- Pride And Prejudice: 10th Anniversary Limited Collector's Edition (Widescreen) - The timeless themes of love and marriage in Jane Austen's superb romantic comedy "Pride And Prejudice" have captured readers for generations, the novel has sold more than 20 million copies and has never been out of print. Now, A&E and the BBC have brought this bel...
- The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father by Jim Wight, ISBN 0345434900 - No one is better poised to write the biography of James Herriot than the son who worked alongside him in the Yorkshire veterinary practice when Herriot became an internationally bestselling author. Now, in this warm and poignant biography, Jim Wight ventures beyond his father's...
- Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland by Gerald Clarke, ISBN 0385335156 - She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age forty-seven. Judy Garland died over thirty years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit -- and demons -- until ...
- Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch, ISBN 0385493835 - Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have become synonymous with the ar...
- The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul - French offers the first authoritative biography of V.S. Naipaul, the controversial Nobel laureate. Informed by exclusive access to Naipaul's private papers and personal recollections, this biography does full justice to an enigmatic genius.
- Agatha Christie Crime Anthology Collection - Cross over the shadowy doorstep and into the sinister world of crime writing's Grand Dame Agatha Christie in this unprecedented 17-disc collection of classic mysteries. Lock the door, sit down, and have a cup of tea as two of Christie's most popular mystery-solvers Miss Marple ...
- Shakespeare: The Biography - With his magisterial and ingenious re-creations of the lives of Chaucer, Dickens, T.S. Eliot, William Blake, and Sir Thomas More, Peter Ackroyd has long been recognized as today's foremost practitioner of the literary biography. Now, in "Shakespeare: The Biography," A...
- The Queen Mother: The Official Biography - The author of "Deliver Us from Evil" now presents the official and definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: consort of King George VI, mother of Queen Elizabeth II, grandmother of Prince Charles--and the most beloved British monarch of the 20th century.
- BBC Earth Collection: Planet Earth / Earth: The Biography (Blu-ray), The (Widescreen) - "The BBC Earth Collection" includes "Planet Earth" and "Earth: The Biography". "Planet Earth": The makers of "The Blue Planet" present the epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, over 2000 days in the field, using...
- The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts - A biography of the "Saturday Night Live" star as told by his friends and family, "The Chris Farley Show" is an evocative and harrowing portrait of a family trapped by addiction and a gifted man torn apart by his demons. Two 16-page color inserts.
- The Passion of Ayn Rand: A Biography by Barbara Branden, ISBN 038524388X - This bestselling biography of one of the 20th century's most remarkable and controversial writers is now available in paperback. Author Barbara Branden, who knew Rand for nineteen years, provides a matchless portrait of this fiercely private and complex woman.
- Biography Presents: Legends Of The Silver Screen - They have dazzled audiences for generations - now meet the real men and women behind the stardust. "Biography Presents: Legends Of The Silver Screen" reveals the true glamour, ambition, and sex appeal of the cinematic icons who have defined stardom through the ages. T...
- Ben Hogan Framed 8x10 Autographed Photograph with Biography - Classic 8x10 photograph of Ben Hogan - one the the best golfers of all time! Features replica signature of Ben Hogan and biography celebrating momentous achievement. Photo and biography are beautifully framed and matted with an engraved brass title plate.
- Anne Sexton: A Biography by Diane Wood Middlebrook, ISBN 0679741828 - Anne Sexton began writing poetry at the age of twenty-nine to keep from killing herself. She held on to language for dear life and somehow -- in spite of alcoholism and the mental illness that ultimately led her to suicide -- managed to create a body of work that won a Pulitzer...
- Rowan's Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop of Canterbury - Rowan's Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop of Canterbury
- Mark Twain: An Illustrated Biography by Geoffrey C. Ward, ISBN 0375405615 - Ernest Hemingway called "Huckleberry Finn "the best book we've ever had. There was nothing before. There's been nothing as good since." Critical opinion of this book hasn't dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, T...
