While Spartacus remains one of the most well-known names in history, the story of his life is full of ambiguity and unknowns. What is certain is that, through his leadership and tactical prowess, he and his followers went from a handful of escaped slaves to one of Rome’s greatest threats. Not only that, but his legacy carried on to the modern day, inspiring the oppressed to rise against their oppressors—even if that wasn’t his intention.
Pierre Picaud went on a quest for personal vengeance, and became the source of the famed novel "The Count of Monte Cristo."
Eight Years of TrustEight years working retail teaches you things they don't cover in any training manual. I'd been at Dalton's Appliances since I was twenty-six, and by thirty-four, I could read a customer the...
Miguel de Cervantes led a life of adventure long before he wrote his masterpiece Don Quixote.
King Charles II was the last hope of the Spanish Habsburg Dynasty, which had ruled an ever-expanding Spain for over a century—and he wasn’t much to hope for. A victim of decades of close inbreeding, from the day he was born Charles wasn’t expected to live. When his rule did come, it was bitter, brief, and doomed everything it touched.
The Confirmation ScreenI stared at the confirmation screen on my laptop, the green checkmark mocking me with its cheerfulness. Final mortgage payment: processed. Five years of monthly transfers, of budgeting around that $1,847 recurring charge,...
The Table in the BackI walked into my own restaurant on a Tuesday evening, and nobody knew who I was. That's exactly how I wanted it. I do this sometimes—come in unannounced, sit like any...
The Morning Everything ChangedI've owned my house for eight years, and I can tell you exactly how many people have permission to use my backyard pool: zero. So when I looked out my kitchen window...
During his years revolutionizing the automotive industry, Henry Ford became a symbol of American work ethic and ingenuity. But underneath his polished image are rusted out insides: Vindictive and demanding, Ford terrorized those within his own company, played controlling and vicious inheritance games with his family—and took one horrific belief to his grave.
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