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"Sweat", A History of Exercise

There are some songs that are synonymous with - or are perhaps more famous than - the movies they accompany.

Built in the 1830s — the Henry B. Clarke House — may change its name to honor Bishop Louis Henry Ford who helped save the home.

As history marches on, space for memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is shrinking. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which officially begins construction Nov. 13, may perhaps be the last monument to be built on the parcel.

In her book Lives of the Trees: An Uncommon History, author Diana Wells explores the history of and people's relationship with about 100 trees. She says she hopes the book will inspire readers to discover the trees around them because "we need the trees and they need us."

Michael Mukasey is now all but sure of winning Senate confirmation as attorney general. But Mukasey's nomination was almost derailed by his refusal to say whether he views the interrogation practice known as "waterboarding" as torture. The episode is only the latest in waterboarding's long history of controversy.

William Zinsser, author of the classic guide On Writing Well, talks to Michele Norris about the challenges of writing personal history. He says that since the 1990s, many memoirs have focused on victimhood, rather than forgiveness.

In his new book The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, historian Niall Ferguson argues that money, in its many forms, is the "root of most human progress." He traces money's evolution from Mesopotamia to modern microfinance.