Lowell's political passion encompasses much of his greatest poetry. Lowell himself reads from his work. Elizabeth Hardwick, Robert Hass, and others discuss his development and style as illustrated by Lord Weary's Castle and Life Studies.

The stories in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book are set deep in the Indian jungle, in a dangerous world without parents - and with few rules. First published as a collection in 1894, the book's themes of belonging and identity are still relevant today.

A hauntingly atmospheric and star-studded adaptation of Henry James' classic Gothic horror story. A young, inexperienced governess is hired to look after two small children abandoned by their uncle, following the death of their parents. Unsettled by glimpses of ghostly figures that only she can see, she quickly believes that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. She learns that her predecessor and her lover both died under curious...

On September 11, 1814, the British Fleet arrived at the mouth of the Patapsco River. Thus began the Battle of Baltimore, which inspired Francis Scott Key to pen The Star-Spangled Banner. Featuring Aretha Franklin's soulful, heartfelt voice, our flag's broad stripes and bright stars will shine through in all our children's voices as they sing along in celebration of America's unity and strength.

In June of 1867, Mark Twain boarded a steamship bound for Europe and the Middle East as a correspondent for a San Francisco newspaper. And so began the dream of a great adventure for Americans visiting Europe and the Mediterranean…a tour of grand historical places, a journey of longed-for romance, and a humorous look at people and places as seen through the eyes of America's great storyteller.

Inspired by Henry David Thoreau’s classic book, “Walden: Or, Life in the Woods,” this film combines images filmed on location at Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts with readings by poet, John D. Ogden. It brings to life Thoreau’s writings on the reflection of the universal in the tiniest leaf or pebble, the connectedness of all things, the quest for eternal truths, and the search for a way of living in harmony in the world. Includes a bonus...

Henry David Thoreau: An American Eccentric recognizes the two-hundred-year birth of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) and celebrates this American non-conformist's life. The program offers insight and awareness into Thoreau's reading habits and writing stratagems. Several Thoreau authorities and scholars including: Professor Philip McFarland; actor historian Richard Smith; Professor T.C. Boyle; Professor Richard H. Baker, and James H. Bride, documentarian...

Beth takes Bert and Grandfather on a plane ride right in their backyard.

This 1936 adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic early American novel tells of the 1756 siege of Fort William by the French and Huron Indians. The hero Hawkeye, a colonial scout, is played by Randolph Scott. Also starring Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, and Bruce Cabot.

Louisa May Alcott was no little woman, and her life was no children's book. Louisa May Alcott's story is as full of incident, surprise, and heroism as any plot she invented. This first film biography of the beloved author of Little Women stars Elizabeth Marvel (House of Cards) in a detailed portrait that replaces the image of a New England spinster with a living, breathing, modern woman.