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.
Belon and her family have no warning before the tsunami washes over them at a beach resort on the island of Phuket.
Francis Marion and his troop of 150 men do their best to remain elusive while chasing the British out of South Carolina.
Barrie marries Mary Ansell, an actress; he writes the autobiographical novel, Tommy and Grizel, about their failed relationship.
Twenty-five-year-old Mary Kelly is Jack the Ripper's final victim.
Millions of Irish leave the country, hoping to find a better life elsewhere.
While Princess Bernice Bishop is last member ofthe real Kamehameha dynasty, Matt King is the fictional heir.
Schreck (which literally means "fright"), is the brilliant, creepy actor who brings Nosferatu to life.
Life in medieval Europe consists of poor hygiene, close quarters, living and eating with animals and farming; seemingly, everyone has fleas.
In medieval Europe, the plague strikes down all classes of people regardless of wealth, education or social status.
Ancient Egyptians preserve their dead in the form of mummies, which allows the body to retain some of its soft tissue.
Although not the most important, King Tut is the most famous pharaoh. His mummy is maintained at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Twenty-nine Navajos enter the Marines to become code talkers in the Pacific Theater of WWII.
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