misinterprets her husband's interest in an older woman, Mrs. Erlynne, causing a rift that could lead to both marital and societal ruin. Lady Windermere's Fan Is an intriguing tale that examines intention versus outcome in a world driven by perception. Lady Windermere is a young wife who's concerned by her husband's connection to the mysterious, Mrs. Erlynne. She believes the woman is a threat to her marriage and livelihood. Despite...

Set in New York City, L.M. Montgomery's classic tale Anne of Green Gables gets a romantic modern adaptation.

With America's entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exploded virtually overnight. Workers from all over are coming south for jobs in Uncle Sam's munitions plants--and they're bringing their pasts with them, right into Dolly Chandler's grand but fading family home turned boardinghouse.

Amy is assigned to photograph a fabled waterfall and ends up falling for her rugged guide, Mark.