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2) Finally seen
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When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.
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When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can't understand basic Japanese they speak to her, they make the drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles...
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"What if there was a town that Hitler missed? For over fifty years the tiny Jewish shtetl of Kreskol has existed virtually untouched and unchanged. Spared of the Holocaust and Cold War, Kreskol has enjoyed an isolated peace. But when a marriage dispute spirals out of control, Kreskol is suddenly rediscovered and brought into the 21st Century. Pesha is in a loveless, arranged marriage and summons the courage to escape Kreskol on foot. But when her...
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Dylan, an aspiring photographer, is spending a month in Mumbai with his friend Rohit Lal and his family, but knowing nothing of Indian culture, he cannot seem to do anything right (do not hit cows!)--and the situation is made worse by the tensions within the Lal family over whether Rohit should be raised in India, which Mr. Lal's wealthy sister is pushing for.
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With a residency at a top hospital and a boyfriend she adores, Lauren appears to have her entire life figured out. When she loses both her job and her beau on the same day, Lauren reluctantly accepts a residency position in Alaska. After slowly embracing her simple life up North, Lauren gets the position she originally hoped for and must choose between the life she always wanted and her new life in Alaska.
10) The family man
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High-powered Wall Street bachelor Jack Campbell gets the shock of a lifetime when he wakes up one morning in suburban New Jersey, next to Kate, the girlfriend he left 13 years ago. Suddenly, Jack's entire world is turned upside down.
11) From far away
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Escaping with her family from war-torn Lebanon, Saoussan attends a Canadian school where the language and customs are unfamiliar and sometimes scary.
12) Mr. Baseball
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An arrogant and aging major league baseball player attempts to revive his career by signing to play in Japan.
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Ten-year-old Bilal preferred life in Pakistan where he was the star of his cricket team and his family was all together. Now he's living in America with his aunt and uncle while his father remains in Pakistan. Hoping to fit in and keep up with her American cousin Jalaal, Bilal joins the baseball team where he is determined to stand out as a pitcher--perhaps then his father would come to America to watch him play.
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The smash-hit whodunit returns to BBC One, as D.I. Neville Parker (Ralf Little) attempts to solve a slew of mysterious murders in the sun-soaked Caribbean. The hugely popular comedy-drama is back for its tenth anniversary series with its usual combination of baffling murders, intriguing puzzles and famous guest stars. There are also some big surprises in store starting with the shock return of D.S Florence Cassell (Joséphine Jobert). Can Florence...
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With a new team firmly in place, DI Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall, Love Actually) is finally settled on the beautiful island of Saint Marie. Feeling as though something is still missing from his life, Goodman enlists DS Florence Cassell (Josephine Jobert, Summer Crush) to help him crack the complexities of the dating world.
A British cop is out of his element after he is sent to the tiny island of Sainte Marie to solve a murder case.