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.
An important question to ask: When lawmakers say a crime is not a crime, is the action still ethically a crime?
Vasily Zaitsev is a famous and successful Russian sniper.
Maps detail the loss of Hooker's Union troops at Chancellorsville.
Outnumbered, Wallace and his men defeat Edward's forces and take over Stirling Castle, the most important fortress in Scotland.
Alexander proves himself fearless and wise in India.
Lack of commitment to the war by France and the Viet Minh's knowledge of the Vietnamese countryside turns the war in Vietnam's favor.
While in the asylum, van Gogh paints his surroundings, producing several of his most-beloved works.
Vincent commits suicide by shooting himself in the chest; he dies 2 days later at 37 years of age.
This chapter describes the climate of the country under dictatorship.
Woolf's novel "Mrs. Dalloway," uses a "stream-of-consciousness" style to transform fiction writing.
On March 28, 1941, after years of suffering from mental illness, Virginia puts a heavy stone in her coat pocket and lets the river's current take her.
Bram Stoker creates Dracula the vampire, based on the real life cruelty of Vlad the Impaler.
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