1891-

Chronicles the experiences of two African-American women growing up in North Carolina at the turn-of-the-century.

Investigates the events surrounding Carl Mays' 1920 pitch to Cleveland Indians batter Ray Chapman, which struck Chapman on the head, killing him in what many thought was a tragic but unavoidable accident and examines the impact Chapman's death had on professional baseball.

A field mouse decides to live in the big blue house with two sisters who are artists, and is so happy with what she finds there that soon all of her relatives join her. Based on the true story of Caldecott Award winner Dorothy Lathrop's inspiration for her first book, The Littlest Mouse.

Bessie and Elizabeth Delany, both over one-hundred years old, answer questions and offer advice on a variety of everyday topics.

Portrays the love affair and marriage between Ernest Hemingway and Hadley Mowrer from their Chicago meeting in 1920 to their lives during the Jazz Age in Paris, but as Ernest struggles to find his literary voice, Hadley tries to define her role in their relationship as wife, friend, and muse.

After he learns a hard lesson about wearing his baseball helmet at the plate, Stosh travels back to 1920 to try to save minor league baseball player Ray Chapman, who is the only known player to die from being struck in the head by a baseball.

Presents the lessons of Yaqui Indian sorcerer Don Juan Matus on how to "stop the world, " his term for achieving certain states of awareness in which the reality of everyday life is altered.