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It's September 1939, and suddenly everyone faces an uncertain future, especially the children who are evacuated from the East End of London to faraway Norfolk. Billy and Jeannie Curtis, two waifs who have had to raise themselves, are billeted in the sleepy village of Little Asham, but the evacuation is destined to have a profound effect upon both them and the troubled adults whose lives they change.

The world looks the same as it ever was but is changed forever. Having found each other, the tiny group of survivors must stick together as they head towards the coast. Gary, driven by his desire to find Anna and driven to distraction by the necessarily slow pace, pushes the group onward. Danger on the road is just around the corner but the group also need to battle their own fears and the vagaries of the weather to reach their goal.

The mind of man contains the greatest of all forces - that thought is one of the greatest manifestations of energy. Whosoever understands the use of thought-force can make of himself practically what he will. Not only is one's body subject to the control of the mind, but that, also, one may change environment, "luck", circumstances, by positive thought taking the place of negative.

In the peaceful, rural village of Willow Grove the body of local priest, Father Robert Beasley, is discovered in a lake. Detective Inspector Jackson White is assigned to the case. As his investigation progresses, it becomes clear that all is not as it first seems in the village; several residents, hiding dark secrets, emerge as suspects, all of whom have a motive for wanting to permanently silence their priest.

High-spirited Lucinda Alden had been the belle of the season until her parents urged her to consider the attentions of the suitable Mr. Mooten. He was on the brink of proposing when Miss Alden's dinner conversation took a shocking turn. Returning home in disgrace, Miss Alden must face the consequences of her actions. Will this cheeky young lady be redeemed?

Her father called it the running game. Count the exits, calculate the routes. Always be ready to run because they'll always be coming for you. Whatever happens, they'll always be coming for you. Rachel had let her guard down and they had found her. She could run now, leave the city and try her luck beyond the borders, but with no money and a dark secret to hide her chances of survival are slim. But then she meets two brothers with a dangerous past and secrets of their own. Can they help her turn the game around?

This one-of-a-kind program will inspire you to achieve what you desire most in life, regardless of your age, occupation or environment. It will inspire you to realize that anything is possible, and to believe there are always opportunities to succeed despite how bleak the outlook may currently appear. Indeed, everything we desire is within reach, if we just choose to pursue it. These 30 people, and their inspiring rags to riches stories serve as proof.

A scientist makes two stunning discoveries: First, his lost soul mate is alive in an alternate universe, and second, the Earth is doomed. Science prodigies Lije (Elijah) Grant and Laura Bess Austin have been soul mates since they were kids. But as Laura Bess is flying off to college, the plane goes down and all aboard are lost. Lije is devastated; the love of his life is gone.

In the dark winter of Orkney, King Lot's wife delivers a stillborn daughter. In the lonely desperation that follows, she begs her husband for a single boon, to allow her sister, Morgan, to come to her, promising in return that Morgan can guarantee them a son. Ignoring the advice of his kinsman, Elóil, Lot agrees. Morgan predicts that Margaise will conceive the son she wants, but warns her that the boy will kill his father and destroy his kingdom.

One little lie - the tiniest whisker - throws pampered Miss Wheaton into a pickle... and into the arms of a notorious duke. She was only trying to help a friend, how on earth could things have gone all in a muddle? The more she attempts to tidy her life, the more sordid things seem to get. Now rumors have marked her a hussy, her best friend has gone missing, and that dratted duke is doing unexpected things to her heart! However will she untangle herself from this mess?

Mary Ryder is a housewife, her once fiery nature ground down by a life of cleaning and cooking for her drunken husband, Nigel. A chance meeting with idealistic mineworker Lewis Evans makes her realize what love can be. Mary made a commitment to Nigel: for better, for worse. When the National Union of Mineworkers calls a strike, Mary doesn't realize it will change her and the town forever.

Arthur Pendragon has established himself as High King, building a reign of prosperity and peace in Britain. Only King Lot and his allies in the North stand in the way of perfect unity across the Isles. At the end of a bitter winter, Gawain, Lot's son, is summoned to Arthur's court at Caerleon, where he and the other northern princes will live as hostages. Even as he learns this, he remembers his teacher's last words, "Seek the Ring of Light."

Lion of Ireland was the breathtaking chronicle of Brian Boru, the Great King who led the bickering chiefs of Ireland in 1014 to unity under his reign. Now, with all the fire and brilliance for which her writing is known, Morgan Llywelyn takes us there, to the battlefield where Brian died, and to Brian's 15-year-old son, Donough, whose mother is the voluptuous and treacherous Gormlaith, with her lust for life and power undiminished by age: Donough, the son who is determined to make the High Kingship of Brian Boru's Ireland his own.

In the early days of the Roman Empire, the noble Etruscan civilization in Italy is waning, Vesi, a young Etruscan noblewoman, is violated by a renegade supernatural being. Outcast then from Etruria, Vesi bears Horatrim, a child who carries inexplicable knowledge and grows to manhood in only six years. But a savage Roman attack leaves Vesi unresponsive and Horatrim homeless and vulnerable, and he travels to Rome where his talents confound powerful businessman Propertius, who arranges to adopt Horatrim as a son, changing his name to Horatius.

In 1906, George Soper of the New York Department of Health, was asked to conduct a private investigation of an unusual typhoid outbreak in Oyster Bay New York. This fascinating look into medical detective work forms the backbone of Relentless: The Search for Typhoid Mary. At the same time, Mary Mallon - Typhoid Mary, was leading a life she had built starting as a 15-year-old Irish immigrant as a successful cook for New York's wealthy, powerful and important families.

Hal De Havilland is an up-and-coming attorney at a prestigious law firm. He keeps his head down, works hard, and pretends to be happy. It's a solitary existence, and given his history, he prefers it that way. Hal's artfully ordered life descends into chaos when his aunt dies, naming him in her will. The inheritance leads him on a journey he'd never expected and wasn't sure he wanted. That's when he starts hearing the disembodied voice.