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- A poignant, lightly comedic story about a recent college grad who volunteers to care for her formidable great aunt. While at her rural estate, she unearths her family's past and takes a meaningful step toward her own future.
- During a weekend at a country home, a man and his pregnant wife tell their secrets to their best friend, jeopardizing their relationship.
- In Sink the Alabama, the Confederate "pirate ship" Alabama wreaks havoc on Union commercial vessels in the Civil war, evading capture on five oceans as U.S. Naval Secretary Gideon Welles tries to track it down. Despite its neutrality and opposition to slavery, Britain fails to stop the Alabama and other ships from being built and launched in its ports. A fifth column of Confederate sympathizers and a well-financed propaganda campaign convinces the British public that the American civil war is not about slavery but about Southern independence. Semmes is called a "pirate" by the Northern press as he burns Union ships after their passengers have been removed along with provisions and valuables stolen by the crew. Semmes become famous worldwide as he escapes capture time after time. He goes as far as Singapore and the Indian Ocean, but with his crew near mutiny and his ship needing repair, Semmes puts in to Cherbourg France and is trapped there by the USS Kearsarge. Semmes decides to do battle rather than surrender and the Alabama is sunk after a battle off the French coast, with large number of spectators lining the shore..
- After a decade of famine and food riots, the Mendelian Corporation feeds and controls the world through its genetically modified seeds. Twelve-year old Juan is a member of the Sprouts -the Mendelian corporate youth program in which young boys are trained to be the eyes and ears of local authorities. When Juan inadvertently discovers that his father Mateo may be involved in a local seed-running ring, he is forced to decide just how far his commitment goes to the Sprouts motto 'Duty First'.