- The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej - The King Never Smiles: A Biography of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej
- Dutch by Edmund Morris, ISBN 0375756450 - The only biography ever authorized by a sitting President--yet written with complete interpretive freedom--Dutch is as revolutionary in method as it is formidable in scholarship. Thirteen years of exhaustive research in the archives of Washington and Hollywood, and thousands of...
- Biography: Stonewall Jackson - He earned his nickname for bravery at Bull Run. He met his fate in a tragic accident at Chancellorsville. "Stonewall Jackson" is widely regarded as one of the greatest of the Confederate commanders of the Civil War. An outstanding leader and brilliant tactician, he le...
- Ben Hogan Framed 8x10 Autographed Photograph with Biography - Classic 8x10 photograph of Ben Hogan - one the the best golfers of all time! Features replica signature of Ben Hogan and biography celebrating momentous achievement. Photo and biography are beautifully framed and matted with an engraved brass title plate.
- Laura (Full Frame, Extended Edition) - Nominated for five Academy Awards(R), this stylish mystery thriller twists and turns with new suspects, new evidence and unexpected revelations. A wealthy journalist (Clifton Webb) becomes entranced with a beautiful young career woman named Laura (Gene Tierney). But shortly bef...
- Babe: The Legend Comes to Life by Robert W. Creamer, ISBN 067176070X - Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him riches and adulations to become a genuine American hero. In this acclaimed biography, Creamer reveals the man behind the legend. "The best biography ever written about an Ame...
- Boone: A Biography - Morgan's epic sweeping biography of Daniel Boone is the most comprehensive book ever written about the man who was the largest spirit of his time. Hunter, explorer, and settler, Boone was a trailblazer, a revolutionary, and an American icon for more than 200 years.
- Kissinger: A Biography - Kissinger: A Biography
- The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle: A Biography - Using Doyle's personal papers, newly available in the British Library, this lively new biography of Sherlock Holmes' creator is the definitive work to date on this remarkable yet often misunderstood author. Photos throughout.
- Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography by Jack Hurst, ISBN 067974830X - Amid the aristocratic ranks of the Confederate cavalry, Nathan Bedford Forrest was untutored, all but unlettered, and regarded as no more than a guerrilla. His tactic was the headlong charge, mounted with such swiftness and ferocity that General Sherman called him a "devil...
- Barack Obama: A Pocket Biography of Our 44th President - Niven offers a clear and concise introductory biography of President-elect Barack Obama. This book chronicles his personal biography as well as his political rise. Includes as bibliography of further reading and a transcript of his speech, "A More Perfect Union.
- Biography: Ernest Hemingway Wrestling With Life - Ernest Hemingway's novels rank among the most influential and celebrated in history, while his life remains an obscure image shrouded in myth. In this feature-length portrait narrated by the author's granddaughter, actress Mariel Hemingway, Biography examines the remarkable lif...
- La Costra Nostra: The Mafia - An Expose (Full Frame) - At last, the events surrounding America's most famous murder-mystery, the Kennedy assassination, are revealed in objective detail. Candid, revealing interview and gripping eyewitness accounts of mob hits, combined with archival film footage, tell a sordid tale of bloodletting a...
- Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin - Trailblazer: An Intimate Biography of Sarah Palin
- MacBeth - Murder, prophecy,and witches! "MacBeth" returns, starring Academy Award-nominee Ian McKellen ("The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy) and Academy Award-winner Judi Dench ("Shakespeare In Love"), on DVD for the first time anywhere. First broadcast on Brita...
- Biography: John McCain (Full Frame) - The son and grandson of four-star admirals, navy pilot John McCain was shot down in 1967 while flying a bombing mission over Hanoi. After being held captive as a POW at the infamous Hanoi Hilton, he was released in 1973. Eight years later, he moved to Phoenix and promptly enter...
- Touch The Sound: A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie (Widescreen) - A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie. "A mystical explorations of the sensory world as experienced by a renowned musician" - "San Jose Mercury News"), "Touch The Sound" delightfully shatters the way we think about sound. Gracefully guided by Grammy-...
