DescriptionWe are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people, one in 25, has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief sym…
DescriptionThis episode of The Shadow was originally broadcast on August 20, 1939. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" From 1930-1954, the wealthy Lamont Cranston was one of the best-known characters on radio, using his mystical powers to fight crime. The only person who knew The Shadow's true identity was his "friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane". Through the years, The Shadow was portrayed by Frank Readick, Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison, and others. As listeners were reminded at the end of every episode, "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay! The Shadow knows!"…
DescriptionBrigitte Gabriel lost her childhood to militant Islam. In 1975 she was 10 years old and living in Southern Lebanon when militant Muslims from throughout the Middle East poured into her country and declared jihad against the Lebanese Christians. It became…
DescriptionOn December 7, 1941, America was thrust violently into World War II when Japan launched a devastating surprise attack on the U.S. naval installation at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. This absorbing, enlightening, powerfully dramatic collection is the ultimate chronicle of what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called "a date that will live in infamy." At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, 37 years in the making, tells the story of Pearl Harbor from both the American and Japanese perspectives. Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History places the attack in a larger context via a fascinating look at its precursors and consequences. And December 7, 1941 is a riveting, moment-by-moment account that captures the diplomatic intrigue, the brutal combat, and the human beings whose lives were irrevocably altered on that fateful morning.
DescriptionSir Walter Scott's most popular novel, and the first of his works to be set in England, Ivanhoe was first published in 1819. During the reign of Richard I, Wilfred of Ivanhoe earns his father's disapproval by falling in love with Rowena, his fath…
DescriptionAfter eons of non-contact, the humans of Pern are reunited with the intelligent dolphins who had actually settled the planet with them. While Pern is still in the devastating grip of Thread - the life consuming organism which rains from the sky ravaging the land - a boy, Readis, realizes that the "shipfish" can talk after he is rescued by them. Accompanied by T'Lion, a young dragon rider, Readis pursues his friendship with the dolphins, reporting his findings top the computer, Aivas, which is attempting to guide the humans into a new era by freeing Pern forever of the devastating Thread. Meanwhile, the leading dragon riders and lordsholder must act to contain Toric, Lord Holder of the South, in his quest for the land and control of Pern.
