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That smile could have ended wars, I swear it. I’d never seen anyone as unintentionally cool as Megan. She was wearing very little makeup, but she didn’t need it. And she was wearing a simple white T-shirt and a brown leather jacket. Everything about her was beautiful, from her eyes and smile to the way she said her own name.

Since returning home recently from her never-to-be-forgotten cruise vacation, Samantha Rite has been busy trying to catch up at work and settle back into her normal day-to-day routine. Little does she know, her simple and quiet life is about to be thrown into turmoil as she has unknowingly become a pawn in a deadly game of deception. As she desperately struggles to make sense of it all, she soon realizes that someone she loves more than life itself is now in danger as well.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on October 26, 1948.

Baseball Cards: A Journey Through Americas Pastime weaves the joy of collecting with the rich history of baseball. It invites you to explore the hobby's unique stories, from card designs and rarities to the personalities behind them.

"The Prisoner of Zenda" is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. The king of the fictional country of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces are such that in order for the king to retain his crown his coronation must go forward. An English gentleman on holiday who fortuitously resembles the monarch, is persuaded to act as his political decoy in an attempt to save the situation.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on November 13, 1953.

Sex On a Ladder – In a French Maid’s outfit can be tricky... Oh, sex on a ladder can be tricky anyway! April is a French Maid for a Day: A young woman fills in for her aunt as maid to a handsome and wealthy businessman; she dresses in a French Maid’s outfit and makes sure it’s cut so low – and so high – that he cannot resist looking at her. So, while he’s thinking of how he can seduce her, she’s already setting her plan to seduce him in motion. Which one will get there first? Hmmm, if she can get him where she wants him, it’ll sure as hell make housecleaning a lot more fun...

CADE I never thought I would see her like this. We have lived next door to each other our whole lives, but she was always this annoying girl that would try to hang around me or at least I thought so at times. I outgrew her quickly. I actually couldn’t wait to get away from her. But now she won’t give me the time of day. ALLISON My whole life the one I could always count on was Cade, then he was gone. For the stupidest reason on the planet. I might have pouted a little. Still he should feel guilty, I didn’t do anything wrong. I don’t think I can forgive him for what he has done. Why ...

Rupert of Hentzau is a sequel by Anthony Hope to "The Prisoner of Zenda", written in 1895, but not published until 1898. This story commences three years after the conclusion of Zenda, and deals with the same fictional country somewhere in Germanic Middle Europe, the kingdom of Ruritania.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on December 7, 1948.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show, broadcast from Long Beach, California, originally aired on May 17, 1949.

Maggie: From the first moment I saw him, I was attracted to him. Even though he was 10 years younger than me, I still fell for his growly, alpha ways. Brewer: I’m a player. Always have been. But when I meet Maggie, she turned me upside down. I want to claim her, make her mine… I just have to convince her she wants the same thing.

In 1952 two young lovers meet, in secret, at the beautiful Southern Cross theatre in the very heart of London's West End. Their relationship is made up of clandestine meetings and stolen moments because there is someone who will make them suffer if he discovers she is no longer 'his'. But life in the theatre doesn't always go according to plan, and tragedy and heartache are waiting in the wings for all the players....

In a world where the Sun has vanished, Earth flickers dimly under the glow of ancient vulcanism. The remnants of humanity have found refuge in the colossal Last Redoubt, an eight-mile-high metal pyramid, besieged by mysterious forces lurking in the shadows. A protective Circle of Energy, known as the air clog, shields them, powered by the enigmatic Earth Current beneath their feet. For eons, colossal beings called the Watchers have awaited their moment, biding their time in the darkness. Beyond the Circle, other remnants of life‚some alien, some perhaps once human‚linger, and leaving the ...

I ran from masked killers… and straight into the arms of the man I was never supposed to trust. Jake Mortensen is the worst kind of temptation—lethal, infuriating, and way too good at saving me. One second, I’m fighting for my life in a dark alley. The next, I’m tangled up with a brooding operative who looks at me like he already knows my darkest secrets. We’re forced into hiding together. He’s cold, guarded, impossible to read. But when he touches me, the world falls away—and I start craving the danger in his arms. Three times, I swore I wouldn’t fall: When he shielded me ...

The ultimate escapist adventure story, The Prisoner of Zenda transports the listener into a bygone era, awash with swashbuckling heroism, cunning plots and courtly love. The popularity of Hope’s tale of intrigue was such that it spawned an entirely new genre known as the ‘Ruritanian romance’. When the King of Ruritania is kidnapped, the onus falls on a British tourist, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the King, to stand in for him and to avert disaster by coming to his rescue.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on September 24, 1946.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on May 14, 1954.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show originally aired on January 28, 1953.

This episode of Bob Hope's classic NBC radio show, broadcast from a US Army facility in Arcadia, California, originally aired on February 9, 1943.