Striking fear into the hearts of clients with his sharp analytical tools, Stewart lived in hotel rooms and got fat on expense account cuisine—until, finally, he decided to turn the consultant's...
Praised for her "refreshingly real" novels, Whitney Gaskell delivers a warm and witty story of four women coping with the challenges of motherhood, men, and each other.
In the final part of his journey, Michael Wood looks at Shakespeare's life in the era of King James 1. He unearths his neighbourhood in London and visits the present queen's robe makers for evidence...
Alda meets some of the brightest gene-hunting scientists today, including Nobelist Jim Watson, the Human Genome Project's Eric Lander and developmental geneticist Nancy Hopkins. He also examines a...
Despite a greatly reduced fleet, the U.S. Navy fights back in the Pacific in the tremendous battles of Coral Sea and Midway. At the same time, Russia holds Stalingrad against Hitler's fierce...
The second episode charts the erosion of the consensus between military and press during the Cold War conflicts in Korea and Vietnam, and examines the backlash against the media that took place in...
Flight secrets of birds, insects, and airplanes are revealed in sequences using unique X-ray and high-speed cinematography. Segments include how birds fly ; the test-flight of a solar-powered...
In May 1960, the FDA approved the sale of a pill that arguably would have a greater impact on American culture than any other drug in the nation's history. For women across the country, the...
David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of "The Farmer's Wife," returns to rural America with "Country Boys," an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky's Appalachian hills. Intimate...
Pete Ferry teaches high-school English in the wealthy suburb of Lake Forest outside of Chicago and moonlights as a travel writer. On his way home after work one evening, he witnesses a car accident...
