Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton and his devout wife, Kate, bring three-year-old Benji from Nagasaki to live with them on their Illinois farm in the late nineteenth century, claiming he is an orphan, but when it becomes known that Benji is the son of Benjamin and a geisha, shock runs throughout their entire community, and Benji is freed to explore his own identity and the truth about his mother's death.

When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin arranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each...

Having discovered that her dying husband has an illegitimate child living in Florida, a devout Christian housewife leaves her sheltered world on a mission to reunite father and son.

A young Cuban woman is searching in vain for details of her birth mother. All she knows of her past is that her grandfather fled the turbulent Havana of the 1960s for Miami with her, and pinned to her sweater -- possibly by her mother -- were a few lines of a Pablo Neruda poem. These facts remain her only links to her history, until a mysterious parcel arrives in the mail. Inside the box are layers of writings and photographs. Fitting these pieces...

"At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle,...

"At the court of Chancery, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case grinds on for years with no end in sight. Entangled in the lawsuit are a growing number of innocent victims: Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a child with mysterious parentage; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. As the case staggers onward, yet more people become embroiled in the furious legal battle,...

In the year 520 AD, during the bloody battle of Camlann, King Arthur, aided by his legendary sword Excalibur, lands a fatal blow to his traitor son Mordred. Arthur's dying wish to his loyal knight, Sir Bedivere, is to return Excalibur, the source of is powers, to the Lady in the Lake. Nineteen years later, an older Sir Bedivere finds himself in jail after trying to free Arthur's son, Owain, from the town guards when he is caught stealing from Lord...

Captures the lives and passions of the Compsons, a once proud Southern family caught in a tragic spiral of loss and misfortune. Encapsulates the universal theme of the death of honor, social injustice and forbidden love.

Follows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.