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.
Wanting his gifts to be anonymous, Nicholas (according to the legend) throws gold coins into open windows of houses or down chimneys.
Wanting his gifts to be anonymous, legend says Nicholas would throw gold coins into open windows of houses or down chimneys.
Even though he is a legendary American, little is known of the life of Daniel Boone.
Beatrix writes twenty-three little books for children, which remain popular today.
Read a poem about the Lorax, written in a style similar to Dr. Seuss' writing style.
After years of deadly battles, it is hard to predict which side will win the American Revolutionary war.
The Mahdi and his soldiers, known as dervishes, kill Egyptians who refuse to adopt his version of Islam; slave trade resumes and alcohol is forbidden.
William Wallace plans to do everything in his power to ensure England's King Edward I will not rule his Scotland.
William Wallace plans to do everything in his power to ensure England's King Edward I will not rule his Scotland.
Amos Pampaloni, who may be the real-life model for Captain Corelli, remembers the developing tensions between Germans and Italians during September of...
The Germans consider the Italians as traitors, not prisoners of war, so they massacre them; Pampaloni survives.
Marie believes that she is on a tour of a magical metropolis, with Nutcracker, but then she wakes up. Was she dreaming or did Nutcracker deliver her s...
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