A funny, satirical tale of English mothers on the brink of rebellion, Arlington Park is a novel for the ages.

Set over the course of one rainy day in an ordinary English suburb, Arlington Park is a viciously funny portrait of a group of young mothers, each bound to their families, each straining for some kind of independence: Juliet, enraged at the victory of men over women in family life; Amanda, warding off thoughts of death with obsessive

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"Robert Young returns as America's #1 dad, Jim Anderson, in Season Five of Father Knows Best. Betty, Bud and Kathy are all growing into young adults - which means more escapades and mix-ups for Jim and Margaret Anderson to help sort out in between their own adventures in the good town of Springfield, Illinois. The Andersons treated their kids with authority, empathy and wisdom. And by the end of every episode we'd all learned our lesson."-- Container....

Twenty-two-year-old Rabbit Angstrom is a salesman in a local department store, father of a preschool-age son, and husband to an alcoholic wife who was his second-best high school sweetheart. The squalor and tragedy of their lives reminds us that salvation is a personal undertaking.

"America's #1 Dad returns for another season of family adventures! Robert Young is Jim Anderson, patriarch extraordinaire to his loving but sometimes misguided family. With "Bud" (Billy Gray) taking up the practice of mind-reading, Kathy (Lauren Chapin) rebelling at summer camp, Betty (Elinor Donahue) discovering that mother Margaret (Jane Wyatt) has been placed in her English class as a student - it's certain that the father who knows best is going...

For six seasons, The Wonder Years captured the angst of growing up in suburban middle-class America in the late '60s, as seen through the life and times of Kevin Arnold. Audiences eagerly followed his evolution as a typical teenager who remembered every moment of his transition from childhood with excruciating detail and remarkable hindsight. Each episode of this award-winning show weaves cultural events and music into the storylines. Through it all,...

The idyllic lives of civic-minded environmentalists Patty and Walter Berglund come into question when their son moves in with aggressive Republican neighbors, green lawyer Walter takes a job in the coal industry, and go-getter Patty becomes increasingly unstable and enraged.

Argues that America's might lies in its middle class and calls for a focused directive to reinvigorate the class in order to return the nation to greatness. Award-winning author Peter D. Kiernan focuses on America's greatest challenge--and opportunity--restoring the middle class to its full promise and potential. Our educated, skilled, and motivated middle class was the cornerstone of America's postwar economic might, but the country's dynamic core...