 | In 2005, eccentric economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner freaked out everyone with their mega-bestselling publishing phenom FREAKONOMICS, wherein they mapped the startling connection between the Roe v. Wade decision and the... |
 | After tackling the truly American subjects of jazz and baseball, award-winning documentarian Ken Burns returns to our country's military history with THE WAR. His acclaimed 1991 series, THE CIVIL WAR, was devoted to the War Between the States, while... |
 | Bill Maher travels to Israel, England, the Netherlands, Vatican City, and across America, speaking to people about faith and religion in the very funny documentary RELIGULOUS. Maher, a stand-up comedian who has hosted the talk shows POLITICALLY... |
og!mM~$(KGrHgoOKk!EjlLmZICkBJ5rQ+Z(Zw~~_6.JPG) | As a rapper who has been notoriously embroiled in some violent power struggles, it makes a lot of sense that 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) would approach Robert Greene about collaborating on a book. Greene's distillation of theories and practice of... |
 | Various installments in Alex Haley's ROOTS series are featured on this collection. Both ROOTS and ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATION are included alongside ROOTS: THE GIFT and a selection of new programs about the ROOTS phenomenon. |
 | With an intense, yet elegant, examination of the agricultural origins of four meals from three different pathways, Michael Pollan, bestselling author of THE BOTANY OF DESIRE, explores how the American diet affects the planet. Tracing the... |
 | Multitalented screenwriter, director, playwright, and actor Tyler Perry delivers yet another comedy feature from his popular MADEA film series. Largely concerned with African American family life, Perry splits his efforts between the outrageous Madea... |
 | Eric Schlosser's extremely compelling, un-nerving attack on America's fast food industry is done with care and precision as he addresses different aspects of restaurants like McDonald's--from the meat-packing industry to how flavorings are chemically... |
 | Southern-born writer Truman Capote tenderly recollects his rural Depression-era boyhood in this Emmy Award-winning television essay. |
 | Economist Steven Levitt is a popularizer in the best sense of that term, and his reality-based view of economics encompasses both how it touches our daily lives (though we may not always see it) and how it can help bring clarity to that messy world... |
