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Debunking the myth of the Lost Cause: A lie embedded in American history

The rise of the Ottoman Empire

The strange history of the world's most stolen painting

The dark history of bananas

The hidden treasures of Timbuktu

The rise and fall of history's first empire

The myth of Ireland's two greatest warriors

The myth of Jason, Medea, and the Golden Fleece

The rise and fall of the Celtic warriors

A day in the life of a teenage samurai

A vision for the future of Afghanistan

The last chief of the Comanches and the fall of an empire

A day in the life of an Aztec midwife

The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth

The art forger who tricked the Nazis

The imaginary king who changed the real world

The life, legacy & assassination of an African revolutionary

What was so special about Viking ships?

The mysterious life and death of Rasputin

Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding?

The first and last king of Haiti

Ugly History: Japanese American incarceration camps

A day in the life of a Celtic Druid

The secret student resistance to Hitler

The rise and fall of the Mongol Empire

The myth of Jason and the Argonauts

A day in the life of a Cossack warrior

From pacifist to spy: WWII's surprising secret agent

Romance and revolution: The poetry of Pablo Neruda

How Romans flooded the Colosseum for sea battles

"The Second Coming"

Why is this painting so shocking?

The fascinating (and dangerous) places scientists aren't exploring

How to grow a glacier

How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust

Can you survive nuclear fallout?