- Ben Hogan Framed 8x10 Autographed Photograph with Biography - Classic 8x10 photograph of Ben Hogan - one the the best golfers of all time! Features replica signature of Ben Hogan and biography celebrating momentous achievement. Photo and biography are beautifully framed and matted with an engraved brass title plate.
- Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography - Charles Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the most misunderstood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer Michaelis delivers the first full-length biography of a hidden American genius.
- Black Diamond: The Unauthorized Biography of Kiss - Updated to include new information about the band from the last 10 years, this candid biography tells the story of Kiss from its formation in New York City in the early 1970s to today. Examining the individual careers of each band member and telling the story of the band as a w...
- Ben Hogan Framed 8x10 Autographed Photograph with Biography - Classic 8x10 photograph of Ben Hogan - one the the best golfers of all time! Features replica signature of Ben Hogan and biography celebrating momentous achievement. Photo and biography are beautifully framed and matted with an engraved brass title plate.
- Toussaint Louverture: A Biography - The author of 12 novels and three collections of stories pens the first major biography in more than 50 years of the leader of the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803--the only successful slave revolt in history.
- Rudy Giuliani: The Biography of the Nation's Mayor by Andrew Kirtzman, ISBN 0060093897 - In this riveting and updated edition of his acclaimed biography of New York's mayor, political reporter Andrew Kirtzman tells the story of Guiliani's tireless mission to clean up, control, shape, and --most recently--heal New York City. This edition features a new Afterword foc...
- Mandela: The Authorized Biography by Anthony Sampson, ISBN 0679781781 - Nelson Mandela, who emerged from twenty-six years of political imprisonment to lead South Africa out of apartheid and into democracy, is perhaps the world's most admired leader, a man whose life has been led with exemplary courage and inspired conviction. Now Anthony Sampson,...
- The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H. W. Brands, ISBN 0385495404 - He was the foremost American of his day, yet today he is little more than a mythic caricature in the public imagination. Benjamin Franklin, perhaps "the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this masterly biography. Wit, diplomat, ...
- Sterling Biographies: Abraham Lincoln: From Pioneer to President - Three of American history's most influential and beloved leaders are profiled in these new Sterling Biographies for young readers. From the political accomplishments to the personal lives of Lincoln, Washington, and Kennedy, these biographies introduce a new generation to these...
- Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer - In this intriguing biography, literary biographer Fred Kaplan analyzes Abraham Lincoln's writings, from the great civic anthems of his presidency to love letters, legal briefs, and poems, and finds a first-rate literary talent--a master storyteller with an earthy wit, sharp log...
- The Rasputin File by Edvard Radzinsky, ISBN 0385489102 - From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known. For almost a century, his...
- Michelle: A Biography - Liza Mundy offers this highly readable, thoroughly reported biography of the charming and self-possessed woman who could become the nation's first African-American First Lady.
- Mother Teresa: A Complete Authorized Biography by Kathryn Spink, ISBN 0062515535 - The first full authorized biography written by a longtime intimate of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Mother Teresa--scheduled to be released on the first anniversary of her death. of photos.
- Ben Hogan Framed 8x10 Autographed Photograph with Biography - Classic 8x10 photograph of Ben Hogan - one the the best golfers of all time! Features replica signature of Ben Hogan and biography celebrating momentous achievement. Photo and biography are beautifully framed and matted with an engraved brass title plate.
- No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jery Hopkins, ISBN 0446602280 - Here is Jim Morrison in all his complexity-singer, philosopher, poet, delinquent-the brilliant, charismatic, and obsessed seeker who rejected authority in any form, the explorer who probed "the bounds of reality to see what would happen..." Seven years in the writing,...
- Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross, ISBN 0786884029 - This is the first in-depth biography of the troubled genius Kurt Cobain. Based on Cobain's unpublished diaries, 400 interviews, years of research, and a wealth of documentation, "Heavier Than Heaven" traces Cobain's life from his early days to his rise to fame, fortun...
