children of the rich

An American son of a millionaire is saved from drowning by a New England fishing schooner and forced to prove his worth to the captain and crew.

Thea Atwell is sent to a private girls school called the Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls after her mysterious role in a family tragedy and while there she grapples with her responsibility for the events of the last year.

Presents ten essays that discuss the relationship between education and economic privilege.

A play about poverty and society, dramatized in the struggle between a wealthy man and his daughter, Barbara, who works with the Salvation Army.

William Silver, a teacher at an international high school catering to the children of wealthy families, is admired by his students but fails to live up to his own ideals, and when he succumbs to temptation, his choices change his life and expose his private affairs to his colleagues and students.

Musician and philanthropist Peter Buffet describes the work ethic and values he has learned from his mother and father, Warren Buffet, and challenges readers to overcome obstacles and find greater fulfillment in life.

Presents the second volume in the Good Earth Trilogy about sons rising against their fathers and the bitter struggles between the old and the new in China.

Fanny Price, a teenaged girl of low social rank brought up on her wealthy relatives' countryside estate, feels the sharp sting of rejection when her cousin Edmund, the only person who treats her as an equal, is won over by a flirtatious, exciting--and unprincipled--London girl.