BIO Classroom

The incredible life of the 17-year-old peasant girl who donned a suit of armor, rode off to war, and saved France. Historians ponder the question of whether...   Read More

By the age of 42, Bill Gates was one of the titans of American business. In 1998, his company Microsoft controlled 95% of the world's personal computer operating...   Read More

"Papa" Hemingway goes to Key West, Florida and Cuba, becomes the master fisherman who writes The Old Man and the Sea, and finally ends his life in the rugged...   Read More

The unforgettable story of the young Jewish girl who hid from the Nazis, only to be eventually discovered and killed. Includes Anne's happy and carefree years...   Read More

The English naturalist, who developed the ground-breaking theory of evolution, battles an array of obstacles--a debilitating illness, South American despots...   Read More

Four Canadian POWs from an Italian camp, who in 1943, participated in a massive breakout, talk about their ordeal; and we hear from German pilot Ulrich Steinhilper...   Read More

Chronicles the life of the Chinese sage renowned for his serenity and wisdom, but whose life was filled with turmoil. Born into chaotic times (551 to 479 BC)...   Read More

The extraordinary life and times of the great military genius who took France to unprecedented heights of power, and then brought it to its knees when his ego...   Read More

Profile of the powerful orator whose clarion call,'Give me liberty, or give me death, helped launch the American Revolution. Fiery in politics yet prudent...   Read More

Story of the brilliant American Revolutionary War general who turned traitor. Focuses on his many military victories for the colonists, the causes of his estrangement...   Read More