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.
Philip Johnston believes Navajos can create an unbreakable code during WWII using their unwritten language.
Photographic proof of the Holocaust exists, despite some who say it never happened.
Descriptions and images of Spanish Flu from around the world.
View pictures of crop circles taken by Lucy Pringle, a British photographer, researcher and lecturer.
American manufacturers design military planes, uniforms and helmets in an attempt to protect pilots.
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.
Today, Port Royal is a place for underwater study to view remnants of the pirate culture.
A virtual tour of Vietnam assists the reader in picturing the Vietnam of Greene's novel.
Poe's bloody detective stories begin to mirror real life, including his wife's diagnosis of tuberculosis.
The attention of Pope Pius IX, along with the splendor of Rome, sways Edgardo to stay.
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