Documents the rise and growth of Islam throughout the world, from the birth of Prophet Muhammad in the 6th century through the peak of the Ottoman Empire 1000 years later. Discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture

Presents the theory that the American dream, all but abandoned in the United States, has been adopted successfully in other countries, including Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland, looking at such areas as worker benefits, public expenditure for the common good, and state-funded higher education.

Presentation of photographs from the collections of Fannie Laird Alford and Ivan Laird, depicting people, places and events along the Upper East Fork of the Coquille River from 1910 to 1950, with commentary by Steve Laird

Historian Bettany Hughes goes on search of the real truth about democratic Athens, 2500 years ago. It has been revered as the birthplace of philosophy, art, science and the greatest political idea of all time; democracy.

The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean and the ice, is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions of our planet...

Fantasy and adventure come to life as Thomas, who's planning to illustrate his father's book on the ancient Inca empire, falls asleep near the lost city of Machu Picchu, deep in the mountains of Peru. Dreaming of the lives its people led 500 years ago, he awakens to find himself among them, mistaken for the son of the Sun God and attracted to the princess who has just been betrothed. In seven days, she must marry the greatest warrior in the land,...

The DVD discusses the history of the famous siege of the Alamo in light of recent historical scholarship

Shot by an independent filmmaker, this documents the first 24 hours at "ground zero" in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. It begins with the fall of the twin towers, travels through the smoldering site showing people on the site working in a fervor, then dazed and trance-like. The images speak for themselves intentionally devoid of commentary and music