Kevin MacLeod
The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813–1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children
...9) Robin Hood
Tom Swift works with the Navy to recover a Jupiter probe missile designed and built by Swift Enterprises when the Brungarians attempt to steal the probe and its scientific data. In a race against time, Tom invents several underwater devices to assist with the recovery and counter the threat of a stealth submarine developed by the Brungarians.
Gwendolyn's family is rich, but her parents ignore her and she is left to the care of servants who are indifferent. She is lonely and longs for a friend. Her nanny's irresponsibility leads to a tragedy, which brings them to realize the error of their ways and rethink what is important to them.
13) Madame Butterfly
Cho-Cho San (Butterfly), a young Japanese girl, marries Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, a young U.S. Navy lieutenant and is denounced by her family for forsaking their ancestral religion. When he leaves her to return to his world, Butterfly confidently and patiently awaits his homecoming. Three years later, Pinkerton's ship finally anchors in the harbor again, but Butterfly does not get the happy ending she was hoping for.
When a Cistercian monk, Borlace Alvetham, is falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death by his rival, Brother Paslew, he sells his soul to Satan and escapes. Granted the powers of a warlock, he returns in the guise of Nicholas Demdike to witness Paslew's execution for treason. Dying, Paslew curses Demdike's offspring — who become the titular "Lancashire Witches." Years later, Mother Demdike, a powerful witch, and her clan face rival
...In 1947, a rash of sightings of Unexplained Flying Objects (UFOs) swept America. Although the newly formed U.S. Air Force was the primary investigator of these sightings, the FBI received many reports and worked for a time with the Air Force to investigate these matters. This release, declassified and made public in response to a U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, details the FBI's role in investigating UFO reports between 1947 and
...16) The Blue Lagoon
In the summer of 1850 a topsail schooner slipped into the cove under Trinidad Head and dropped anchor at the edge of the kelp-fields. Fifteen minutes later her small-boat deposited on the beach a man armed with long squirrel-rifle and an axe, and carrying food and clothing in a brown canvas pack. The man was John Cardigan; in that lonely, hostile land he was the first pioneer. This is the tale of Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for in his chosen land
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