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It's late 1944. Hitler's rockets are raining down on London with vicious regularity and it's the coldest winter in living memory.

On the same day that Priya is booked for her next IVF cycle, Grace goes in for her final, last-chance embryo transfer. Two weeks later, both women get their results.

Largely confined to his home by disability, Daniel spends the hours he's not online by observing his neighborhood from his front porch.

Elise knows every inch of the house. She knows which parts can take her in, hide her away. It's home, after all. The home her parents made for her, before they were taken from her in a car crash.

Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Andrew McCarthy shares an intimate story of an outsider caught up in

Billie Eilish shares personal highlights and moments as she reflects on photos from her life and career, both on and off the stage.

Yusef Salaam shares his story of growing up Black in central Harlem in the 1980s--being raised by a strong, fierce mother and grandmother--his years of incarceration, his reentry, and exoneration.

Pax AI Corporation is the hottest company in the sector. But when their top scientist is murdered at a tech conference, Colt McShane is assigned to investigate.

In these twelve stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.

When his sister's best friend turns up in Seattle unexpectedly, Brendon jumps at the chance to hang out with her. He's crushed on Annie since they were kids, and the stars have finally aligned.

Poet and educator Clint Smith explores the places where the history of slavery has been preserved, if not fully reckoned with.

Psychiatrist and grief counselor Irvin Yalom and his wife, feminist author Marilyn Yalom, share their experience after her terminal diagnosis as they reflect on how to love and live without regret.

A young woman must be sacrificed to the legendary Wolf of the Wood to save her kingdom. But not all legends are true, and the Wolf isn't the only danger lurking in the Wilderwood.

Dan Schilling shares how to identify and avoid threats using situational awareness and intuition.

Emma Southon examines a trove of real-life homicides from Roman history to explore Roman culture, including how perpetrator, victim, and the act itself were regarded by ordinary people.