In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
Paul Cole finds himself stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he go...
After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the ...
A story in the Egyptian countryside about an unjust mayor who controls everything in the village wit...
In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city. Pol...
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his bigges...
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's q...
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and mainta...
Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr....
The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that ...
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans co...
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for...
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young ma...
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energet...
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual l...
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris b...
Adèle Hugo, daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo, falls in love with British soldier Alber...
Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles...
After life-altering events, Lin Qiqi saves Lin Nanyi, and the two fall deeply in love, with their fr...
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his ...