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Anne Frank was bright, cheerful, and full of hope when her family moved to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The family, who were Jewish, had left Germany...
Ordained as a priest, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi became one of Europe s most popular composers during the early part of the eighteenth century. He wrote hu...
Three years after the Pilgrims founded the Massachusetts Colony in 1620, the Dutch founded their own North American colony on the island that would ev...
Stravinsky was a prolific composer for well over half a century, achieving success in a variety of musical styles. An exile from his native Russia for...
Profiles the life and achievements of the Norwegian artist known for his famous painting, "The Scream," and discusses how the tragedies and mental ang...
From an early age, Frederic Chopin displayed natural musical ability. Often compared to Mozart, Chopin was invited to play for members of the aristocr...
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Nineteenth century German composer Richard Wagner s Ring of the Nibelung consists of four separate operas. Also known as the Ring Cycle, it was the cr...
Learn how James Watt became a great inventor and changed the way people lived....
The formation of the State of Israel in 1948 is one of the most important events in recent History. About 3,000 years ago, Israel was a powerful natio...
Many people instantly recognize The Scream, a harrowing painting of a person in pain. It appears on countless posters, T-shirts, and coffee mugs. Yet ...
One of the most famous executions in ancient times took place in Athens, Greece in 399 BCE. The philosopher Socrates was found guilty of several crime...
Selected Reflections of a Cartoonist's Life
If you're looking for a trite phrase to describe the essence of this book, try "A trip down memory lane." It might be as apt as any. And Jim Whiting's...
In 1868, Impressionist painter Claude Monet was desperate. Though he had been painting for a decade, he was living in poverty. He had to support his g...
Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany, to a family that lived in extreme poverty. Yet by the time of his death he had become one of the most fi...
A biographical profile of nineteenth century Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh discussing his early struggles his bouts of depression his development as a...
In this gripping biography of Michelangelo, learn what influenced his art and his actions, and find out why he is still important today....
Hercules was the son of Zeus, the chief god of the ancient Greeks, and a mortal woman. He had a reputation for great strength. This strength was appar...
Late in 1945, five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a routine training mission. Soon the mission became anything b...
More than 3,500 years ago, people on the Greek island of Calliste had a very good life. They enjoyed lots of sunshine, had plenty of food, and lived i...
Frogs are very sensitive to their environment. Changes in their appearanceand their rapid disappearancecan tell us when the environment is unhealthy. ...
The Skills Behind Mixed Martial Arts
Explore the sport of MMA a world full of strikes, takedowns, and submission holds. Find out what it takes to be an MMA fighter and how fighters use th...
The Greatest Fights of Mixed Martial Arts
Fans are in for the match of a lifetime when two of the best fighters enter the ring. Relive some of the best matches in the history of MMA....
Ancient Egypt has always fascinated people. Pyramids from that civilization still tower hundreds of feet into the air. Museums featuring mummies attra...
The United States and the Soviet Union were two of the nations that defeated Nazi Germany in World War II. Yet their systems of government were comple...
The Roman emperor Nero is one of the most notorious figures in history. He is most famous for fiddling while Rome burned, then blaming Christians for ...
To some people, Genghis Khan was a very evil man. He reportedly killed millions of people, most of them in cold blood. To others, he was the man who e...
When a teenager named Octavian learned that he was the heir of Julius Caesar, the most powerful man in Rome, it seemed like a recipe for disaster. Cae...
For centuries, ordinary Russians lived under the absolute power of the czars, the country's hereditary rulers. For many, such a life involved few righ...
Until she was thirteen, Joan of Arc led a normal life. Then she began hearing voices. She believed these voices spoke for God. At first, they told her...
The ancient Greek writer Herodotus is known as the father of history. He provides most of what is known about one of the most important periods in wor...
Greek soldiers defeated numerically superior Persian armies in several battles near the beginning of the fifth century BCE. That set the stage for wha...
Early in January 2005, high officials of many world governments gathered in the Polish town of Auschwitz. They were there to remember the sixtieth ann...
Giuseppe Verdi was born in obscurity in a tiny Italian village in 1813. When he died in 1901, hundreds of thousands of people turned out to pay their ...
Many people believed that Hungarian-born Franz Liszt was the greatest piano player of all time. Certainly he was the first musical superstar. During a...
The most popular of all Russian composers, Peter Tchaikovsky is probably best known for his ballets. Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and Nutcracker are st...
French composer Hector Berlioz believed in love at first sight. When he was 23, he attended a performance of Shakespeare s play Hamlet and fell head o...
The Basics of Mixed Martial Arts
"Discusses the basics of mixed martial arts including the sport's history, rules, moves, and famous fighters"--Provided by publisher....
The History of Mixed Martial Arts
"Discusses the history behind mixed martial arts as well as the sport's dark days and its current popularity"--Provided by publisher....
Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures in ancient Rome. He was born into a turbulent era, when different factions were trying to control the ...