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.
Pan Am 1736 and KLM 4805 head for disaster.
District 12 is a poor, coal-mining district in former Appalachia.
The Capitol, a totalitarian government, is in charge of the fictional country of Panem.
Tributes, one boy and one girl from each district, fight to the death in the Hunger Games.
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.
Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, is to help the Armada with light fast ships near Dunkirk, but Dutch forces repel him.
The Path of Illumination follows the four forms of matter: Earth, Air, Fire and Water.
Mummies are found in peat bogs scattered across Europe. Decaying Sphagnum moss contains acidic content perfect for taking a human body and mummifying ...
The Americans make a plan to get rid of the Britishin the area ofPenobscot River.
The medieval Catholic Church tries, finds guilty, and then excommunicates ... moles.
Giovanni Boccaccio writes Decameron, a first-hand account of behavior during the medieval plague; some people flee, while others enjoy life to the ful...
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