Presents an account of frontier life for women in the American West through brief biographies of six famous individuals, including Calamity Jane, Molly Brown, Belle Starr, Pearl Hart, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Annie Oakley.

Explore the life of the scientist whose theories recast man's relationship with the universe.

His roots are firmly planted in religious ground, yet he has become a symbol of the secular side of the Christmas celebration. Despite the commercialization, he remains a symbol of what is worthwhile about the holiday season: generosity, kindness and good will to men. Santa Claus has enjoyed a long and fruitful history, though perhaps not as long a one as some might imagine. Though the name of "St. A Claus" appears in print in America as early as...

For nearly 75 years the 'Clown Princes of Basketball' have brought laughs and ball-handling wizardry to fans all over the globe. Follow the team from their Chicago beginnings to their present-day success.

Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama's extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president.

Without Thomas Edison's innovative and groundbreaking inventions, modern-day life as we know it would be unimaginable.

The story behind Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who met at Stanford University's PhD computer science program. Together the men started up Google, the world's top search engine using their own credit cards, and a little help from a savvy investor.