conflict of generations

Contains the dramatic text of William Shakespeare's tragic play about the forbidden love between two young people from feuding Veronese houses, and includes commentary, notes, and details about the life of the author.

Glory, the youngest of the eight Boughton children, returns to Gilead, Iowa, in 1957 to care for her dying father, Robert, a former Presbyterian pastor, and the two are soon joined by Jack, the prodigal son of the family who left town twenty years earlier in the midst of scandal, and together they edge toward understanding, forgiveness, and healing.

A young college student is seduced by the wife of his father's business partner.

Idaho sheep rancher Chas McPherson, son of a widely disliked fire-and-brimstone preacher now suffering with Parkinson's disease, finds himself the target of an arson investigation after the home of the town's only Muslim family is burned down.

Siena McMahon, daughter of billionaire producer Pete McMahon, seems to live the ideal life, blessed with beauty, brains, and wealth, but her perfect exterior hides a depressing home life that she dreams of escaping.

Three generations of men from Watega County, Illinois, find themslves haunted by the memories of the battles they fought and struggle to come to terms with the impact war has had on themselves and their family.

Pat Conroy reflects on his life, focusing on his troubled relationship with his father, Don Conroy, and how they reached a rapprochement of sorts in the years before Don's death.

"Rich in poignant detail, Niederhoffer paints a fascinating portrait of six sisters engaged in the merciless age-old fist-fight, struggling to love and best each other in turn."--Nicola Kraus, co-author of "The Nanny Diaries.".

Presents the complete text of George Eliot's classic novel and includes a profile of Eliot's life and critical essays from a number of noted authors on his work.