The Story of Us - from the beginning of time to the present - is usually written by "the victors." True-to-life events, however, must include opposing points of view. This collection features stories about people, places and events which go beyond "the already known and obvious."
Prince Albert, known to his friends and family as "Bertie," has a new title - the Duke of York - when Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon finally agrees to marry him...
Thomas Edison ammounced his invention of the phonograph on the 21st of November, 1877.
American papers publish what the British papers will not publish about King Edward's relationship with Wallis Simpson.
Mamie Till-Mobley tells the story of her son's death and the fight she had to mount in order to have her son's body returned to Chicago from Mississip...
When he was twenty nine, the ruler of Qin sent one million soldiers to crush resistance in six neighboring states.
With religious freedom came two important ideas: The state had no right to interfere with the church - and - Charles I was a tyrant.
After Charles I was defeated, a movement to forever end monarchical rule in Britain took hold.
During Cromwells tenure as head of government, some of the people (ex-royals) were burdened with a ten-percent income tax without their consent.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who first publicly spoke-out against Adolf Hitler soon after his rise to power, was hanged in April of 1945 for allegedly taking ...
The Dead Sea Scrolls have been part of a touring exhibition for many years.
In June of 2004, Dr.
Qin Shi Hunagdi ruled by fear.
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