Biography

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8:00AM

Biography

Edgar Allan Poe

The triumphant and tragic story of the great poet, short story writer, and master of the macabre. Blessed by a genius that brought him many successes as a writer, including "The Raven" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Poe was plagued by alcoholism, gambling debts, and lost loves.
9:00AM

ArtRageous

Spain

Nate travels through the mountains of Spain to see where the architect Antoni Gaudi was inspired to design his famous basilica Sagrada Familia and explores how new 3D printing technologies are being used to complete its construction. He then heads to Salvador Dali’s former home and studio to understand how the culture of Catalonia influenced modern art.
9:30AM

New Frontier, The

SLING SHOT

The Soviet Era Luna 3 was the first spacecraft to utilize gravity to change course to photograph the dark side of the Moon. The gravity assist, or sling shot maneuver, has become a standard for navigating the solar system.
10:00AM

Better Planet TV

Better Planet TV 111

COLLEGE PERMACUTLURE GARDEN,ECO-FRIENDLY STOVES, AND A SCHOOL FOR GREEN CAREERS
10:30AM

Re-Inventors, The

SNOW-REMOVING MACHINE

INVESTIGATING AND TESTING A SNOW-REMOVING MACHINE.
11:00AM

Biography

The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne

Follows the life of the French author of such fanciful travel and science fiction tales as "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" and "Around the World in 80 Days.
12:00PM

Biography

H.G. Wells: Time Traveler

Interviews with two of H.G. Wells's grandsons and his granddaughter jump us back in time and flesh into this chronicle of the life of the author who pioneered 20th century science fiction. Between publication of his classic "The Time Machine" in 1895 to his death in 1946, he churned out 161 full-length books.
1:00PM

Biography

Rudyard Kipling

The life of the famed 19th and 20th-century British writer who spent his early years in India before returning to England in 1889. Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" became classic animal stories, his verse collections "Barrack Room Ballads" and "The Seven Seas" were also highly successful, and "Kim," "Just So Stories," and "Puck of Pook's Hill," solidified his reputation. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
2:00PM

Perspectives

George Bernard Shaw

Playwright, philosopher, and egotist--these are some of the fascinating parts that made up one of the 20th century's most celebrated dramatists.
2:30PM

Perspectives

Helen Keller

The revered humanitarian is interviewed for this moving story of a remarkable woman's rise from blindness to greatness as a speaker and world traveler.
3:00PM

Biography

Anne Rice: Vampires, Witches and Bestsellers

Anne Rice wrote supernatural novels. Her most famous series was the "Vampire Chronicles," which included the book "Interview with the Vampire.
4:00PM

Biography

Edgar Allan Poe

The triumphant and tragic story of the great poet, short story writer, and master of the macabre. Blessed by a genius that brought him many successes as a writer, including "The Raven" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Poe was plagued by alcoholism, gambling debts, and lost loves.
5:00PM

Biography

Charles Dickens: A Tale of Ambition and Genius

Genius and fame could not keep one of the most influential and prolific writers of Victorian England from the deep loneliness and unrelenting ghosts that haunted him until his death. As a young man, Charles Dickens lived the life of one of his characters--a tragic, deprived boyhood. With his father confined to debtors' prison, Charles spent a year as a child laborer. Find out how early pain fueled the ambition of this prolific social writer of Victorian England.
6:00PM

Biography

Mark Twain

The irresistible life story of the author who gave us the worlds of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Follows Mark Twain's odyssey from steamboat pilot to miner to failed inventor to acclaimed lecturer.
7:00PM

Biography

The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne

Follows the life of the French author of such fanciful travel and science fiction tales as "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" and "Around the World in 80 Days.
8:00PM

Biography

H.G. Wells: Time Traveler

Interviews with two of H.G. Wells's grandsons and his granddaughter jump us back in time and flesh into this chronicle of the life of the author who pioneered 20th century science fiction. Between publication of his classic "The Time Machine" in 1895 to his death in 1946, he churned out 161 full-length books.
9:00PM

Biography

Rudyard Kipling

The life of the famed 19th and 20th-century British writer who spent his early years in India before returning to England in 1889. Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" became classic animal stories, his verse collections "Barrack Room Ballads" and "The Seven Seas" were also highly successful, and "Kim," "Just So Stories," and "Puck of Pook's Hill," solidified his reputation. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
10:00PM

Perspectives

George Bernard Shaw

Playwright, philosopher, and egotist--these are some of the fascinating parts that made up one of the 20th century's most celebrated dramatists.
10:30PM

Perspectives

Helen Keller

The revered humanitarian is interviewed for this moving story of a remarkable woman's rise from blindness to greatness as a speaker and world traveler.
11:00PM

Biography

Anne Rice: Vampires, Witches and Bestsellers

Anne Rice wrote supernatural novels. Her most famous series was the "Vampire Chronicles," which included the book "Interview with the Vampire.
12:00AM

Biography

Edgar Allan Poe

The triumphant and tragic story of the great poet, short story writer, and master of the macabre. Blessed by a genius that brought him many successes as a writer, including "The Raven" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," Poe was plagued by alcoholism, gambling debts, and lost loves.
1:00AM

Biography

Charles Dickens: A Tale of Ambition and Genius

Genius and fame could not keep one of the most influential and prolific writers of Victorian England from the deep loneliness and unrelenting ghosts that haunted him until his death. As a young man, Charles Dickens lived the life of one of his characters--a tragic, deprived boyhood. With his father confined to debtors' prison, Charles spent a year as a child laborer. Find out how early pain fueled the ambition of this prolific social writer of Victorian England.
2:00AM

Biography

Mark Twain

The irresistible life story of the author who gave us the worlds of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Follows Mark Twain's odyssey from steamboat pilot to miner to failed inventor to acclaimed lecturer.
3:00AM

Biography

The Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne

Follows the life of the French author of such fanciful travel and science fiction tales as "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" and "Around the World in 80 Days.
4:00AM

Biography

H.G. Wells: Time Traveler

Interviews with two of H.G. Wells's grandsons and his granddaughter jump us back in time and flesh into this chronicle of the life of the author who pioneered 20th century science fiction. Between publication of his classic "The Time Machine" in 1895 to his death in 1946, he churned out 161 full-length books.
5:00AM

Biography

Rudyard Kipling

The life of the famed 19th and 20th-century British writer who spent his early years in India before returning to England in 1889. Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book" became classic animal stories, his verse collections "Barrack Room Ballads" and "The Seven Seas" were also highly successful, and "Kim," "Just So Stories," and "Puck of Pook's Hill," solidified his reputation. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907.
6:00AM

Perspectives

George Bernard Shaw

Playwright, philosopher, and egotist--these are some of the fascinating parts that made up one of the 20th century's most celebrated dramatists.
6:30AM

Perspectives

Helen Keller

The revered humanitarian is interviewed for this moving story of a remarkable woman's rise from blindness to greatness as a speaker and world traveler.
7:00AM

Biography

Anne Rice: Vampires, Witches and Bestsellers

Anne Rice wrote supernatural novels. Her most famous series was the "Vampire Chronicles," which included the book "Interview with the Vampire.
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