Presents a year-by-year record of human events from prehistory to the present. Each chronological chapter is further organized by era or year, and within each year by 33 standard subject categories that feature not only political events and wars, but also events in the arts and humanities, education, transportation, science and medicine, and social trends. Also includes issues of concern such as consumer protection, crime, and nutrition.

From acclaimed director Ridley Scott and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer, based on actual events detailed in the non-fiction book by Mark Bowden, BLACK HAWK DOWN is the heroic account of a group of elite U.S. soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. Their mission: to capture several top lieutenants of the Somali warlord, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, as part of a strategy to quell the civil war and famine...

Anne Shirley is thirteen years old and finds that life in Avonlea is never simple. Torn between her free-spirited nature and her own perceived need to become sensible, Anne finds that the journey toward her goal is fraught with confusion and more than a few unfortunate yet amusing mishaps.

The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

England 1555. An isolated group of salt farmers arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding.

Jeremiah tells the story of a prophet who abandoned his family to relay God's message to Jerusalem and, once his prophecy was fulfilled, experienced Jerusalem's destruction.

An epic adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about morality, justice, love and faith as Hester Prynne bears the scarlet letter "A" for refusing to reveal the name of her lover and father of her illegitimate child.

This Steven Spielberg-directed exploration into a long-ago episode in African-American history recounts the trial that followed the 1839 rebellion aboard the Spanish slave ship AMISTAD and captures the complex political maneuverings set in motion by the event. Filmed in New England and Puerto Rico, the 152-minute drama opens with a pre-credit sequence showing Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) and the other Africans in a violent takeover of the AMISTAD. Captured,...

This film looks at the life of Jesus from His humble beginnings as a carpenter through His extraordinary life and the mission of His spiritual destiny. Starring Jeremy Sisto, Debra Messing, Jacqueline Bisset, and Gary Oldman.

Welcome to the adventures of Jedrington Secret-Past, upstanding family man and owner of The Old Shop Of Stuff, where he sells a plethora of miscellaneous odd things. But with every good-hearted hero, there must come a villain. Enter Malifax Skulkingworm - a lawyer with a heart of flint, an unusual evil hat and a decidedly sinister plan to ruin Jedrington and incarcerate his family. But this is no ordinary Dickensian tale. Bleak Old Shop of Stuff is...