biography

"Explores the complex alchemy that accounts for the enduring celebrity of America's most famous inventor, offering new perspectives on the man and his milieu. And illuminating not only the true nature of invention, but its role in turn-of-the-century America's rush into the future."--Publisher.

In 2007, French writer, Fre?de?ric Beigbeder, decided to travel to the United States in search of J.D. Salinger, who withdrew from the world in 1965 and is said to still be alive and reside somewhere in New Hampshire.

Traces the life of Chinese philosopher Confucius from his impoverished childhood to his years as a famous teacher, and discusses why his message of five virtues was not universally accepted.

Compares and contrasts the lives, motivations, and dictatorial policies of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin and presents commentary from historiams and psychologist on the factors that allowed each to come to power.

Documentary film which takes an in-depth look at one of America's most famous families in history, the Rockefellers.

One of the most-recognized figures in American literary history: poet, patriot, and faithful advocate of democracy. But in his own time, critics denounced Walt Whitman as a "lunatic raving in pitiable delirium". This "American experience" production tells Whitman's life story, from his working class childhood in Long Island to his years as a newspaper reporter in Brooklyn when he struggled to support his impoverished family, then to his reckless pursuit of the attention and affection he craved for his work, to his death in 1892 at the age of 72.

A dramatization of Marie Antoinette's journey to the top of the French monarchy, following her childhood in the Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final days in a French prison.

Explores the life of playwright and poet William Shakespeare, discussing the social and political world in which he lived, his childhood, his loves, his "lost years," his career, and his plays.

"The director explores, for the first time, his own wartime childhood and the experiences of other child survivors, teasing out their feelings about Poland, the Catholic Church, and the ramifications of identities forged under circumstances where survival began with the directive 'never forget to lie'"--Container.

Provides a lyrical biography of the childhood experiences, neighborhoods, and people that helped shape the influential musician, Prince. Includes back matter and a playlist.