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.
The Home Guard locates deserters to return them to war; deserters hide in caves they construct.
The Capitol creates the Hunger games to demonstrate their power over the districts.
Once in New York, immigrants from famine-stricken Ireland form some of the most notorious gangs in Five Points.
"Jurassic" is a period of history named for the Jura Mountains that border France and Switzerland.
The K-19 belongs to the "Hotel" class of Soviet nuclear submarines and is not combat worthy.
To declare war with Germany in 1939, George VI gives a strong speech to millions of radio listeners without stammering.
Szpilman's last radio concert and the end of cultural life in Warsaw before the war occur at the same time.
After the death of Dr. Lanyon, Gabriel Utterson visits the home of Dr. Henry Jekyll. He is stunned by the events which transpire there.
As he journeys with the "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come," Scrooge sees the body of a man who dies alone, unwanted and unloved. He begins to worry: I...
At the Passover meal, Jesus tells his disciples that one of them will betray him.
While history tells us that Dracula fought the Turks to save his country from being concquered by the Ottoman Empire, Romanian folklore and literature...
Regardless whether Sacajawea lived a short or long life, stories have sprung up about her. The US Mint created a gold dollar in her honor, schools in ...
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