Young Anita's life consists of working as a servant to a wealthy family, leaving her little time for anything else. Her servitude (which some would call slavery) provides an insight into a frighteningly common experience for children in Haiti.
Inspired by true events, a young Frederick Douglass is secretly taught to read and write by his mast...
Sébastien owns a book shop and has literary ambitions of his own. He befriends Joseph, an establishe...
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie fac...
A medieval nun's convent is the only refuge for women trying to escape from Turkish raiders looking ...
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery...
About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar...
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads th...
A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he enco...
Tasked with what appears to be a simple abduction for hire, two hapless kidnappers find out that it’...
Main hero is a singing boat refugee – orange boy Maroc. He dreams about freedom. Lemon girl Lisa col...
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of...
In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Car...
A Macedonian family from Bitola at the turn of the twentieth century tries to survive, preserve its ...
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans fo...
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent inva...
On planet Amoi, a great society has developed, creating a computerized city called Tanagura, ruled b...
In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus i...
In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Kore...