History

The Feast of Shadows: Tiana’s Last Supper
New Orleans, 1925. Jazz was loud, hunger louder. Tiana LaRue ran the most famous kitchen on Basin Street — people swore her gumbo healed grief, that even ghosts lined up outside.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Crimson Garden: The Lost Journals of Aurora
In a locked archive beneath Versailles, curators found a collection of letters dated 1702, written by a noblewoman known only as “A.L.” Each was signed with a crimson fingerprint instead of a name.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Last Machine Left Running
In 1997, NASA launched an automated waste-collection drone, code-named E-09, to clean orbital debris around Earth. It was designed to operate for five years. It lasted forty.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
The Origins of the Italian Mafia
The Italian Mafia’s roots in the United States trace back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when waves of Italian immigrants sought new opportunities in America. Many were fleeing poverty and oppression in southern Italy and Sicily, but they faced significant prejudice, economic hardship, and limited access to resources in their new country. Within this environment, elements of the Italian criminal organizations, particularly the Sicilian Mafia, found fertile ground to establish themselves in American cities. Over time, this criminal network evolved into one of the most notorious organized crime groups in U.S. history, profoundly shaping American society and culture.
By Gustavo Woltmann3 months ago in Chapters
Rise and fall of a family business.
To follow this family business, we would have to start in the 14th century, 1350 BC, give or take a few years, in the Black Forest of Germany, on the banks of the Rhine River, in a small glass hut attached to a barn which housed the family cow and also the family. Life was hard, part farmer, part rancher, part blacksmith, but not really, glass smith would be more accurate. Also part hunter, part businessman. In hindsight, the man, the husband, the father, was the founder of this family and the glass business that spun off from his efforts Would evolve into a new unimaginable art form of multiple dimensions and uses, and become world renown. Where he or his wife came from we will never know, but land and business records show he got married, raised his four children, biult his house, barn, glass hut, purchased equipment, paid taxes, buried two children and his wife in this area, and became a respected member of the community. His product was normal, run of the mill glassware, cups, bowls, window panes. Nothing special, other German glass pressers and blowers made similar products, but between them all they were well know throughout Germany and Europe for making glass. Until then, only Italy, specifically Venice, made glass, but the secret got out, and now the Germans were the new leaders.
By Guy lynn3 months ago in Chapters
WW2 - Torture
World War II saw immense human suffering, and torture was widely used by some regimes to extract information, suppress dissent, and intimidate populations. These methods were employed in various places, including prisoner-of-war camps, concentration camps, interrogation facilities, and occupied territories. Here, we’ll explore the most commonly reported methods, used particularly by the Nazi regime in Europe, Japanese forces in East Asia, and some Allied forces as well.
By Gus Woltmann3 months ago in Chapters
Hamas has handed over all 20 living Israeli captives
Hamas has handed over all 20 living Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip as part of the ceasefire agreement. In return, Palestinians across Gaza and the occupied West Bank are waiting for the release of nearly 2,000 prisoners from Israeli jails.
By Faruk Hossain3 months ago in Chapters
Karachi Chronicles Chapter 11
As visiting international cricketers, we were kept under a high level of security. This meant we weren’t able to freely cruise the streets in our downtime. Although our main focus was playing cricket and recovering, the thought of being confined to the hotel complex was an interesting situation. Working with our conditions, our gracious hosts made sure we still got to attend multiple functions and rub shoulders with a host of influential people.
By S. J. Leahy3 months ago in Chapters
The First Car
The story of the first car is a fascinating tale of innovation and ambition that revolutionized transportation and paved the way for modern society. The invention of the first car can be credited to German engineer Karl Benz, who, in 1885, designed and built the world’s first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine. This vehicle, known as the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, is widely considered the first practical automobile and marks a major milestone in automotive history.
By Gustavo Woltmann3 months ago in Chapters
The Morse Code
The development of Morse code in the early 19th century represented a breakthrough in long-distance communication. Created by American inventor Samuel Morse and his colleagues, this system allowed messages to be transmitted over long distances using a series of dots and dashes. It became a vital tool for communication, particularly in the telegraph age, and remains a key part of both historical and modern communication technologies.
By Gus Woltmann3 months ago in Chapters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer AUDIO BOOK — CHAPTER 1–6
Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first published in 1876, is one of the most beloved novels in American literature. Set in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri — based on Twain’s own childhood hometown of Hannibal — the book captures the lively spirit, mischief, and coming-of-age journey of its young protagonist, Tom Sawyer. With humor, adventure, and sharp social observation, Twain gives readers a timeless portrait of youth on the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century.
By Kek Viktor4 months ago in Chapters
David Crockett, Scout AUDIO BOOK CHAPTER 1–5
David “Davy” Crockett (1786–1836) is one of the most famous folk heroes in American history. Often remembered by the nickname “King of the Wild Frontier,” Crockett’s life combined fact and legend. He was a skilled scout, soldier, and frontiersman whose adventurous spirit captured the imagination of his contemporaries and later generations. From his early life on the Tennessee frontier to his dramatic death at the Alamo, Crockett became a symbol of rugged independence and American courage.
By Kek Viktor4 months ago in Chapters