"Presents facts and factors that contribute to economic opportunity, looking at how poor, middle class, and rich have fared in recent decades. Proposes a cost-effective agenda for increasing opportunity, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving lives of the young and disadvantaged, emphasizing individual responsibility as indispensable for success"--Provided by publisher.

" 'Je n'étais jamais retournée sur la tombe de Madeleine. N'y avais jamais apporté son repas préféré, de l'huile de palme, du sel ou une cruche de vin de raphia. Madeleine, pour autant que je m'en souvienne, préférait le vin rouge. Mais enfin, le vin de raphia, c'est ce que l'on déposait sur la tombe des morts dans le Haut-Fènn'. Vingt ans après la mort de sa mère, Katmé Abbia, enseignante, apprend que la tombe doit être déplacée....

Persuasion: "Anne Elliot is a young woman of perfect breeding and unwavering integrity. Austen wrote of her, 'She is almost too good for me.' Persuasion is the story of Anne and Captain Wentworth and their long awaited union. The world of country gentry in Regency England serves as a setting while portraying the many aspects of proper society - its failings and humor"--Container Pride and prejudice: "A delightful novel about 'how girls catch husbands.'...