- Jackie Robinson: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad, ISBN 034542655X - The extraordinary life of Jackie Robinson is illuminated as never before in this full-scale biography by Arnold Rampersad, who was chosen by Jack's widow, Rachel, to tell her husband's story, and was given unprecedented access to his private papers. We are brought closer than w...
- The Beatles: The Biography - The Beatles: The Biography
- Time For Burning, A - The landmark film that captured the awakening of the Civil Rights Movement. "A Glowing Beauty" (The New York Times), "A Time For Burning" is a classic touchstone, which poignantly captures the mood of the times as the Civil Rights Movement challenged the nat...
- Joe Louis Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy's Other Couple by Rob Edelman, ISBN 1580630952 - An unauthorized double biography of Vivian Vance and William Frawley--two of America's most popular situation comedy supporting performers. 8-page photo section.
- Biography: King Arthur - His Life And Legends - He built his fabled kingdom in the name of honor, chivalry, and loyalty. Yet, in the end, he was ultimately betrayed by those he loved most. "King Arthur" was a gallant military commander who courageously fought in defense of England. He was also a noble king whose be...
- Dino by Nick Tosches, ISBN 038533429X - A biography of Jerry Lewis' partner in comedy discusses Martin's Ohio childhood, his rise to the heights of fame as a singer, his uneasy partnership with Lewis and the Rat Pack, and his troubled personal life
- George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War - A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.
- Duke Ellington Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Nick Faldo Framed 7x9 Photograph with Biography and Engraved Signature Plate - Classic 7"x 9" photo of Nick Faldo. Displayed with Nick's signature engraved in brass and his inspirational career biography.
- Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers - Batting -Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Romeo & Juliet - Shakespeare's ageless tale of family feuds, star-crossed lovers and tragic, untimely death is vividly captured in this memorable productions of "Romeo & Juliet." In the gentle streets of fair Verona, a clash of servants between the warring Montagues and Capulets s...
- Jean Van de Velde Framed 7x9 Photograph with Biography and Engraved Signature Plate - Classic 7"x 9" photo framed with Van de Velde's engraved signature, career biography and engraved brass title plate.
- The Country Biography - The Country Biography
- Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master - The definitive, full-length biography of the legendary director of "Gone with the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming" places the director back in the spotlight, and also offers a vivid portrait of one of the most exciting eras in filmmaking.
- Daphne (2007) (Widescreen) - Daphne Du Maurier is one of the most well loved women writers of all time who, in "Rebecca", created one of the most beguiling characters in English Literature. In celebration of the centenary of Daphne du Maurier's birth, a new fact-based drama explores the secret lo...
- Peter Sellers Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Babe Ruth New York Yankees - Dugout - Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Whitey Ford New York Yankees - Pitching - Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Latin American Heroes: Liberators and Patriots from 1500 to the Present by Jerome Adams, ISBN 0345383842 - Many North Americans are unaware of the history and politics of Latin America, and Latin American Heroes goes a long way to redress this lack of knowledge. These profiles of twenty-three history makers offer a unique view of Latin America through the eyes of men and women who d...
- Benny Goodman Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Careless Love by Peter Guralnick, ISBN 0316332976 - Unrivaled in its scope, detail, authority, and sheer readability, Guralnick's biography of Elvis Presley tells a quintessential American story of one of the most important entertainers of the century.
- Shakey by Jimmy McDonough, ISBN 0679750967 - Neil Young is one of rock and roll's most important and enigmatic figures, a legend from the sixties who is still hugely influential today. He has never granted a writer access to his inner life - until now. Based on six years of interviews with more than three hundred of Young...
- Weather Underground, The (Full Frame) - Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, "The Weather Underground" explores the unbelievable story of the Weathermen, the notorious group of 70's radicals who, outraged by the Vietnam War and racism in America, went underground to wage a low-level ...
- Exit Music: The Radiohead Story by Mac Randall, ISBN 0385333935 - This October, when Radiohead release their highly anticipated follow-up to 1997's guitar-driven OK Computer, music critics may very well bestow the Oxford quintet with "The Most Important Band in Rock" accolade that cursed U2, R.E.M. and the Clash. The East Coast edit...
