January 1, 2012
Air Date:
January 01, 2012

In its entirety, it is estimated that M74 is home to about 100 billion stars, making it slightly smaller than our Milky Way.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA
Saturday 905P Eastern Time:
The Liberty Bell (Icons of America) by Gary B. Nash (Feb 22, 2011).
Saturday 920P Eastern Time: Nash 2 of 2.
Sat 935P Eastern Time:
James Madison by Richard Brookhiser (Sep 27, 2011).
Sat 950P Eastern Time: Brookhiser 2 of 2.
Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. Farrell (Jun 14, 2011).
Sat 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Farrell 2 of 4.
Sat 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Farrell 3 of 4.
Sat 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Farrell 4 of 4.
Aurora in Norway, December 30, 2011.

Such Men as These: The Story of the Navy Pilots Who Flew the Deadly Skies over Korea by David Sears (Oct 4, 2011).
Sat 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Sears 2 of 4.
Sat 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Sears 3 of 4.
Sat 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Sears 4 of 4.
Sat/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time):
A Covert Affair: When Julia and Paul Child joined the OSS they had no way of knowing that their adventures with the spy service would lead them into a ... colleague, a terrifying FBI investigation. by Jennet Conant (Nov 1, 2011).
Sat/Sun 1220A (920 Pacific Time): .
Sat/Sun 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Lauren Goodrich, Stratfor, re Russia elections and Putin.
Sat/Sun 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Jon Macey, Hoover, re the STOCK Act fail.
NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, is being pushed out by the stellar wind of massive central star BD+602522. Next door, though, lives a giant molecular cloud, visible to the right.

SUNDAY 905P Eastern Time:
A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by S. Nassir Ghaemi (Aug 4, 2011).
SUNDAY 920P Eastern Time: Ghaemi 2 of 2.
Margaret Bourke-White, DPs 1945.

The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War by Ben Shephard (Feb 22, 2011).
SUNDAY 950P Eastern Time: Shepherd 2 of 2.
SUNDAY 1005P (705P Pacific):
The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Roberts (May 17, 2011).
SUNDAY 1020P (720P Pacific): Roberts 2 of 4.
SUNDAY 1035P (735P Pacific): Roberts 3 of 4.
SUNDAY 1050P (750P Pacific): Roberts 4 of 4.
SUNDAY 1105P (805P Pacific):
Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series by David Pietrusza (Sep 13, 2011).
SUNDAY 1120P (820P Pacific): Pietrusza 2 of 4.
SUNDAY 1135P (835P Pacific): Pietrusza 3 of 4.
SUNDAY 1150P (850P Pacific): Pietrusza 4 of 4.
Sat/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific):
Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy by Seth Fletcher (May 10, 2011).
Sat/Sun 1220A (920 Pacific): Fletcher 2 of 2.
Sat/SUNDAY 1235A (935P Pacific): Ed Crooks, FT, re: New investment in America.
Sat/SUNDAY 1250A (950P Pacific): Exeunt Michael Kranish, Boston Globe, Newt vs Mitt, the way back machine.
DPs 1945-6.
