Arts and Entertainment Network

In celebration of 15 years of the TV show, "Biography, " DK has partnered with A & E Network to produce "Ultimate Biography, " a book featuring 250 of the most important, beloved, influential, and notorious people who have ever lived. Full color.

1968: in that single year, MLK and RFK were assassinated, Chicago rioted, Nixon triumphed, and Tet exploded. The top music acts were the Beatles, the Doors, Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye. Man circled the Moon. From Civil Rights to Vietnam, from rock & roll to rocket science, 1968 stands out as a concentrated dose of everything we think of as the Sixties.

Twenty-five hundred years before modern air travel the ancient Chinese had learned the complicated principles of fluid and aerodynamics. Travel half way around the world to China where the notion of 'hard air' (air pressure) was understood by Taoist monks.

Travel to the top of the world to explore the remarkable Incan city of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, and see incredible footage of its discovery.

Presents an in-depth look at the tragic life of one of the last century's most mysterious writers.

This program explores the long history of astrology, from the dawn of time to the modern-day dial-a-psychic. Experts explain the pseudo-science originated over 4,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, and unchanged Babylonian practices that still remain in today's Zodiac. The program also reveals how astrology effected in cultures worldwide, from the Mayan calendar to the belief that the Three Wise Men were "following the star." Discover how the evidence...

For some billion people worldwide, it is the Holy Scripture, the word of God and his prophet. For others, it is no more than a historical artifact that has left an indelible imprint on the world. It is the Koran. This film examines the history of the work that many outside Islam find impenetrable and mysterious, and explores the striking similarities and differences between the Koran and the Bible--and the ways in which Muslims believe the Koran corrects...

Joan Hickson, the actress Agatha Christie herself wanted for the role, stars as the shrewd sleuth in four thrilling whodunits: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Moving Finger, The Body in the Library, and A Murder is Announced. Watch as Miss Marple puts her perceptive powers to good use and gets to the bottom of even the most complex crimes in this beloved series.

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries.

Petra, a stone city of temples and tombs carved deep into stark cliffs in Jordan, was the center of life two thousand years ago for a people called the Nabateans. Archaeologists excavate evidence of a highly sophisticated society and discover answers to questions about Nabatean beliefs, customs, and destinies.