Recounts the story of a pivotal cultural year in the United States when mainstream pursuits and historical events were marked by contributions by such figures as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and Al Capone.

A collection of stories, several on group behavior. The story, Low Men in Yellow Coats, deals with the way group behavior can affect people for the worse, the title story is on a college woman who saves a fellow student from such behavior, while in Blind Willie a man atones for group behavior in the Vietnam War.

“Stunning” short stories by the National Book Award–winning author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
 In this bestselling volume of stories, National Book Award winner Sherman Alexie challenges readers to see Native American Indians as the complex, modern, real people they are. The tender and tenacious tales of The Toughest Indian in the World introduce...

"A look at one hectic night in the life of a group of high school friends just before they go off to college, jobs, or the army."--Video Source Book.

Traces the history of American views about life and death, discussing life stages, the affect of debates about life and death on American politics, and other realted topics.

Discusses the youth culture of the eighties, highlighted by fitness, Michael Jackson, Dungeons and Dragons, breakdancing, AIDS, and politically by the first flight of the space shuttle and Gorbachev's assumption of power in the Soviet Union.

"Nick and her cousin, Helena, have grown up sharing sultry summer heat, sunbleached boat docks, and midnight gin parties on Martha's Vineyard in a glorious old family estate known as Tiger House. In the days following the end of the Second World War, the world seems to offer itself up, and the two women are on the cusp of their 'real lives': Helena is off to Hollywood and a new marriage, while Nick is heading for a reunion with her own young husband,...

Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway's 1927 classic, "The Killers."

A sweet-natured man with an IQ of 70 personally experiences all of the important events of three decades of American life.

Sara Smythe, an independent young woman just starting to make her way in Manhattan in 1945, meets Jack Malone, a U.S. Army journalist just back from Germany, at her brother Eric's Thanksgiving Eve party, and the choices they make after that chance meeting have long-lasting consequences for them and their loved ones.