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It was once said that anyone who entered the Russian village of Dargavs would never leave...alive. This community, now called the City of Dead, contai...
Following World War II, Europe was divided in half: the democratic West, protected largely by the United State, and the communist East, controlled by ...
In this day and age of technology, social media, and supervision, it's difficult to imagine someone vanishing without a trace. This page-turner includ...
"The tomb of China's First Emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, is guarded by an army of more than 6,000 life-size terracotta warriors. Doubtless many untold tre...
Wars Against Extremism
Learn about the role the United States played in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, through eyewitness accounts, letters and photos from participants, and...
The transition from an agricultural economy to an industrial one in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the West caused one of the great upheav...
The Pyramids of Giza are 4,000-year-old tombs built for three Egyptian pharaohs. Though all have been looted over the years, they still hold many surp...
War with Communism
A collection of primary source documents, fact boxes, and photos and letters from participants form a comprehensive look at United States' role in the...
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of the ยGreat Warย through the eyes of generals, soldiers, and common people....
War Against Iraqi Aggression
A look at the Persian Gulf War through primary source accounts, facts, and overview analysis....
Advancements in transportation, communication, and medicine made the world smaller, more connected, and more populated. This improved many lives but o...
Showdown with China
A look at the Korean War through primary documents supplemented with facts and analysis to give the reader a comprehensive grasp of events....
Long have we wondered if there is life beyond Earth. Early depictions of aliens have portrayed them as little green guys, but though the reality may n...
The Irish tomb called Newgrange dates back 5,000 years. Itยs no ordinary tomb. The impressive mound is surrounded by 97 stones, is decorated with art...
The subterranean tombs known as the Roman Catacombs are truly time capsules. Some tunnels date to the first century. Both Jewish and Christian graves ...
Preserving Democracy
This compilation of facts, overview analysis, and primary sources gives an in-depth look at World War II in Europe and North Africa....
War with Japan
This compilation of facts, overview analysis, and primary sources gives an in-depth look at World War II in the Pacific....
There are endless phrases and theories about what happens when we are on death's door. Your life "flashes before your eyes." You see a "bright light."...
The rebirth of knowledge, art, and philosophy, and a rejuvenation of banking and business, mark the period known as the Renaissance. Follow the import...
The time period from the Fall of Rome to the middle of the fifteenth century is explained in the artwork created and the words spoken by people in var...
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, it prompted the United States to enter World War II on multiple fronts. From Africa to Europe, the Pa...
Europeans widened their world in a search for goods, land, raw materials, and other objects that created wealth in the fifteenth to the seventeenth ce...
Although slavery in the United States officially ended after the Civil War, prejudice against people of color lasted well into the twentieth and conti...
The authority of the pope was challenged by Martin Luther, a monk who wished to reform some corrupt practices of the Catholic Church. This challenge e...
The early nineteenth century in the United States was a study of contrasts. On the one hand, the Jazz Age brought cultural liberation, vivacity, and r...
Shortly after World War II, America experienced an incredible economic and technological boom as soldiers returned home from abroad. The middle class ...
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of the Civil War through the eyes of generals, soldiers, and common people....
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of westward expansion in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the eyes of pioneers and explo...
Examine the causes, circumstances, and effects of the Revolutionary War through the eyes of the Founding Fathers, generals, soldiers, and common peopl...
Examine the discovery and settling of the American colonies through the eyes of explorers, soldiers, and common people....
Westminster Abbey is a breathtakingly beautiful church in London, Englandยthat happens to hold more than a thousand tombs! Many of the most famous Br...
The War to End All Wars
Eyewitness accounts that provide primary source information about World War I combine with fact boxes and overview analysis to give a comprehensive lo...