DescriptionSilent Witness begins in 1967, in a small Midwestern town. Seventeen-year-old Tony Lord, Lake City's star athlete, seems destined for great things. His driving ambition is precisely what attracts Alison Taylor, the daughter of the town's leading fa…
DescriptionOne night in San Francisco, a man is found dead of an apparent suicide, although evidence points to a possible murder. Investigators discover that the man was involved in a vicious custody battle with his ex-wife over their young daughter, a battle that included extortion threats and allegations of sexual abuse. His estranged wife's new lover, prominent defense attorney Christopher Paget, is charged with murder, setting off a sensational trial filled with new revelations. But they are overshadowed by what threatens to remain hidden: in the little girl's tangled loyalties, in the defendant's damning refusal to testify on his own behalf, and in the details of a childhood trauma that haunts his lover's adult life.
DescriptionIt starts with a phone call Mike Daley never expected to get, from district attorney Prentice Marshall Gates III, San Francisco's chief law enforcement officer and front-runner candidate for California attorney general. Friends they're not; Skipper Gates…
DescriptionTwo friends in 1950s San Francisco Bohemia explore Buddhism Zen - hipster style. On the road to finding Dharma, or truth, the story's narrator, Raymond Smith comes to a spiritual roadblock. Smith, based on Kerouac himself, discovers a role model in his friend Japhy Ryder, modeled after the real poet-Buddhist Gary Snyder. This autobiographical novel is one of Kerouac's most popular, and has served as an inspiration to the beat culture, hippies, and dharma seekers since the 1950s. This program is narrated by legendary poet Allen Ginsberg, a friend of Kerouac's and an early fan of his work.