- Gonna Do Great Things: The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Gary Fishgall, ISBN 0743227417 - An intimate biography of the legendary entertainer provides a multifaceted portrait of the accomplished dancer, singer, actor, and comedian; his complex often turbulent personal life; his role in the Civil Rights movement; his relationship with the Rat Pack; and more. 35,000 fi...
- Sign Of The Beaver, The - Academy Award(R) winner Keith Carradine ("Nashville") and Annette O'Toole ("Bridge To Terabithia") head an outstanding cast in this gripping coming of age survival saga in the tradition of "My Side Of The Mountain". A colonial family seeks a new li...
- Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris, ISBN 0394555090 - The most eagerly awaited presidential biography in years, Theodore Rex is a sequel to Edmund Morris's classic bestseller The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. It begins by following the new President (still the youngest in American history) as he comes down from Mount Marcy, New York...
- Payne Stewart Framed 8x10 Photograph with Biography - Classic 1999 U.S. Open photo (5 x 7). Beautifully presented with a replica of Payne Stewart's WWJD bracelet, engraved signature and 'Testimony of Faith' biography.
- Walter Johnson Wachington Senators Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Y.A. Tittle New York Giants Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- A&E Biography - A&E Biography
- Lou Brock St. Louis Cardinals Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Vince Lombardi Green Bay Packers Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Flame Trees Of Thika, The - When a young Edwardian family leaves the shores of England to build a home in the wilderness of East Africa, what they encounter is beyond their imagination, but forever remembered by their 11-year-old daughter. Based on the beloved memoir by Elspeth Huxley, "The Flame Tre...
- Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War - In this authoritative biography of Wernher von Braun, chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich, Neufeld presents a man of profound moral complexities who has been glorified as a visionary and vilified as a war criminal, a man whose brilliance had been coupled with ambition.
- The Country Biography - The Country Biography
- Marilyn Monroe - Window - Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Amelia Earhart: More Than a Flyer by Patricia Lakin, ISBN 0689855753 - This full biography of Amelia Earhart for the independent young reader tells about the many "firsts" accomplished by the world's most famous female pilot. Full color.
- Amelia Earhart Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- A&E Biography - A&E Biography
- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. - John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking famil...
- Biography: Annie Oakley - "Biography" chronicles the saga of the prim and proper Victorian lady who turned the American frontier upside down with her brilliant shooting and dazzling performances in Wild West Shows.
- Truman by David McCullough, ISBN 0671456547 - Huge, ambitious, and perfectly realized, Truman is an American masterpiece about the most American of Americans, a man who confounded the nation and the world by achieving a greatness all his own after coming to the presidency in FDR's giant shadow. An extraordinary and deeply ...
- Ike: An American Hero - In the first major single-volume biography of a unique American hero, "New York Times" bestselling author Korda presents a frank, ambitious, and enthralling book that explores the life and times of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Bette Davis Framed 5 x 7 Photograph with Biography - Classic 5"x7" photos of yesterdays most prolific stars come exquisitely double-matted and framed in museum quality moldings. Complete with biography and engraved signature plate.
- Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Life and Crusade in Pictures - Few people or events have been captured so well by camera as Dr. King and the Civil Rights movement. Gathering together the most important images taken of Dr. King, this photographic biography focuses on the man, exclusively and intimately.
- Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners - The first biography of the iconic woman whose name stands for good manners tells the story of a Baltimore blue blood with a populist heart, who helped the masses live the American dream with her hugely popular book "Etiquette." 16-page b&w photo insert.
- John Adams: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize by David McCullough, ISBN 0743223136 - In this powerful, epic biography, McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution. The hardcover edition was a Pulitzer P...
- John James Audubon: The Making of an American - A biography of artist John James Audubon offers a study of his private life, detailing his arrival in America from France in 1803, his life in frontier Kentucky, and his extraordinary images of native American wildlife.
- Sopranos: The Complete Fourth Season - It's tough times in Jersey for Tony Soprano. The sluggish economy hasn't been good for the family business. His wife Carmela is angling for more financial security. Some longtime lieutenants aren't happy with Tony's recent decisions. A rival boss wants a bigger piece of the sub...
