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All of his efforts to forget her had failed, and he had accepted that some part of her would always be with him. In the winter of 1812, a fatal accident on a stormy night plunges the Bennet family into mourning and scandal. Shunned and isolated from nearly everyone they have ever known and loved each of the Bennet sisters hurries to marry, to provide themselves the respectability of married women. Miss Elizabeth Bennet settles into marriage of prudence with a man she respects but could never completely love.

For Long Island native Humaira Mirza, it’s always been about love – and she has the matchmaking track record to prove it. Having successfully found ‘the one’ for both her aunt and her sister, the twenty-three-year-old is ready to claim a bit of romance for herself. The perfect candidate? The gorgeous Rizwan Ali. But as Humaira employs her unique skills to obtain the perfect match with Rizwan, she’s forced to endure the disapproval of family friend Fawad Sheikh who she’s known forever. 

Lewis Vickers, a young American languishing in South America because he is “wanted” for a crime that was the result of an accident, comes across another American—Hobart Lee who greatly resembles him. That man dies and Vickers, to get back to the United States, decides to impersonate him. He is taken to the family group upon his arrival in New York City and soon finds himself embroiled in a situation he cannot just walk away from—no matter how badly he wants to. Who was this “Bob” Lee and why does his cousin seem to hate him so?

La vita di Arthur Less va sorprendentemente bene: è un romanziere di un certo successo, impegnato in una relazione stabile con il compagno, Freddy Pelu. Ma la sua felicità è sempre una condizione passeggera: la morte di un vecchio amante e un'improvvisa crisi finanziaria lo spingono, ancora una volta, a scappare dai suoi problemi. Il pretesto perfetto per la fuga è un tour di presentazioni letterarie, che lo catapultano in un'avventura on the road nel cuore degli Stati Uniti.

A woman's place is in the home . . . That's what she's always been told. But Harriet has other ideas . . . In 1860s England, it's a man's world and women aren't expected . . . or allowed . . . to upset the status quo. Living with her domineering uncle, Harriet is desperate to break free. Could...

Dia Mittal is an airline call center agent in Mumbai searching for an easier life. As her search takes her to the United States, Dia’s checkered relationship with the American Dream dialogues with the experiences and perspectives of a global South Asian community across the class spectrum.

What is a girl to do when she's in love with four celebrities? It might not be conventional, it might not even be normal, but it's exactly what Clover wants. She refuses to choose. She doesn't want just one. She wants them all. But when her parents and the band's fans find out about her unconventional relationship, what will she and her four celebrity boyfriends do?

In this award-winning screenplay, Bee Haden convinces her son, Tom, to drive with her from Los Angeles to Cape Cod. On the road they eventually discover that love is the only thing we can really give our children.

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We live in a world full of consumers and NOT thinkers who want to be hand-fed what God has said instead of hearing from God for themselves. The truth is God can speak through reading and writing poetry because poetry is a form of prayer. A prayer is power-filled, so a poem written as a prayer is power-filled.