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.
Allan Quartermain, a hunter/explorer, is the hero ofH. Rider Haggard's novelKing Solomon's Mines.
While suffering from a mental disorder, John Nash has periods of time where he does amazing work.
Szpilman survives the ravages of Warsaw, and then meets Hosenfeld, a German officer who saves his life.
The Franks break the truce they reach with Saladin, so he raises an army to fight against them.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer keeps his faith in the goodness of God even as the Nazis hang him.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer keeps his faith in the goodness of God even as the Nazis hang him.
John Newton wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace" years after a dangerous sea voyage.
America captures its first U-boat, the U-505, off the coast of French West Africa.
Life in America in 1898 is very different from life today.
Centuries ago, forests cover much of North America; when colonists arrive, they chop-down trees at unbelievable rates.
Americans first enter Vietnam in the 1950s to advise the South Vietnamese; the plan was never to stay.
American troops begin leaving Vietnam in 1971, while fighting continues until a cease fire in 1973; it is still two years until the fall of Saigon.
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