When mysterious spacecraft touch down around the world, a team ,including linguist Louise Banks, is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war, Banks and the team race against time for answers, and to find them, she will take a chance that could threaten her life, and quite possibly humanity.

Huge oil tanker the "Macoma" arriving in the Netherlands with 186,000 tons of oil

Edmund Hillary and Sir John Hunt arrive in Delhi, India after conquering Mount Everest.

In 1962 leftist Juan Bosch was elected president of the Dominican Republic. One year later, he was overthrown and a military junta was installed. Bosch and his supporters soon regrouped and in 1965 attempted to topple that regime. The United States, meanwhile, had sent troops to the Dominican Republic with the official intent to protect the military government from Bosch's revolutionaries. However, President Lyndon B. Johnson made it clear that he...

Radio astronomer Zane Zaminsky believes he's picked up a cosmic noise that is signaling extraterrestrial intelligence. But after turning over the tape to his boss Phil Gordian, Zane's fired, his girlfriend gets transferred and his partner is found dead from an apparent suicide. Zane's desperate search for answers leads him to Mexico and a mysterious power plant that is generating more than electricity and is run by people who are not what they appear...

Dawn and Reese Spencer just can't get ahead. Between her desperate desire to start a family and his gambling debts, they barely keep afloat, even with well-paying Norfolk International port jobs. But their calculating co-worker has the perfect plan: help him smuggle containers of precious, illegal-human-cargo past U.S. Customs. For Dawn, risking the innocent lives of undocumented immigrants is unthinkable. But Reese persuades her that no one will...

Art and writing offer families opportunities to celebrate traditions and honour those who have made a difference. Stories about those who have come before us help young adults develop respect for their heritage.In this activity, children aged 8-11 will create a sculpture and write an accompanying tribute plaque to celebrate someone in their family or community.