- The American Journey of Barack Obama - The editors of LIFE Books have collected a richly illustrated biography of presidential candidate Barack Obama. This work includes intimate pictures from Obama's childhood and his time as editor of Harvard's Law Review, and culminates with the historic Democratic National Conve...
- John Adams by David McCullough, ISBN 0684813637 - In his first book since "Truman", one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers breathes life into history with this compelling look at the second president of the United States, John Adams. More than just a biography, this book looks at the birth of a y...
- John Lennon: The Life - From the bestselling author of "Shout" comes an extraordinarily detailed, vibrant, in-depth account of the life of John Lennon--the most deeply researched and comprehensive biography to date. 16-page color photo insert; 16-page b&w photo insert.
- A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917-1932 - The long-awaited third volume of Richardsons definitive biography of Pablo Picasso combines the critical astuteness, exhaustive research, and stunning narrative that made the first two volumes an art-historical breakthrough as well as a pleasure to read.
- Shot In The Heart (Widescreen) - January 1977. Gary Gilmore is about the become the first convicted murderer to be executed in a decade. His brother Mikal can help prevent the execution, but first he has to come to terms with the brother he barely knew. Together, they discover a shared past, born of a brutal f...
- Young Stalin - From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of "Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar," comes the most complete and accurate biography of Stalin's early years. 32 pages of photos throughout.
- Zac Attack: An Unauthorized Biography - Zac Attack: An Unauthorized Biography
- Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante - "Woman of Rome" represents the first biography of an Italian literary icon who is revered in her native country and admired abroad, by the National Book Award-winning author of "The News from Paraguay." 16-page b&w photo insert.
- The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World - Thomas Edison's greatest invention? His own fame. Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motion-picture cameras, Thomas Edison's name became emblematic of all the wond...
- The Story of George Washington Carver by Eva Moore, ISBN 0590426605 - Born into slavery, George Washington Carver became one of the most prestigious scientists of his time. This biography follows Dr. Carver's life from childhood to his days as a teacher and discoverer.
- Biography: Dalai Lama: The Soul Of Tibet - From a childhood in "Shangri-La" to a life in exile, Biography presents the riveting, life-affirming journey of His Holiness "The Dalai Lama." One of the world's most admired men, he is the spiritual and secular leader of a nation that exists only as a "...
- The Jazz Biography - The Jazz Biography
- John Adams - In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution.
- Hollywood Romance Classics (Full Frame, Collector's Edition) - Relive Old Hollywood glamour, style and romance with "Hollywood Romance Classics", a 5-DVD celebration of some of the most tender and heartwarming movies of the 1930s and '40s. With 10 Films featuring some of the silver screen's brightest stars, you'll fall in love wi...
- The Jazz Biography - The Jazz Biography
- Brooklyn Connection, The - A Gripping Look At The Controversial World Of "Gun Running." A film festival favorite, "The Brooklyn Connection" takes a gripping look at the world of "gun running" through the story of Florin Krasniqi and the guerilla army he built. A recent immig...
- Charles Darwin: The Power of Place by Janet Browne, ISBN 0679429328 - In 1858 Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside, respected by fellow biologists and well liked among his wide and distinguished circle of acquaintances. He was not yet a focus of debate; his "big b...
- Modern American Memoirs by Annie Dillard, ISBN 0060927631 - This astonishing collection of excerpts drawn from extraordinary 20th century American memoirs delights, surprises and enriches. Including work by James Baldwin, Kate Simon, Geoffrey Wolf and Margaret Mead, each entry is preceded by a biography of the writer. Funny, poignant an...
- A. Lincoln: A Biography - In this magnificent book, White offers a fresh and compelling definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity--what today's commentators would call "authenticity"--whose moral compass holds the key to understanding his life. Illustrations throughout.
- Isaac Newton - In this original, sweeping, and intimate biography, Gleick moves between a comprehensive historical portrait and a dramatic focus on Newton's significant letters and unpublished notebooks to illuminate the real importance of his work.
