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History

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Historian
Ted Alexander
(Real Media Presentation)
Guerrillas, Deserters, Bandits, and Defenders As the War Ended in Washington and Maryland
Historian
Ted Alexander
(Real Media Presentation)
The Maryland Campaigns and Civil War Sites within One Hour of Washington
D. C.
Historian
Stephen Ambrose
Victory in Europe, May 1945

Historian
Karen Armstrong

The Life of Buddha
Ed Bearss Historian
Edwin C. Bearss
General Robert E. Lee
at Gettysburg
Ed Bearss Historian
Edwin C. Bearss
interviewed by Marc Pachter
The Remarkable Edwin C. Bearss
Historian
Roger Kennedy
Burr, Hamilton and Jefferson
Historian and educator
Jill Ker Conway
The Art of Autobiography
Doris Kearns Goodwin Historian and political commentator
Doris Kearns Goodwin
History, Baseball,
and the art of the Narrative
Historian
James McPherson
Strategies for Victory:
Sherman and the Civil War
Historian
James McPherson
Why Married Men
Fought in the Civil War
NEW!
Political Commentator

Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts on Our Founding Mothers
Historian
John Simon
(Real Media Presentation)
On the Road to Appomattox—Grant and Lee from War to Peace

Nobel Prize Winner
Elie Wiesel

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize

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Literature

Pat Conroy Author
Pat Conroy
Life as a Novelist
P.D. James Author
P. D. James
The Craft of the Mystery Story

Lawyer and Author
Vernon Jordan
Vernon Can Read!
Author
Barbara Kingsolver
An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver
Photo: Walter Mosley Author
Walter Mosley
Black Male Heroes
Calvin Trillin Author
Calvin Trillin
Reflections of a Family Man
NEW!
Authors
Gene Weingarten &
Gina Barreca
One Man. One Woman. 10,000 Years of Misunderstanding Cleared Right Up!
Tom Wolfe Author
Tom Wolfe
A Dickens for Our Time

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Current Affairs

NEW!
Ken Auletta and Ben Bradlee
The Business of the News
Mary Catherine Bateson
The Pluralistic Family
Legal scholar
Derrick Bell

interviewed by Derek McGinty
The Art and Dynamics of Protest
 

T. Berry Brazelton
Robert Butler

experts on aging and child development

Bridging the Gap
Journalist
David Brinkley

interviewed by his son, historian Alan Brinkley
Recollections and Observations
James Burke James Burke of Connections fame. The Knowledge Web 
Scholar
Johnetta B. Cole
Family Is More than Biology
Warren Christopher
Former Secretary of State
An Evening with Warren Christopher

James Comer
Yale Professor and founder, Comer School Development Program

Why Schools Must Help Children Grow, and How
Walter Cronkite Journalist
Walter Cronkite

interviewed by Marc Pachter
A Lifetime Reporting the News
  Legal scholar
Alan Dershowitz
Criminal Justice
after the O.J. Simpson Case
Bill Gates Entreprenuer
Bill Gates
The Imaginable Future
Financial Analyst
James Glassman
James Glassman Shares Secrets of the Superior Investor
Journalist
Ellen Goodman
NEW!
Common Sense in Uncommon Times
Former Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
A Henry Kissinger on Two Crises
  Former Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara
A Vision of U.S. Security
in the 21st-century

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Performing Arts

Kenneth Branaugh Actor and director
Kenneth Branagh

interviewed by Susan Stamberg
Adapting Shakespeare for Film
Actress/Comedienne
Carol Burnett
A Legacy of Laughter
  Opera director
Sarah Caldwell
Enjoying Opera
Actor
Robert Duvall

interviewed by Robert Mondello
An Evening with Robert Duvall
Actor
Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach: Quintessential New Yorker — and Actor
Les Paul The Legendary
Les Paul
Musician and Inventor
Les Paul Entertainer
Willard Scott
Here's Willard!
Neil Simon Playwright
Neil Simon

interviewed by Jackson Bryer
Behind The Scenes
Betty White Actress
Betty White
My First 46 Years in Television

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Personal Development

Radio Host
Dr. Dean Edell

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Healthiness
Buddhist Scholar
Robert A Thurman

Infinite Life: Seven Virtues for Living Well
Buddhist Scholar
Robert A Thurman

NEW!
Anger, One of the Seven Deadly Sins

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