What does it mean when we say "art is in the eye of the beholder?" How have artists' subjects changed over the centuries? This collection features diverse art forms (from ancient mosaics to modern cubism).
Bookcover image of Chancellorsville, Second Edition, by Edward J. Stackpole.
This is page 2 of Charley Williams' story. Note that to maintain authenticity, writers transcribed the oral histories - including Charley's - using t...
This is page 3, of Charley Williams' story, and concludes his oral history as a former American slave. Note that to maintain authenticity, writers tr...
Graphic image depicting the historical Dynasties of China.
In occupied Holland, Dutch churches issued a collective protest against the treatment of the country's Jews: The undersigned Dutch Churches, alread...
Civil War discharge document. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Five members of the nine-man Military Commission signed a Clemency request for Mary Surratt on the same day - June 30, 1865 - that the tribuna...
During World War I, 1st Lt. Charles Tribbet - an African-American officer - took a train from New York to Ft. Sill. "Jim Crow" laws required him...
Image of the front page of the Columbian Centinel, dated June 2, 1792 in Boston, Massachusetts. It published an article announcing the The First Natio...
A stele, called the "Daiva Inscription," was found at the royal compound of Persepolis. Among other things, it gives a description of countries which ...
In 2006, Britain's High Court heard testimony in a trial involving Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code. A claim of plagiarism had been filed aga...
In this book, F.A. Mitchell-Hedges chronicles his world adventures. In many ways, he seems to be like a real-world Indiana Jones.
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