Ivan Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" explores the ageless conflict between generations through a period in Russian history when a new generation of revolutionary intellectuals threatened the state. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated from the Russian by Peter Carson, with an introduction by [...]

This story of Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, tells a darker piece of America's history from an often unseen perspective-that of three of Jefferson's slaves-including two of his own children. As each child grows up and tells his story, the contradiction between slave[...]

An inter-generational set of conversations about the country of our dreams and the reality on the ground. It concludes with a section that focuses on the need for healing
of our woundedness as individuals, families, communities and the nation. It includes findings from a study that show how unle[...]

Turgenev's masterpiece about the conflict between generations is as fresh, outspoken, and exciting today as it was in when it was first published in 1862. The controversial portrait of Bazarov, the energetic, cynical, and self-assured 'nihilist' who repudiates the romanticism of his elders, shook Ru[...]

Aristocracy, liberalism, progress, principles...useless words! A Russian doesn't need them' Returning home after years away at university, Arkady is proud to introduce his clever friend Bazarov to his father and uncle. But their guest soon stirs up unrest on the quiet country estate - his outspoken [...]

Drawing on exclusive final interviews with Frank, and with unprecedented access to his closest relatives, Mad Frank and Sons follows his rise from a small kid stealing to put food on the table to a feared and respected West End crime lord and head of a legendary gangland family. It includes the stor[...]

A haunting memoir of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign
Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea: "Without you, there is no motherland. Without[...]

Using practical, firsthand stories that offer helpful, portable takeaways, Pastor Boyd looks at the interweaving of his journey from spiritual orphan to treasured son, offering candid stories and freeing insights for every Christian still longing to come home. The truth is, many of us as Christians [...]

Accidentally separated at birth in the early 1950s, twin brothers grow up apart--one becoming a Vietnam war hero and successful bank executive, the other making his mark as a noted lawyer and politician--until they are once again reunited by fate. Reprint.[...]

Although his destiny is written and he knows fighting his archenemy in a battle to the death will lead to his own demise or his transformation into the Lord of the Shadows, Darren faces the battle with courage and a clever plan to trick the powers that rule him. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.[...]

Dead if he loses - damned if he wins. The time has finally come for Darren to face his archenemy, Steve Leopard. One of them will die. The other will become the Lord of the Shadows - and destroy the world.[...]

Mothers and Sons is a sensitive and beautifully written meditation on the dramas surrounding this most elemental of relationships. Psychologically intricate and emotionally incisive, each finely wrought story teases out the delicate and difficult strands woven between mothers and sons. This is an ac[...]