Great novels are often connected-to (or based-on) real-life events. It's fun to search-for (and uncover) those connections. This Collection features fictional stories with real-life tie-ins.
The Seam is the poorest part of District 12 and where Katniss and her family and friends live.
After the death of a pope, a Papal Conclave elects the new pope.
The Path of Illumination follows the four forms of matter: Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
Reasoning his way back to the Christian faith, C.S. Lewis still influences people and many pastors quote him today.
After service in WWI, Jack (C.S. Lewis) often discusses faith with his devout friend J.R.R. Tolkien; he finally concludes "God was God."
View Mathew Brady's photographs from the brutal battle at Petersburg, Virginia during America's War Between the States.
Petersburg, Virginia is a strategically important town to the Confederates during the Civil War. Union leaders believe they can win the war if they c...
Larsson's third book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, is also set in real and fictional places in Sweden.
Larsson's second book, The Girl Who Played With Fire, is also set in real and fictional places in Sweden. In this novel, Lisbeth tries to solve Ferma...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is set in real and fictional places in Sweden.
An Italian soldier, Captain Corelli is a fictional mandolin player who falls in love with a Greek woman; Amos Pampaloni is believed to be Corelli's re...
Martin Luther has issues with the Church and thinks Purgatory is nothing more than a Church plan to get people's money.
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