Follows the true story of five Japanese girls who were sent to live in the United States in 1871 to learn the ways of the West and return home a decade later to help nurture the future of Japan.
A riveting story of greed, cunning, brilliance and deceit explores the music-piracy revolution and the man who almost singlehandedly brought down the industry from a small town in North Carolina where he leaked thousands of albums for over nearly a decade with the help of a network of smuggling confederates.
A film critic and movie historian who has been watching cinema for 70 years and has seen almost 19,000 films brings viewers on a tour of his favorite movies, highlighting forgotten treasures and explaining what makes a film a hit or a flop.
The successful prosecutor and co-host of Fox News' The Five and Outnumbered describes how her courtroom skills can transfer to everyday life and explains how everyone can succeed by setting goals and communicating effectively.
The acclaimed stand-up comedian and Emmy Award-nominated star of Parks and Recreation evaluates how technology is shaping today's romances, citing the work of forefront social scientists while considering the differences between courtships of the past and present.
From prohibition to immigration, the birth of jazz, the rise of expatriate literature and the original Ponzi scheme, an Emmy award-winning media critic investigates the year of 1920, a critical 12-month period of its own that foretold the future.
The best-selling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires delivers an epic drama of wealth, rivalry and betrayal among mega-wealthy Russian oligarchs—and its international repercussions.
The author offers an epic account of his 2,000-mile trip on the Oregon Trail the old-fashioned way, in a covered wagon with a team of mules, and along the way, tells the rich history of the trail, the people who made the migration and its significance to the United States.
Traces the high-stakes quest of John Mattera and Shadow Divers' Chatterton to find the lost pirate ship of Joseph Bannister, discussing their teamwork with technology-eschewing Tracy Bowden and the story behind Bannister's elusive treasure.
The director of The 40-Year-Old Virgin presents a collection of uproarious and intimate conversations with some of today's most popular comedians, drawing on his teenage radio hosting days to include pieces from the early years of such names as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Sandra Bernhard.
A deeply personal account of the life of the author's father—a nationally renowned neurologist who, after a life of helping to establish emerging fields in mental health, succumbed to Alzheimer's disease.