Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
To avenge her son's death, Grendel's sea-hag mother kills Heorot's residents until Beowulf stops her.
Thomas Jefferson buys land from Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 and makes plans to explore it.
Begun in AD 122, Hadrian's Wall is a barrier that protectsRoman Britain from invaders.
Hal Moore, co-author of We were Soldiers Once . . . and Young was a soldier's soldier as he followed orders during a hated war.
Hammurabi unites and creates a better life for his people, who learn cuneiform as a type of writing.
Norman dies before he can marry Beatrix.
Children, especially in Great Britain, have to suffer family issues, as well as a lack of food and supplies.
Florie's marriage goes downhill, with money problems and abuse that James' addiction causes.
Many Japanese soldiers and civilians on Saipan kill themselves so Marines do not capture them.
Qin Shi Huang-Di buries people alive and performs other harsh measures in battle and while building the Great Wall and his Mausoleum.
The 2-week back-and-forth battle and amount of death and destruction at Heartbreak Ridge forces the UN and North Korea back to the bargaining table.
Paris falls in love with Helen and abducts her. Sparta's King Menelaus is already Helen's husband, and talks the Greeks into going to war with Troy to...
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