“Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go,” 21-year-old Sophie Scholl lamented, before she was guillotined by the Nazis. “But what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?” Scholl was a member of the White Rose, a small, anonymous group of mostly university students who hoped that by distributing leaflets and graffitiing public spaces, they could awaken complacent German intellectuals. Seven months earlier in June of 1942,

Frank Hurley’s legacy as a pioneering photographer and adventurer is filled with tales of extreme environments, survival, and an enduring...

Shackleton set out to cross Antarctica. Instead Endurance was crushed, the men spent months drifting on ice, then reached Elephant Island. Six sailed the tiny James Caird to South Georgia and every man survived. A calm, human survival story like no other.