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At the heart of Oxford University life, the Bodleian Library is one of the oldest working libraries in Europe with some of its reading rooms - the medieval Duke Humfrey’s Library and the circular Radcliffe Camera - immortalised in films, including The Golden Compass the Harry Potter franchise. With access to priceless archives including Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons, this documentary reveals how the Elizabethan diplomat Sir Thomas Bodley created this extraordinary library and how it flourishes as a modern institution.

The star quarterback dating a theater geek like me? As if anyone would believe that. If Brian Kirkland is the reigning king of the jocks, I guess that makes me the queen of the drama department. Hard to believe we were ever best friends. These days we go to great lengths to ignore one another. But when Brian's current diva girlfriend convinces him to try out for my play, there's no way to avoid him. I try to keep it professional, but years of anger and resentment are hard to dismiss. It doesn't help that he's just as cocky as I remember.

In the fourth century, a young man named Augustine turned his back on the church, plunging into a frenzied life of lust and dissipation. His renunciation left Monica, his pious Catholic mother, weeping and praying for his salvation...for more than a decade! Like so many Catholics today - even, perhaps, like you - Monica wrestled daily with the pain of having a loved one fall away from the faith. Like us, she often feared that her prayers and tears were of little worth, empty, futile.

Elizabeth's life changed the moment she saw a sleek, black, limousine pull up to the curb outside the restaurant where she and her dearest friends were having a celebration dinner before going to the local club. Though she knew she shouldn't, she found herself stepping back into the shadows as the man she had bumped into earlier led his companion to the car. Her breath caught in her throat as she witnessed a scene that would follow her into her dreams.

Matthew Stanyer fears the worst when he reports his parents missing. His father, Joseph Stanyer, has been struggling to cope with his wife, Evie, whose dementia is rapidly worsening. When their bodies are found close to Blackwater Lake, a local beauty spot, the inquest rules the deaths as a murder-suicide. A conclusion that's supported by the note Joseph leaves for his son.

Lois and Carly-May are just 12 years old when they're abducted, driven across the country, and imprisoned in a remote, isolated hunting lodge for two months. That summer, under the watchful gaze of their kidnapper, they form a bond which will never be broken.... Decades later both Lois and Carly-May have built new lives and identities for themselves.

Her reputation tarnished and her prospects all but gone, the School of Charm's headmistress has nothing left to lose. At least, that's what Miss Farthington believed. But now she's being pursued by a man as charming as he is clever, and she's realized that she was wrong. She still has something very dear left to lose...her heart.

When my friend Liz convinced me to go to a party with a bunch of her model friends, I knew I needed to cut loose a bit and have some fun. I’d been working such long hours for so long, I hadn’t had any fun in ages. Of course, I wasn’t all that keen on being at a party with nothing but supermodel types, but I did all I could to look as sexy as I could, and hoped I could get one of their rejects. Boy was I wrong. There weren’t any men at the party, and they were about to show me that they didn’t need any.

Award-winning author and professional hypnotist Maggie Dubris created this extremely effective hypnosis program specifically for artists, writers, musicians, and others engaged in creative work who have trouble getting started on their projects. The image of creativity as a magical road that the creator can get onto and off easily is used to circumvent the "all or nothing" mindset that prevents many artists from taking the steps they need to create the work they dream of.

It’s hard to keep secrets in a small town...It’s even harder to keep a secret that could expose not only your family but an entire species. That’s what Frankie Cavanaugh must do. As the daughter of the leader of the Wisdom Counsel, it’s up to her to step into her father’s shoes until another leader is chosen. It’s also up to her to continue her lineage within the species. She wants to do neither. She considers the shifter gene a curse rather than a gift, robbing her of a normal life.

Anthony and Maggie deep dive into the latest films reviews for you. Maybe this can help you decided if you want to watch it or not

Conversations between life partners and for life partners. Hosted by Maggie Dobosz.

A hotwife head-over-heels for her new doctor. A husband who discovers just how aroused he can be while watching his wife having a whole lot of fun with another man. And a doctor who is almost too good to be true. Sounds like the recipe for a rollicking and naughty good time!

Katie Young is thrilled about her new job. At twenty-eight, she stands to earn far more than her husband Scott by working for the Janni Corporation, maker of high-end fashionwear. But she is not so thrilled about being called in for an after-hours "orientation meeting" with CEO Edric Baldwin. It sounds pretty creepy, actually. That's why Scott offers to accompany her to the meeting and keep an eye on his gorgeous and very naïve wife.

Adam and Maureen Talbot are in a world of trouble. Racing home to Connecticut following a vacation in Florida, they are pulled over by Georgia sheriff Curtis Dixon and his young deputy-in-training, Garth Baker. Ooh, that’s bad because due to the excessive speed they were traveling at, they’ll have to appear in court. That’s very bad, actually, because now they won’t make it home in time for their daughter Mia’s bridal shower! Sadly, it goes downhill from here.

Lord Charnwood chose himself a wife who would think and behave just as she should, a biddable young lady with a proper way of thinking who would never cause him a moment’s unease. Or so he thought. And truly Elizabeth did try to behave as a proper duchess should. Until she discovered that the duke had an appalling number of extraneous females in his life....

In the acclaimed Once Upon a Lie, Maggie Barbieri introduced Maeve Conlon, a single mother and bakery owner hiding dark secrets behind her cookie-cutter suburban life. Now, Maeve's moving on with everyday life when the unthinkable happens: her father dies of a massive heart attack. Maeve's mother died when Maeve was very young, and growing up, it was always just her and her father. But on the day of his funeral, Maeve learns a shocking secret.

Award-winning writer and clinical hypnotist Maggie Dubris combines hypnosis and gentle sound effects in this unique, effective program to enhance creativity for writers, visual artists, and musicians. The metaphor of the diversity and wonder of the rainforest is used to generate ideas and to address common creative issues such as perfectionism and judgmental attitudes towards one's work.

Created and recorded by award-winning writer and clinical hypnotist Maggie Dubris, this audio hypnosis session is designed to be listened to at bedtime. It is similar to the inspired novel title, integrating relaxing images of a tropical forest with that of a butterfly refuge to gather images to be used the next day. However, the suggestions can be applied to equally to fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, or poetry.

SUNDAY MONEY follows Claire as she navigates her way through 1970s Brooklyn, hustling on and off the court, and striving to break free of the turmoil in her home and the rulebook "good" girls are supposed to follow.