- Sister Rose's Passion - Nominated for an Academy Award, "Sister Rose's Passion" is the inspirational story of a most unlikely activist who has made the battle against anti-Semitism her life's work. Born in 1920, Sister Rose Thering has blazed a gusty path challenging authority in the Catholi...
- Clara Barton: Spirit of the American Red Cross - This biography for the independent beginning reader tells the life story of the woman who formed the American Red Cross. Full color.
- Manilow Live! (Widescreen) - Barry Manilow is a master showman who makes each lyrical passage an intimate gift to his fans. His sold-out performance in the heart of Nashville proves why this performer's 25-year career has been so exceptional. From the first standing ovation to the last, Barry Manilow's div...
- Only The Strong Survive (Full Frame) - In the winning spirit of "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown", "Only The Strong Survive" brings together an amazing array of musical icons! With living legends such as Isaac Hayes, Jerry Butler, Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, and Mary Wilson performing together o...
- The Essential Nostradamus: Literal Translation, Historical Commentary, and Biography - The Essential Nostradamus: Literal Translation, Historical Commentary, and Biography
- Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne F. Rockwell, ISBN 0679891862 - A powerful picture book biography of one of the abolitionist movement's most compelling voices. Sojourner Truth traveled the country in the latter half of the 19th century, speaking out against slavery. She told of a slave girl who was sold three times by age 13, who was beat...
- A&E Biography - A&E Biography
- Biography: Gerald R. Ford - Healing The Presidency - As the 38th U.S. president, Gerald Ford holds the unique position of being the only person to serve as both vice president and president without ever being elected. Sometimes called the "accidental President", Ford's refreshing honesty and integrity helped restore the...
- Diana, Princess of Wales: A Biography - From her aristocratic upbringing to her charitable legacy, this volume explores Lady Diana's role as a royal, a tragic figure, and a cultural icon.
- Biography: Johnny Depp - This Biography program chronicles the life of the eccentric, sensual, uncompromising, and media-shy star of "Pirates Of The Caribbean." Johnny Depp rebelled against his early image as a Hollywood hunk, opting to play complex characters in such movies as "Edward S...
- The Jazz Biography - The Jazz Biography
- Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy, ISBN 0060195339 - An award-winning sportswriter presents this fascinating and eye-opening biography of Dodger great Sandy Koufax, a pitcher who changed the game of baseball forever. Leavy reveals the man behind the myth, creating an unprecedented portrait of a man described by one former Dodger ...
- A Biography (Remaster) - A Biography (Remaster)
- Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Song by David Margolick, ISBN 0060959568 - Recorded by jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1939, "Strange Fruit" is considered the first significant song of the civil rights movement and the first musical assault against racial lynchings. The author discusses his revealing account of the song, chronicles the civil r...
- Biography: General Douglas MacArthur - Return Of A Legend - "General Douglas MacArthur" was one of America's greatest and most complex commanders, a warrior so tough and determined that he helped win World War II with a simple promise: I shall return. MacArthur was a soldier's soldier: the son of an officer, the star of West P...
- Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon: And the Journey of a Generation - "Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.
- Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II - An authoritative chronicle of Pope John Paul II's life draws from comprehensive research and unusual access to the Pope and his associates to offer previously unknown information about his connections to historical events.
- Truman by David McCullough, ISBN 0743508068 - A biography of the U.S. president explores Truman's brutal frontier childhood, his education, his dogged optimism, and his rise through the ranks of the Pendergast machine that controlled Missouri politics.
- Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians (Full Frame) - Ever wonder what your favorite comedians were like before they hit the big time? What were the routines they hatched as struggling comedians that launched them from nightclub act to superstar? Before Johnny Carson, "Saturday Night Live" and HBO, there was just a mic, ...
- Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor - In this engaging and authoritative biography, Gooch brings to life Flannery O'Connor's significant friendships and her deeply felt convictions, as expressed in her communications with Thomas Merton, Elizabeth Bishop, and Betty Hester.
