When it is time for the Chinese gaokao, the entire country comes to a standstill. For nearly ten million high school students, this two-day national college entrance exam will determine where and if they get to study. It is not uncommon for the fates of entire families to hinge on the results. Like so many others, Nian has been focused on preparing for the exam, at the exclusion of everything else and is all alone. A classmate has committed suicide and she has become the target of relentless bullying. Meanwhile, fate brings her together with small-time criminal Bei and the two of them seal a pact.
Successful writer, Martin, is struggling following the death of his wife and child in a car crash. But when he meets grieving mother Lily at a bereavement group, his life changes and he starts to question the circumstances of the accident.
After he's busted for smuggling coke on his plane, Jim Hoffman has a chance to start over in a lush, affluent suburb of San Diego. Jim and his wife, Ellen are surprised to find maverick auto mogul John DeLorean lives in a glamorous house down the street. Soon an unexpected friendship forms between the two men, just as John's new venture-the DeLorean Motor Company-is taking off. But with the FBI pushing Jim to inform on his flashy former dealer, Morgan Hetrick and John's financing falling through the cracks, things are far from idyllic..and about to take a dark turn. Based on the real events that would become the celebrity scandal of it's generation.
The definitive story of Everton at the peak of their powers in the mid-1980s, when they became the best side in the land. They won the FA Cup, thrashed Man Utd 5-0, beat Liverpool home and away, and then strolled to the league title with a record amount of points. This is the tale of a man with Everton in his blood and a team intent on greatness, all told by the heroes who helped make it history.
When Jesper distinguishes himself as the postal academy's worst student, he is stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, where the feuding locals hardly exchange words let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up when he finds an ally in local teacher Alva, and discovers Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys. These unlikely friendships return laughter to Smeerensburg, forging a new legacy of generous neighbors, magical lore and stockings hung by the chimney with care.