This comprehensive set creates a vivid portrait of America's greatest internal crisis, from the first antislavery protests to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, 150 years ago on April 9, 1865. Along the way, it examines the moral, political, and strategic forces that set brother against brother for more than four years, in what is generally understood to be the first modern war.

"This story is neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war. . ." Title screens. 1914. War has broken out in Europe. A group of German college students are convinced to enlist after their teacher, Professor Kantorek, gives an impassioned...

A collection of three of Ambrose Bierce's most popular and profound tales: Story of a Conscience; One Kind of Officer; and a new adaptation of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

"It was the gravest crisis in American history. For four bitter years, Union and Confederate troops battled to determine the fate of a divided nation, with the outcome unclear until the very end. THE LAST DAYS OF THE CIVIL WAR explores this critical period through five original programs. April 1865: The Month That Saved America, based on Jay Winik's bestselling book, chronicles the remarkable succession of events leading from the fall of Richmond...

The story of defiant Southern farmer, Newt Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy.

Area 51 may be the most famous military installation in the world, but it doesn't officially exist. Now, after years of silence, for the first time Area 51 insiders spill their secrets and reveal waht has really been going on inside the most secretive place on earth.

Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. The lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War--Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle--collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors,...

The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them. "Markus Zusak's international bestseller The Book Thief has been brought to the...

During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of 'gross indecency', an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality. Little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. "Turing's story...

Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. "This great, tough-skinned movie can stand with the muscular action dramas that are a crucial part of American movie canon."--New York Daily News "...has strong appeal as an extraordinary survival story, and Laura Hillenbrand's first-rate book that inspired it has...