- The Lost Life of Eva Braun - Featuring 32 pages of intimate home photos, this authoritative biography on Hitler's famous mistress is based on detailed new research and opens a new window on the life at the cold heart of the Nazi leadership.
- Louis D. Brandeis: A Life - The first full-scale biography in 25 years of one of the most important and distinguished justices to sit on the Supreme Court--a book that reveals not only Louis D. Brandeis the reformer, lawyer, and jurist, but also Brandeis the man, in all of his complexity, passion, and wit.
- Biography Presents: Mafia Legends - Journey back to the heyday of the American Mafia with unparalleled and intimate profiles of the most powerful and notorious gangsters of all time. The Emmy Award-winning "Biography" series presents in-depth portraits of the greatest kingpins of organized crime, chroni...
- Chaka Khan: The Jazz Channel Presents: BET On Jazz - Take a musical journey with BET On Jazz: The Jazz Channel and legendary soul diva Chaka Khan. Recorded live at Black Entertainment Television Studio II in Washington, D.C., this historic "Jazz Central" concert features the incomparable Ms. Khan interpreting jazz stand...
- The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori - The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a major Hollywood film, &quo...
- Hilary and Jackie by Hilary du Pre, ISBN 0345432711 - From the moment Jacqueline du Pre first held a cello at the age of five, it was clear she had an extraordinary gift. At sixteen, when she made her professional debut, she was hailed as one of the world's most talented and exciting musicians. But ten years later, she stopped pla...
- Oscar Wilde by Richard Ellmann, ISBN 0394759842 - The biography sensitive to the tragic pattern of the story of a great subject: Oscar Wilde - psychologically and sexually complicated, enormously quotable, central to a alluring cultural world and someone whose life assumed an unbearably dramatic shape.
- Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu - From the bestselling author of "Over the Edge of the World" comes the fascinating, definitive biography of one of the earliest world travelers. 24 pages of color illustrations and three maps.
- Poe: A Life Cut Short - In this essential addition to his canon of acclaimed biographies, Ackroyd explores Edgar Allan Poe's literary accomplishments and legacy against the background of his erratic, dramatic, and sometimes sordid life.
- Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, ISBN 0375753834 - The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader...
- Oprah Winfrey: A Biography - The name and the face of Oprah Winfrey are instantly recognizable to just about every person in the United States. To millions of people around the world, Oprah is the embodiment of American spirit and entrepreneurial success; hers is a rags-to-riches story come to life. This b...
- Hollywood Western Collection (Full Frame) - For as long as there have been movies, there have been westerns. The picturesque sceneries showcasing the Old West, the tales of good-versus-evil, damsels in distress and heroes on horseback are as American as the Old West itself. Go back to those days with this four-DVD collec...
- The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire - From a distinguished journalist comes an epic biography of vodka pioneer Pyotr Smirnov, whose business empire still spans the globe today.
- Napoleon Bonaparte by Alan Schom, ISBN 0060929588 - The definitive portrait of "the scourge of Europe", this complete single-volume biography--based on ten years of research--captures the spectacular rise and dizzying fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. 75 photos. 15 maps.
- Schott's Miscellany: An Almanac - In the modern age, where information is plentiful but selection and analysis elusive, "Schotts Almanac" presents a unique biography of the year and distills information and opinions critically, giving readers an accurate biography of the year past.
- Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson Culture by Robert A. Caro, ISBN 0394528360 - Book Three of Robert A. Caro's monumental work," The Years of Lyndon Johnson--the most admired and riveting political biography of our era--which began with the best-selling and prizewinning "The Path to Power and Means of Ascent. "Master of the Senate carries ...
- The Jazz Biography - The Jazz Biography
- Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig - Drawing on hundreds of new interviews and previously unpublished letters, this authoritative, comprehensive biography of Lou Gehrig reveals one of the greatest baseball players of all time as readers have never seen him before. 40 photos.
- Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage - One of America's bestselling pop-culture and current-events author reveals the inside story of the First Couple, in this biography of the history-making family.