Hamish McEwan

Amelia Earhart foi a primeira mulher a completar a travessia do oceano Atlântico pilotando um avião. Este feito fez com que se tornasse uma celebridade nos Estados Unidos, onde passou a ser chamada de "deusa da luz" devido a sua ousadia e carisma. Seu fascínio pelo perigo inspirou até mesmo a primeira dama Eleanor Roosevelt. Casada com George Putnam, um magnata do mercado editorial, e tendo o piloto Gene Vidal como seu grande amigo, Amelia decide, em 1937, embarcar na mais arrojada de suas missões: dar a volta ao mundo em um voo solo.

Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

Philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan coins the phrases "the medium is the message" and "global village."

Tony Washington is killed by a gang of rampant trendy teenagers. Molly Mokembe is a voodoo lady who brings him back from the dead to seek revenge on his killers so he can rest in peace.

A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.

Toby is a teenager who doesn't care much about school. In fact, he has his eyes on the title of a prestigious dog-sleigh race. He will have to undergo extensive training in order to win it.

Soviet high school girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.