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Offers unique insights into Pope Francis, how he thinks and feels; his work for the poor; and his vision for the church. The personal side includes his freedom, courage, humility, humanity, and humor, and the profoundly spiritual influence his Jesuit formation has had on him as a man.

The former chief political correspondent for The New York Times Magazine revisits the Gary Hart affair and looks at how it changed forever the intersection of American media and politics. In 1987, Gary Hart--articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive--seemed a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination for president and led George H.W. Bush comfortably in the polls. And then: rumors of marital infidelity, an indelible photo of Hart and a model snapped near a fatefully named yacht (Monkey Business), and it all came crashing down in a blaze of flashbulbs, the birth of 24-hour news cycles, tabloid speculation, and late-night farce. Matt Bai shows how the Hart affair marked a crucial turning point in the ethos of political media--and, by extension, politics itself--when candidates' 'character' began to draw more fixation than their political experience. Bai makes the compelling case that this was the moment when the paradigm shifted--private lives became public, news became entertainment, and politics became the stuff of Page Six.

Explores how professional basketball was impacted by the racial tensions of the 1960s, using the stories of star players Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to demonstrate how the game, and its players, evolved in response to those tensions.

A Ukrainian poet's memoirs of trial and imprisonment in a Soviet hard-labor camp, where he joined a distinguished group of prisoners.

Peter Brazaitis chronicles his life-long love of wild animals and recounts some of the more hair-raising adventures he has had while working with them.

The real-life puzzle of what happened to the generation of Jewish children who survived the Holocaust in hiding. This book tells the story through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries--among the less than 10 percent of Jewish children in Europe to survived World War II.

A biography of African American football player and actor Jim Brown.

Michael Bishop offers an autobiographical account of his life, focusing on his momentous medical discovery of how genes can cause cancer and the impact it had on the medical field.

Disc 1. features Trisha Brown, a choreographer of contemporary dance, who is instrumental in changing the limits of modern dance. In the 1960s Brown created works which attempted to defy gravity and challenge dancers to experiment with the dynamics of stability. Her search for her own style in dance and the formation of her own company in 1970 showcase her unique ideas of movement. This DVD presents of Brown's major performances -- Disc 2. presents a conversation between Trish Brown and art historian, Klaus Kertess, in which she reminisces about her early years, her works and the creation of her characteristic style.