Videos

UCLA anthropology professor Monica Smith provided a history of cities, from their creation 6,000 years ago to the present.

Steven Pressfield talked about his book, The Lion’s Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War, in which he chronicles the Six Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors in June 1967. In…

Investigative reporter Thomas Peele talked about his book in which he recounts the murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey on August 2, 2007 in Oakland, California. Mr. Bailey was working on an…

Laurie Sandell recounted the fallout from Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme and the affect it had on his family. The author was given access to all members of the Madoff family and reported how B…

Susan Casey takes a look giant waves around the world, the destruction these waves have caused, the scientists who are working on predicting when and where they will emerge, and the surfers …

Meredith Maran talked about her book Class Dismissed: A Year in the Life of an American High School, a Glimpse into the Heart of a Nation, published by St. Martins Press. The book is based o…