We may know about a famous person's accomplishments, but what do we know about THEM? What is the human-interest story in THEIR lives? This biography collection features the stories behind the lives of some famous (and not-so-famous) individuals.
The Navy plans to retire Brashear from active duty, but he endorses his own orders to go back to diving school.
Read a poem about the life of Brian Bluhm, a 25 year-old second year Masters student in Civil Engineering.
Tone kills himself rather than be hanged as a traitor, and becomes a martyr.
The Nobles want freedom from the Catholic Church, freedom from undue tax burdens, protection of inheritance rights and due process of law.
Ambrosius Aurelianus, a Roman, leads the Britons in battles against theAnglo-Saxons in the 5th century.
Bruce "Snake" Crandall, one of the heroes of LZ Albany, has command of 20 helicopters.
Confederate and Union soldiers fight for the first time at Bull Run on July 21, 1861.
Read a poem about the life of Caitlin Hammaren, a 19 year-old sophomore in International Studies and French.
Photographs, documents and drawings show the appalling life in prisoner of war camps O'Donnell and Cabanatuan.
The Wright brothers, and other flight pioneers, study how birds fly and use that understanding to design the first gliders.
Capone is convicted on federal charges of tax evasion in 1931 and sentenced to federal prison; he is released on parole in 1939.
In20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne introducesCaptain Nemoand theNautilus, a submarine.
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