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.
Music is like medicine for Ayers because it helps him focus and calms his temper.
Mussolini tries to escape from Italy, but is caught, executed and his body put on display.
Whenever a human being dives underwater, pressure on the body intensifies and can cause serious injuries (including death).
Defeated in battle, Napoleon resigns, but he flees exile and comes back to continue the fight.
French power increases as Napoleon's armies conquer much of Europe, then decreases after France's disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia.
Steve Lopez, who works for theLA Times, forms a friendship with Nathaniel Ayers as he writes a series of stories about the homeless musician.
Ayers still hears voices but he no longer lives on the streets and now has a relationship with his family.
When Navajos return to their ancestral lands, they build hogans (shelters), raise sheep and farm corn.
Navajo families lead traditional lives; women raise children, sheep and weave rugs, while men cultivate and harvest corn.
The US government forces Navajos from their ancestral lands and makes them walk to eastern New Mexico.
Fisher begins to write poetry while he is in the Navy.
The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert in Peru.
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