John Jenkins

Drawing on unpublished diaries, memoirs and letters, The Great War tells the rich and complex story of World War I through the voices of nurses, jo...

10 de abr. de 2017

In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and Eas...

18 de fev. de 2004

Acompanhe dois robôs operando em Marte: Opportunity, explorando Marte desde 2004, e Curiosity, que pousou em 2012. Toda empolgação com as missões t...

04 de nov. de 2018

He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do-nothing" president and a good-natured bumbler,...

20 de set. de 1993

The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power...

15 de out. de 1990

One journalist described it as a chance "to see justice catch up with evil." On November 20, 1945, the twenty-two surviving representatives of the ...

30 de jan. de 2006

In 1931 the rains stopped and the "black blizzards" began. Powerful dust storms carrying millions of tons of stinging, blinding black dirt swept ac...

02 de mar. de 1998

In the waning days of summer 1931, Honolulu's tropical tranquility was shattered when a young Navy wife made a drastic allegation of rape against f...

18 de abr. de 2005

An account of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the subsequent effort to rebuild.

04 de out. de 1988