last years

Chronicles the life of Chinese premier Zhou Enlai, the last Communist Party leader in China, focusing on his influence over the Chinese people and politics during his twenty-seven years in power.

Jillian Becker chronicles the brief time she spent with Sylvia Plath during the winter of 1963, the last months of the poet's life.

Examines the life of author Ernest Hemingway in his final years, from 1940 through his death in 1961, discussing his activities during World War II, his post-war triumphs as a writer, and the deterioration of his physical and mental health.

A history of the arrest, captivity, and death of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, based on documents from the recently opened Russian archives and from Western collections.

Examines the life of Polish composer Frederic Chopin, focusing on his final years in Paris where he had lived since the age of twenty-one, and discussing his relationship with author George Sand, his rise and fall in popularity, and his illness and funeral.

Computer science professor Randy Pausch, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, discusses how to overcome obstacles in one's life and achieve one's dreams.