Billie Jean King, seen here in 1977, learned to play tennis on the public courts near her Long Beach, Calif., home. Kathy Willens/AP/Press Association Images hide caption
Jane Ira Bloom. Johnny Moreno/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jonathan Steele, owner of Bluegrass Kitchen, fills a jug with bottled water from a tank he installed in the back of his Charleston restaurant. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Jon Pardi. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Pete Seeger. Joe Kohen/WireImage hide caption
A boat skims through the melting ice in the Ilulissat fjord in August 2008, on the western coast of Greenland. Steen Ulrik Johannessen/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Detail from the cover of The Empire of Necessity. Courtesy of Metropolitan Books hide caption