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In the summer of 1937, Amelia Earhart is the most famous woman in the world - a record-breaking pilot, a best-selling author, and a modern woman shattering the glass ceiling in the early days of aviation. And then she vanishes. In Tampa, Florida, 15-year-old Lizzie Friedlander spends her afternoons glued to her father’s radio, tapping into the enormity of a world she longs to travel. Lizzie can hardly believe her ears when she picks up a radio signal from a faraway source that sets her heart racing: “Amelia Earhart calling SOS!”

Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt is peaceful and prosperous under the dual rule of the Pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV, until the younger Pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams. Ptah-hotep, a young peasant boy studying to be a scribe, wants to live a simple life in a Nile hut with his lover Kheperren and their dog Wolf. But Amenhotep IV appoints him as Great Royal Scribe. Surrounded by bitterly envious rivals and enemies, how long will Ptah-hotep survive?

The daughter of a Danish immigrant and a black G.I., Rachel survives a family tragedy only to face new challenges. Sent to live with her strict African-American grandmother in a racially divided Northwest city, she must suppress her grief and reinvent herself in a mostly black community. A beauty with light brown skin and blue eyes, she attracts much attention in her new home. The world wants to see her as either black or white, but that's not how she sees herself.

Wie ein Triumphator kehrt Francis Drake 1580 von seiner drei Jahre dauernden Weltumseglung nach England zurück. Bios an die Toppen beflaggt, mit schwellenden Segeln aus blauem Damast, läuft seine "Golden Hind" in den Hafen von Plymouth ein. Von diesem Tag an ist sein Aufstieg unaufhaltsam. Königin Elisabeth I. dankt ihrem verwegenen Kaperkapitän mit dem Ritterschlag, ernennt ihn zum Vizeadmiral der englischen Flotte. - In aufregenden Szenen verleihen hervorragende Schauspieler und Sprecher den historischen Personen Charakteristik und Profil.