20th century

Having grown up in a California commune, Bliss sees her aloof grandmother's Atlanta world as a foreign country, but she is determined to be nice as a freshman at an elite high school, which makes her the perfect target for Sandy, a girl obsessed with the occult.

A detailed history of the attempt in 1964 to register African-Americans in Mississippi and the over seven hundred college students from both southern and northern schools who descended upon the state to help in the cause for freedom and civil rights.

Examines key choices made by American presidents and their advisors during the final stages of each major conflict from World War I through the war in Iraq to reveal why the United States seems poorly prepared for the aftermath of major conflicts.

Provides an overview of the history and culture of Mexico, featuring discussion of the country's religion, social life, leisure and food, media and cinema, performing and visual arts, and literature.

Judy Shepard shares personal stories about her son Matthew's life and death, focusing on how she and her husband chose to honor their son's legacy after he was murdered in a brutal hate crime by becoming international gay rights activists.

Draws on personal and professional correspondences to chronicle the life and legacy of politician and philanthropist Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

Discusses the life and lasting legacy of politician Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, and discusses how his crusade for gay rights led to open hostility that ended in 1978 when he was assassinated by his San Francisco Board of Supervisors rival.

When his charming but irresponsible uncle comes to visit his small Kansas hometown, fourteen-year-old Les Ekhardt hopes to get tips from him about succeeding with girls, but he learns much more important lessons from his stodgy, predictable parents and friendships with a lesbian classmate and one of Uncle Ray's former girlfriends.

Collects more than three hundred economy-themed cartoons which were originally published in "The New Yorker" from 1925 to 2009.

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.