From Moyer's third PBS series, this text represents an unparalleled entree into the debates, the intellectual and cultural currents, and above all the fascinating people that have so powerfully shaped modern times.
But he is also one of America's most sought-after public speakers. In this collection of speeches, Moyers celebrates the promise of American democracy and offers a passionate defense of its principles of fairness and justice.
Here's the lead, exactly as written: “Michael Jackson's plastic surgeonjumped into the ocean to save a suicidal man early today as Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss called 911 for help.”I thought this was a joke at first—something the ...
Interviews with Chinua Achebe, Isaac Asimov, Mary Catherine Bateson, Robert Bellah, Peter Berger, Sissela Bok, T. Berry Brazelton, James MacGregor Burns, Noam Chomsky, F. Forrester Church, Henry Steele Commager, E.L....
Whether reflecting on today’s media climate, corporate scandals, or religious and political upheavals, Moyers on America recovers the hopes of the past to establish their relevance for the present. “Not only a good reporter . . . a ...
At last, the paperback edition of the monumental best-seller (almost half a million copies in print!) that has changed the way Americans think about sickness and health -- the companion volume to the landmark PBS series of the same name.
The well-respected public television journalist presents a series of one-on-one interviews with leading scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, and historians that outline the pressing problems America will face in the future
The hearings pitted the bushy-browed McCarthy and his chief counsel, the vulpine Roy Cohn, against the U.S. Army and its special outside counsel, the well-mannered Joseph Welch. The most famous sound bite of the hearings came after ...
In a collection of speeches, the broadcaster shares his thoughts on the state of America, the betrayal of the nation's democratic ideals by the Bush administration, and the need to reconnect with our constitutional principles and history of ...
Addressing the issues associated with alternative medicine, a companion volume to a successful PBS series demonstrates how mind/body medicine is being effectively applied to such conditions as stress, cancer, and neonatal problems.
People need stories to make sense of the world--to hold their lives together, and to fasten on to those values that last. The greatest stories are found in the Bible,...