london (england)

Charles Dickens's classic story of orphan David Copperfield growing up in nineteenth-century England.

The author chronicles his relationship with a cat he named Bob, and reveals how his life as a street musician has been transformed since meeting the animal.

Describes the theaters of Shakespeare's time and indicates the topics of theater at royal courts, how plays were staged, and early acting techniques.

An account of the original Globe theater as well as its modern reconstruction.

Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd unexpectedly travels through time to the eighteenth century, and she must find out why her mother lied about her date of birth to hide her ability, research her history, and work with Gideon, another time traveler.

Examines the life and career of William Shakespeare within the context of the times in which he lived and the actors and writers with whom he associated and collaborated, including Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and others; and provides insights into Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.

In the aftermath of a school shooting in which a teacher killed three students and a colleague before turning the gun on himself, Detective Inspector Lucia May pieces together witness testimonies and discovers a more sinister truth that her superiors are not interested in revealing.

Becky, her brother Will, and their friends, Adam and Bob, are destined for tragedy, hardships, and drama during World War II as each of them go in different directions, except for Will, who is left at home to work on a newspaper due to a slight physical disability.

Detective Sergeant Matt Arnold, investigating the murder of a toddler in South London, is disturbed that the child's parents seem unmoved by his death, and their lack of emotion becomes especially glaring when Arnold's own son is seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver.

A young actor arriving in London in the autumn of 1602 is soon killed and his friend must find a way to stop the murderer before he can strike again.