Sample Topics - Literature

Angela's Ashes The background to Irish resentment of British rule

(The) Bible: How it came to modern civilization

Catch Me If You Can: The saga of Frank Abagnale - con artist turned government crime catcher

Chronicles of Narnia: A Story of the series' author, C.S. Lewis

Dead Sea Scrolls: Examples of the famous scrolls and the story of their discovery

Fyodor Dostoevsky: The great 19th century Russian author had a gambling addiction and was sentenced to death by firing squad while he was a young man. His gambling experiences were the basis of his book The Gambler

Illuminated Manuscripts: Magnificent art accompanies written texts

J.M. Barrie and the Story of Peter Pan

Jules Verne: A look at Captain Nemo and the Nautilus

The Koran: Muhammad, the prophet, and the creation of Islam's holy book

(The) Iliad: Story of the Trojan War

Legend of Baggar Vance: Inspired by the Hindu epic and scriptural poem, Bhagavad-Gita

Maurine Dallas Watkins and the story of Chicago (the play and movie)

Puritans: Precursors of The Scarlet Letter

Vanity Fair: The Illustrations of William Makepeace Thackeray

Virginia Woolf: Hear her voice in one of Britain's rare surviving audio clips