People who change the world may, or may not, be famous in their own lifetimes. Often it takes years for others to understand forward-thinking contributions. This collection introduces you to some of the world's most-famous people
Qin Shi Huang-Di buries people alive and performs other harsh measures in battle and while building the Great Wall and his Mausoleum.
Hawaiian ali'i (noble) ohana (families) traced their origins back to great leaders from the mythic past. And those connections were made th...
Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letteris a tale of Puritan pride and punishment.
The 2-week back-and-forth battle and amount of death and destruction at Heartbreak Ridge forces the UN and North Korea back to the bargaining table.
Paris falls in love with Helen and abducts her. Sparta's King Menelaus is already Helen's husband, and talks the Greeks into going to war with Troy to...
At age 22, Helen writes the account of her life. Read (and hear) the first 11 chapters.
Read, and hear, the remaining chapters of Helen's autobiography.
With the help of Anne Sullivan, Helen completes college and travels the world writing and speaking to audiences.
Although he and Catherine of Aragon have a daughter, Princess Mary, Henry VIII wants a living son. This leads to problems with his marriage.
Susan believed in Ada and thought she was smart.
Dickie goes to jail for carjacking, kidnapping, and armed robbery; he emerges a changed man.
Hitler's campaign during economic hard times ultimately leads to his rise as German Chancellor.
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