When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever." The story tells of a Black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances...

This stylized retelling of Romeo & Juliet takes place in New York City where a young guy falls for the daughter of his father's nemesis.

Tina is a young woman hiding from her grief on the streets of the Cross. Ona cold night in the middle of winter she breaks all her own rules when she agrees to go home with a customer. What she finds in his house will change her life forever. Across the country Sarah and Doug are trapped in limbo, struggling to accept the loss that now governs their lives. Pete is the local policeman who feels like he is watching the slow death of his own family....

When a flood of Israeli refugees into a near-future America trigger anti-Semitic hostilities throughout the country, a Passover celebration for the Jacobson family is disrupted by years of resentment and claims of abuse from a hateful father.

After a devastating loss, an unexpected invitation launches Tana on a solitary road trip through the Midwest, reconnecting with family, seeking closure, and making unexpected connections along the way.

Eleven-year-old Ira befriends Oscar, a young Mexican she meets when her father hires migrant workers to help in his beet fields. Their friendship is tested by local prejudice and hostility against the migrants, teaching Ira to be a true friend and to stand up for her beliefs. Includes four questions for family discussion.

The year is 1795 and the feisty 20-year-old Jane Austen is an emerging writer who already sees a world beyond class and commerce, beyond pride and prejudice, and dreams of doing what was nearly unthinkable - marrying for love. Naturally, her parents are searching for a wealthy, well-appointed husband to assure their daughter's future social standing. As a prospective match for Jane, her parents are eyeing Mr. Wisley. He is the nephew to the very formidable,...

It is summer, 2012. Charlie, a wealthy banker with an uneasy conscience, invites his troubled cousin Matthew to visit him and his wife in their idyllic mountaintop house. As the days grow hotter, the friendship between the three begins to reveal its fault lines, and with the arrival of a fourth character, the household finds itself suddenly in the grip of uncontrollable passions. As readers of James Lasdun's acclaimed fiction can expect, The Fall...

Skip your nap and join the party in the playpen with the complete fourth season of Rugrats! Tommy, Chuckie and the rest of the baby band are back in this 2-disc box set with over 5 hours of adorable adventures, including fan-favorite episodes “Spike's Babies” and “Chicken Pops.” Plus, get ready for more laugh-out-loud lullabies, like when Phil and Chuckie discovered the joys of dresses, Chuckie tried to potty-train Spike, and the babies worked...

Mary Beth Latham is first and foremost a mother, whose three teenaged children come first, before her career as a landscape gardener, or even her life as the wife of a doctor. Caring for her family and preserving their everyday life is paramount. And so, when one of her sons, Max, becomes depressed, Mary Beth becomes focused on him, and is blindsided by a shocking act of violence. What happens afterwards is a testament to the power of a woman's love...