Since the era of "silent films," moving pictures are an important part of worldwide culture. How did movies get their start? What are the stories behind the movies? Enjoy hundreds of stories in this Collection.
George marries into the cartel, but then the police catch him importing cocaine. The police take his daughter and his family disowns him.
George Woolf rides Seabiscuit to victories after Red Pollard is injured.
German General Paulus disobeys Hitler and surrenders. It is the beginning of the end for Hitler and his Nazi regime.
Poland receives no aid from other countries when Hitler invades, and the Warsaw Ghetto starts.
There is evidence that the lives of the Brothers Grimm, in Germany, influence their fairy tales.
In 1971, T. C. Williams High School's star player, Gerry Bertier, has a car wreck that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down.
Alexei, the fifth child and only son of Nicholas II ("Tsar of all the Russias"), is born with hemophilia.
Slaves and prisoners become brutal killers in gladiator games, which entertain the Romans.
Joseph Goebbels is in charge of propaganda for the Third Reich and controls who can make movies and what those films can depict.
Alexander the Great's men were growing tired of the long years away from Macedonia. They begged their leader to set his sights for home. Relenting, he...
Gen. Jos' de Urrea tells James Fannin and his men they can surrender at Goliad without retribution. Santa Anna orders them executed. The Goliad massac...
General "Chinese" Gordon offers The Mahdi gifts that he rejects, and then The Mahdi lays siege to Khartoum and beheads Gordon.
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