A crusty old man and a beautiful young girl live on a fishing boat, which has been floating at sea for over 10 years. The old man plans to marry the 16-year-old on her next birthday, and counts the days down on his calendar. In addition to the girl, the old man also cherishes his bow, which he uses predominantly as a weapon to fight off would-be admirers of his lovely shipmate. However, the bow is also a useful device for shamanistic fortune-telling...

Legendary actress Patricia Routledge returns as 60ish housewife turned gumshoe Hetty Wainthropp in this popular PBS Mystery! series. Includes six episodes, two of which have not aired on PBS.

14-year-old Ilan runs away from home to meet Dalia, the sister he has not seen in years. The two happily reunite and develop an unexpected relationship, unusual and a little bit scandalous. Then Dalia leaves for a stint as a cruise ship attendant. Ilan meets Abraham, a middle-aged man who calls himself the "last true Communist." Abraham is living in a vacant building and growing crops on the roof. Unfortunately, a security force shows up to clear...

City-boy Ren McCormick finds he has been moved into an uptight Midwestern town where the local officials have banned dancing and rock 'n roll music. Ren revolts with his best friend Willard and the minister's daughter. A timeless struggle between innocent teenage pleasures and adults' need for rigid morality.

"In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn't need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to believe in himself. Now, in The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage...

By all appearances Bill's life is perfect-- a perfect mess, that is. His wife is having an affair with the local news anchor and he is stuck in a dead-end job at his father-in-law's bank. Bill sees no escape from his miserable life until he becomes a mentor to a self-assured teen who is determined to help Bill reinvent his life by setting him up with a sexy lingerie saleswoman who promises to spice things up. Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless...

This book is the result of a compilation of articles by experts in various areas that Josefina Vazquez Mota has made the concern to every parent: if every household is a small country with its laws or not, or authoritative answers that trample with harmonious relations or permanent confrontation with honest practices or simulation, with consequences and limits, or with impunity, then understand that to transform the country in which we live is vital...