Lucky Luke & Jolly Jumper arrive in Grass Town & make the acquaintance of Smith I Emperor of the United States! A local rancher gone a bit looney after getting rich he's given his cowboys fancy uniforms & replaced their Colts with sabres & he believes he's the true ruler of the country. The citizens of Grass Town think he's great fun write him letters in the names of European monarchs & publish his harmless proclamations in the newspaper. But is he truly harmless? & what will Luke do if something upsets the relationship between the Emperor & his not-so-loyal subjects? ...

At the end of the Civil War many former soldiers turn to a life of crime to survive. Joss Jamon & his gang are among the worst of such men. After sacking the town of Los Palitos they arrange for Lucky Luke to be arrested for their crimes. The lonesome cowboy a rope already around his neck is forced to make a deal with the angry citizens: Bring the real bandits back within six months or hang. ...

When a senator comes up with a probation program to redeem criminals in the USA the Supreme Court offers him a chance to prove the feasibility of his idea...by trying it out on the worst Old West villains ever: the Daltons. As usual it's up to Lucky Luke to keep an eye on the terrible four during their month-long trial period. If they can refrain from any crime during that time they will be set free as good citizens... ...

Two rival families live in Painful Gulch: the OTimmins clan who have big noses & the OHaras who have big ears. Theyve been fighting for decades & dont even know why anymore. Lucky Luke is appointed mayor in order to bring peace back to the town. But the men & their thick-headed sense of honour will wreck all of Lucky Lukes plans for reconciliation. Our hero must find a solution! ...

At the funeral of old Baddy everybody is moved except Ready who has waited for the 100-year-old mans death a long time in order to buy his ranch. Unfortunately the old fellow has an heir Waldo a tenderfoot who arrives straight from his native England accompanied by his butler Jasper. Two worlds clash: the ancient so refined & the new equally rustic. ...

In this early adventure of the famous cowboy Lucky Luke is dealing with one of the plagues of the Old West: quacks. Doctor" Doxey is a con man a charlatan who brews up useless elixirs & sells them as miracle cures for every ailment known to man. But he doesn't stop at that & occasionally causes illnesses himself the better to cure them
- a behaviour that does not sit well with Luke..."
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In September 1998 Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
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Is there really such a thing as a good luck charm? Ex-soldier Logan Thibault thinks he just might have found one. Haunted by memories of the friends he lost in Iraq Logan knows how fortunate he is to be home. He believes that a photograph he carried with him a picture of a smiling woman hes never met kept him safe. Even though he knows nothing about this woman he hopes she might hold the key to his destiny. Resolving to find her Logan embarks on a journey of startling discovery. Beth the woman whose picture he holds is struggling with problems of her own: her volatile ex-husband wont accept their relationship is over & threatens anyone who gets too close to her. & despite a growing attraction between them Logan has kept one explosive secret from Beth: how he came across her photograph in the first place.. . ...

Do you believe in lucky charms? While in Iraq U.S. Marine Logan Thibault finds a photo half-buried in the dirt of a woman. He carries it in his pocket & from then on his luck begins to change. Back home Logan is haunted by thoughts of war. Over time he becomes convinced that the woman in the photo holds the key to his destiny. So he finds the vulnerable & loving Beth & a passionate romance begins. But Logan battles with the one secret he has kept from Beth: how he found her in the first place. & it is a secret that could utterly destroy everything they love.. . ...

The first play from a new British playwright Its the 1960s in Hampstead London. Bruno & Anna Mosenthal Annas brother Leo & his wife Ottilie are awaiting the arrival of a potential buyer for their jointly owned country cottage. Leo is keen to raise the asking price for the house bought through a gift for the siblings by their father a Jewish button factory owner who lost out in Berlin before the war. But when the buyer Lisa Pendry turns out to be German too Leo demands an apology for Nazi war crimes as well as money in return for the property. At Leos funeral in the 1990s Daniel his son attempts to confront the broken dreams of the previous generation of Jewish refugees. But in surviving the war marrying a Lebanese wife & denying his roots has Daniel managed to leave behind the legacy of anger & sense of victimisation that haunted his father? The Lucky Ones is published to tie in with the premiere at Londons Hampstead Theatre starring Kelly Hunter ...