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Mahatma
by Mohandas Gandhi
Available on: Online Video
This is the first complete audio-visual documentary biography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. All events and principles of Gandhi's life and thought are viewed as integrated parts of his truth-intoxicated life depicting permanent and universal values and not merely as stray events of history.
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln
by Henry Ketcham
Available on: Digital Download
Light and enjoyable biography of America's 16th president, Ketcham draws heavily on personal accounts to portray a more human and accesible Lincoln.
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George Washington
by William Roscoe Thayer
Available on: Digital Download
One of the finer single volume biographies of Washington, Thayer makes ample use of Washington's letters and writings yielding a rich portrait of the man behind the legend.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
Available on: Digital Download
One of the most widely read autobiographies of all time, Franklin's unfinished work is much more than a retelling of a life. It is a recipe for a self-made man. Franklin's pluck and ceaseless ingenuity capture the spirit of revolutionary America.
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The Osama bin Laden I Know
by Peter L. Bergen
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio | Online Video
Peter Bergen and Steve Coll offer a portrait of bin Laden's life and nature.
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Ben Franklin and the World of the Enlightenment
by Bruce Thompson
Available on: Digital Download
Printer, journalist, postmaster, scientist, inventor, diplomat, patriot, and tireless founder of civic institutions, Benjamin Franklin was the most versatile of the Founders—even more so than Jefferson.
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Activism, Anarchism and Power
by Noam Chomsky
Available on: Online Video
Noam Chomsky speaks about his life and work.
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The Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt
by Hermann Hagedorn
Available on: Digital Download
Well written and admiring biography of Theodore Roosevelt. Hagedorn received the blessing and full cooperation of Roosevelt's family. The result is a richly fascinating portrait filled with charming anecdotes rarely found in presidential biographies.
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The New Negro
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Available on: Online Video
Television show "The Open Mind" in 1957 with guests Martin Luther King and J. Waties Waring on the theme of race.
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George Washington
by Richard Brookhiser
Available on: Online Audio | Online Video
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute Lecture Program assists in sponsoring lectures each year at the college, university, and preparatory school levels.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope
by Tariq Ali
Available on: Digital Download
Since 1998, the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chávez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and American foreign policy.
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Former President Bill Clinton's BookExpo America Keynote 6/3/04
by Bill Clinton
Available on: Digital Download
At BookExpo America in Chicago, former President Bill Clinton delivers the annual keynote address about his much-anticipated autobiography, My Life.
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Jimmy Carter's Private Faith
by Jimmy Carter
Available on: Digital Download
Jimmy Carter — former president and Nobel Laureate, author and global humanitarian — speaks of his born-again faith with a directness that is striking even in today's political culture.
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After Fidel
by Brian Latell
Available on: Digital Download | Online Video
Brian Latell is a senior associate in the Americas program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
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Tina Brown & Lesley Stahl: Live From B&N
by Tina Brown
Available on: Video Download | Online Video
In our live webcast from the Union Square Barnes & Noble in New York, Tina Brown joined Lesley Stahl for a conversation about her buzzed-about book, The Diana Chronicles.
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Robert Dallek: One on One
by Robert Dallek
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
American historian Robert Dallek joins Katherine Lanpher to discuss his talent for illuminating the lives of the Presidents in works like Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power.
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