The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career […]
Category: Biography
Young Bess
The mother died under the executioner’s axe; the daughter rose to become England’s greatest monarch […]
Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove
The story of Doug Sahm, the wild man musicians’ musician and unsung hero of Texas […]
Coming Back to the Hoop
43 years ago Jane Pittman, a promising basketball star at her small town High School, […]
Plague at the Golden Gate
Discover how the 1900 outbreak of bubonic plague set off feat and anti-Asian sentiment in […]
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, author of “Little Women,” leads a literary double life, writing under the […]
Why She Smiles
Why She Smiles is the true, inspirational story of 34-year old Jamie Sorum, who is […]
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
Best known for designing National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and […]
Leonardo Da Vinci: The Universal Man
How only one man all at the same time painted the Mona Lisa, conceived ball […]
Lute: Forge On or Die
In Spain of the 1960s, a poor family of quinquis – a nomadic ethnic group […]
The Kid Brother
Going through life without legs, 12-year-old Kenny is active and enthusiastic, resisting the pressure to […]
Exposing Muybridge
The story of trailblazing 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who changed the world with his camera. […]