kidnapping

Jake Grafton and his wife Callie travel to Hong Kong to determine how deeply the U.S. consul-general is embedded in a political money-raising scandal, but when Callie is kidnapped, Jake's mission takes a more sinister turn.

Surprise and Umlaut Golem are delighted when the stork arrives with their long-awaited son, but when Surprise is disqualified from motherhood on a technicality, the couple sets out on a quest to find someone who can help them be reunited with the child they have longed for.

Presents information about the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's baby in 1932, the investigation of the crime, and the subsequent trial of Bruno Hauptmann; includes commentary on the decision.

Drew Greene, unwilling to believe her son David is dead, musters all the resources she can find to continue the search for the missing child, and eventually realizes the eight-year-old has been leaving clues, desperately hoping someone will pick up the trail of his kidnapper.

Christine watches everyone treat Osuqo and Poq like animals and realizes they are as human as she and in need of aid. This story is based on the actual kidnapping of Inuit Eskimos by European traders in the 17th century.

Two stories about a family of tiny people called the Borrowers, in which the family is kidnapped, and the youngest boy is discovered missing.

Fred Shedd and his parents accompany their dog Duz to Hollywood, where his new career as a movie star is almost ended before it begins when Duz is kidnapped.

Fred Shedd and his parents accompany their dog Duz to Hollywood, where his new career as a movie star is almost ended before it begins when Duz is kiddnapped.

When there is a theft at the ranch and Miss Beulah is kidnapped, Hank the Cowdog uses his sleuthing skills.

"For the first time, ten years after her abduction from her Salt Lake City bedroom, Elizabeth Smart reveals how she survived and the secret to forging a new life in the wake of a brutal crime On June 5, 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart, the daughter of a close-knit Mormon family, was taken from her home in the middle of the night by religious fanatic, Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee. She was kept chained, dressed in disguise, repeatedly raped, and told she and her family would be killed if she tried to escape. After her rescue on March 12, 2003, she rejoined her family and worked to pick up the pieces of her life. Now for the first time, in her memoir, MY STORY, she tells of the constant fear she endured every hour, her courageous determination to maintain hope, and how she devised a plan to manipulate her captors and convinced them to return to Utah, where she was rescued minutes after arriving. Smart explains how her faith helped her stay sane in the midst of a nightmare and how she found the strength to confront her captors at their trial and see that justice was served. In the nine years after her rescue, Smart transformed from victim to advocate, traveling the country and working to educate, inspire and foster change. She has created a foundation to help prevent crimes against children and is a frequent public speaker. In 2012, she married Matthew Gilmour, whom she met doing mission work in Paris for her church, in a fairy tale wedding that made the cover of People magazine"--.