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.
After the surrender of Bataan, the Japanese force soldiers on a death march.
648 plaintiffs join the lawsuit; add a claim to cover people who get sick in the future, and the lawsuit goes to trial.
While the Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breed's Hill) is a victory for the British, they suffer heavy losses.
La Bete is an animal which resembles a wolf but is larger, with a huge jaw and spikes on her back.
On July 16, 1945, the U.S. set off an atomic device as a test and then decides to use these weapons to bomb Japan.
The Bowery (meaning "farm" in Dutch) changes from a rural place to a jammed area with poor immigrants.
Dickie Eklund becomes a promising boxer from the depressed city of Lowell, Massachusetts.
General Kimura meets no resistance when the Japanese land in the Philippines; they enter Manila on January 2, 1942.
Millions of readers know C. S. Lewis as the creator of the characters and the imaginary world depicted in "The Chronicles of Narnia."
Fires burn for three days after the earthquake, leaving thousands dead and the city in ruins.
Thousands of Germans flee as the Russian army seeks revenge.
PG&E has a compressor station in Hinkley (in theMojave Desert), which puts large amounts of toxins into the water, soil, and air.
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