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Quoyle and his two emotionally disturbed daughters return to the family ancestral home in Newfoundland to start new lives.

Continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser, a twentieth-century woman and a Scottish Highlander who fell in love when Claire traveled back in time through a stone circle, following the couple to the American colonies, where their attempts to make a new life for themselves are complicated by the arrival of their daughter Brianna, who has news from the future.

After his dying grandfather tries to strangle him, Jack Lund discovers a door that leads him fifty years into the past and involves him in events that determine his own future.

The novelist discusses her childhood in Cocoa, Florida in the late 1960s and early 1970s when America was riding the Space Race's tide of optimism, but the author's family found life on Earth often overwhelming.

A dual autobiography in which women's basketball star Rebecca Lobo and her mother RuthAnn discuss the joys and sufferings of growing up female, and offer insight into the special mother-daughter relationship that helped mold a champion.

The First Lady discusses her mission to learn how people can work together to provide a nurturing society in which children can grow into capable, caring adults.

An analysis of the power structures in early American society, religion, and politics from 1620 to 1670, looking at the influence of English theorist Sir Robert Filmer who advocated a system of paternal power, and the beginnings of Enlightenment thought espoused by John Locke.

Debates the issues concerning the adoption of children, presenting arguments both in favor of and against adopting.

High school sophomore Danny Vo tries to resolve the conflict between the values of his Vietnamese refugee family and his new American way of life.

Emphasizes that strong family units come in different shapes and sizes, focusing on homeless families and the challenges they face.