DescriptionAt the dawn of human civilization, a blind prophet foretold the coming of one who would transform American literature forever, thrilling millions with his prose and debauching thousands with the meltingly seductive rhythm of his poetry. Now he has arrived…
DescriptionThe 50th anniversary of the publication of Jack Kerouac's autobiographical novel On the Road inspired this documentary, about two men who, at mid-life, re-read Kerouac's book and get behind the wheel. Their 4, 000-mile road trip is a journey of reflection and discovery.
DescriptionFor more than 30 years, Richard P. Feynman's three-volume Lectures on Physics has been known worldwide as the classic resource for students and professionals alike. Ranging from the most basic principles of Newtonian physics through such formidable theories as Einstein's general relativity, superconductivity, and quantum mechanics, Feynman's lectures stand as a monument of clear exposition and deep insight. This timeless audio serves as a comprehensive library of essential physics by a legend in science. Volume 12 makes up a course in modes, harmonics, beats, waves, and more.
DescriptionStripped of her rank as a police detective by a higher-up in the department, Jill is back on the beat again, working patrol. Her most recent assignment: trying to stop the naked protesters running through the Berkeley hills, decrying the recent city ordin…
DescriptionThe architects of America's cultural revolution of the 1960s were Beat authors like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, and celebrated figures like Norman Mailer, Timothy Leary, Eldridge Cleaver, and Susan Sontag. In examining the lives and works of those who spoke for the 1960s, Roger Kimball conceives a series of cautionary tales, an annotated guidebook of wrong turns, dead-ends, and blind alleys. According to Kimball, the revolutionary assaults on "The System" in the 1960s still define the way we live now, with intellectually debased schools and colleges, morally chaotic sexual relations and family life, and a degraded media and popular culture. While some may think of the 1960s as "the Last Good Time", Kimball paints the decade as a seedbed of excess and moral breakdown.
DescriptionThis is a very special new performance of the legendary Allen Ginsberg's epic poem, "Witchita Vortex Sutra". Recorded at the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church in New York City in 1994, "Witchita Vortex Sutra" features Ginsberg and an all-star cast of ex…
