20th century

In the 1960s, Rico Fuentes, a pale-skinned Cuban American teenager, abandons drug-infested New York City for the picket fence and apple pie world of Wisconsin, only to discover that he still feels like an outsider and that violent and judgmental people can be found even in the wholesome Midwest.

Provides a detailed biography of American novelist Edith Wharton, discussing her journeys through Europe, her peers, the places she lived, unhappy marriage, passionate affair, literary works, and much more. Includes photographs.

Presents a comprehensive history of the Mexican Revolution of 1911 and the cities of El Paso and Juarez, and contains essays and archival photographs about Pancho Villa and other revolutionaries of the time.

Drew's friendship with Skitz and Hector is tested as he becomes more aware of the personal lives of the priests at his Boston Catholic school and deals with the pending expulsion of one friend and the possible abuse of another.

Examines the murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964 and the Federal investigation that followed.

Presents a collection of critical essays on British fiction produced during the Edwardian and Georgian period from 1880 to 1914 and reflecting Victorian society, women's roles, and the advance of technology.

Explores, through text and illustrations, how fashions and clothes reflect the social, political, and cultural climate of their time.

A collection of literary and political writings by twentieth-century author George Orwell.

Reprints newspaper articles and book excerpts, drawn from throughout the history of America, that are credited with changing lives for the better, grouped by theme, covering the poor, the working class, public health and safety, women's rights, politics, muckraking, freedom, sports, war, the press, crime and punishment, and Americana.

Chronicles the events and developments leading up to the Soviets' launch of Sputnik I and discusses how the launch affected the shape of the twentieth century.