In the gentle streets of fair Verona, a clash of servants between the warring Montagues and Capulets sets the wheels of fate in motion. At a masked ball, the lovelorn Romeo spies the beautiful Juliet and the two soon fall madly in love, only to feel despair once their true identities are revealed. Matters worsen when Romeo slays Tybalt, a nephew of the Capulets, and is banished from the city. Only the intervention of a loyal friar and nurse can...

In the seaside Danish town of Elsinore, the personal and professional converge for DCI Dan Sommerdahl; his estranged wife, criminal technician Marianne; and his best pal and partner, Detective Flemming Torp. Separated after 25 years of marriage, Dan now asks for a divorce despite still being in love with Marianne. She, meanwhile, wants to rediscover herself which gets complicated when Flemming, needing a place to stay and harboring a torch for Marianne,...

"An inspiring, informative, and practical guide to navigating end of life issues, by a groundbreaking expert in the field and the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door. In the mid-1400s, an unnamed Catholic monk composed a popular self-help book called Ars Moriendi, or The Art of Dying. Written in Latin, this medieval death manual taught people how to navigate the trials of the deathbed, using simple rituals of repentance,...

"Gracie Reed is doing just fine. Sure, she was fired by her overly 'friendly' boss, and yes she still hasn't gotten her mother into the nursing home of their dreams, but she's healthy, she's (somewhat) happy, and she's (mostly) holding it all together. But when a mysterious SUV pulls up beside her, revealing Chinese cinema's golden couple Wei Fangli and Sam Yao, Gracie's world is turned on its head. The famous actress has a proposition: due to their...

These ten films are packed with wilderness adventures the whole family will love. From being trapped in the snow, to stranded in the desert, to lost at sea, this collection covers all kinds of terrain. SNOWBOUND: THE JIM AND JENNIFER STOLPA STORY: A young couple and their infant son are stranded in a winter storm. BAKER'S HAWK: When a young boy nurses an injured hawk back to health, he gains newfound courage and confidence. CASTLE ROCK: A teenage...

A nurse is among the American forces waiting for World War II to arrive on an isolated Pacific island where she finds love with a mysterious French planter. At the same time, a Navy officer falls under the spell of an island girl and the warm tropical sea breezes.

Dead man's eleven: Schock ripples across the village of Fletcher's Cross when a prominent businessman's trophy wife is bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat. While the victim had no apparent enemies, her avaricious husband, Robert Cavendish, is hated by all. Death of a stranger: As the Upper Marshwood hunt heads off into the woods, a filthy tramp runs for cover, stumbles and falls into a pit screaming. This suspicious death, and the puzzling behavior...

Set in late Roman times, this tragedy draws on mythology for brutal tales, such as a banquet where a mother is served the flesh of her sons. Titus Andronicus is created as a commanding figure of bravery with a flawed sense of honor, a concern for the reputation of mobility than for its substance.