On New Year's Eve, a porter is taken by the spirits of the chimes to see a grim future, making him confront social injustice and rediscover his faith in humanity.
A sassy waitress with a knack for alienating customers and a revolving door of boyfriends finds her chaotic life further complicated when an ex-lover's reappearance throws her first date with her irresistible new boss into disarray.
Haing Ngor's memoir describes the horrors of forced labor camps and the loss of his family under the Khmer Rouge, showing the human spirit's resilience during Cambodia's genocide.
In 19th-century Russia, a student's betrayal of a revolutionary forces him to spy on the condemned man's family, all while struggling with his own conscience.
Thirteen-year-old Willa navigates first crushes, a quirky compatibility test, and a town-wide matchmaking frenzy, all while trying to save her beloved Cape Cod library with a little help from Shakespeare and Cupid himself.
A skeptical young man who scorns the mountain witches' prophecies finds his world upended when a new, terrifying magic emerges, forcing him to confront a silent, beautiful witch and the shocking truth that he is the subject of the very predictions he disbelieves.
In a ravaged future America, a resilient teen, her war-scarred childhood friend, and a street-smart orphan brave enemy lines to unearth the seventy-five-year deception fueling their nation's endless war.
In a quiet Croatian village scarred by war, an old hunter's peaceful life changes when a British family arrives, making him confront his past and the town's hidden guilt as a mosaic reveals forgotten horrors.
Seventeen-year-old Alex fakes her age to dive into L.A.'s glittering nightlife, escaping suburban boredom and personal problems, only to find her closest friend's deceptions are the most dangerous.
Driven by grief and a need for revenge, two half-gypsy brothers—one reckless, the other with unsettling visions—search storm-battered England for their sister's killer.
In 1929 Rhode Island, two boys get caught in a deadly war between rival Prohibition gangs after finding a body and a mysterious package on the beach, leading one of them aboard the legendary smuggling ship, the Black Duck.
A sixth-grader’s mail-order ambitions explode into a nationwide corporate empire of dubious deals and disaffected adults, revealing the farcical side of American business through colliding voices.
Walter Benjamin's 'The Arcades Project' explores how 19th-century Parisian arcades reveal the commodification of objects and the hidden 'true history' beneath the surface of bourgeois progress.
Amelia Earhart, a pioneering aviator, repeatedly defied gravity and expectations, only to vanish into the Pacific, leaving behind a legacy of firsts and an enduring mystery.
Explore the quiet dramas and moral complexities of 19th-century English clergy and their parishioners, showing the humor, heartbreak, and resilience in ordinary lives.
Fresh from juvenile detention for parricide, eighteen-year-old Eric seeks a twisted form of 'tenderness' through murder, only to find a potential mirror—or victim—in the equally damaged and searching fifteen-year-old runaway, Lori.
