Kapitän zur See Jens Larsen berichtet in dieser Autobiografie über 31 Jahre Seefahrt, von der Harten Zeit auf Fischkuttern vor Grönland kurz nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zur Neuregulierung der Hafenordnung in Saudi-Arabien kurz vor Ende seiner Karriere, vom vierzehnjährigen Fischerjungen bis zum persönlichen Berater eines Ministers kreuz und quer über alle Wellen der Ozeane, von der Arktis bis nach Australien.
This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to locative media, concentrating on specific authors and practitioners whose works exist in print and digital manifestations.
From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a new book of first-person stories about the unique people and professions that make Canada work.
WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITINGFINALIST IN THE GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARDSFive years after writing her first nature memoir, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury has a new garden.
An old manpoet, playwright, essayist, and scholarsiftsthrough the broken fragments of his memory as he recounts what it was like togrow up in Warsaw during the German occupation of World War II.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA 2024SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA'The zigzagging life of an adventurer' THE TIMES'An astonishing, wonderful memoir of an extraordinary life' HENRY MARSH, author of Do No Harm'Exciting and complex, full of insight and humour' SPECTATOR'Enthralling, miraculous, clear as the brilliant constellations of the night sky' SYDNEY MORNING HERALDAn unforgettable memoir from the author of the sensational international bestseller Tracks: the story of a mother and daughter, of love, loss and the pursuit of freedom________________________________________In 1977, twenty-seven-year-old Robyn Davidson set off with a dog and four camels to cross 1,700 miles of Australian desert to the sea.
In Search of the Beanstalk is a memoir about the family history and life of Jack Griggs and was written to preserve some of his family's history by recounting some of the amusing events and episodes of their humble beginnings and their journey to self-sufficiency.
«Los médicos odian que les digan cómo decir las cosas», dice la narradora de Historia de la enfermedad actual, el relato de sus años de formación como médica en un hospital de Nueva York.
Im schlesischen Breslau (seit 1945 Wrocław/Polen) lebte in der Zwischenkriegszeit die drittgrößte jüdische Gemeinde des Deutschen Reichs (nach Berlin und Frankfurt) mit etwa 24.
Evil prowls twenty-four-seven, waiting for that one opportunity to sneak in or weasel its way into your mind while encouraging you to embrace fear, lies, hate, division, despair, and all things miserable.
From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow, a hilarious and heart-warming memoir of teaching, treasure hunts and finding your own way in life.
Kim Lee is a psychotherapist with more than 20 years of experience helping clients work through difficulties with relationships and break-downs in communication, including issues of trust and infidelity.
Brian Miller's Kayaking with Lambs is about the idyllic farm life of your imagination--fresh fruits and vegetables, livestock large and small, endless gatherings of kith and kin around a table of homegrown food and handmade drink.
Der deutsche Zoologe Franz Doflein (1873 - 1924) veröffentlichte 1921 die hier vorliegende umfassende Beschreibung seiner Reise nach Mazedonien; sie enthält neben eigenen Aquarellen, Zeichnungen und Fotografien zoologisch-biologische als auch zeitgeschichtlich interessante Informationen zu Land und Leuten.
It is written as a narrative of events in the tribal life of a boy and girl in the Congo Forest, culminating in an exciting fight between the tribe and a band of Arab slave traders which ends in the discomfiture of the latter.
Excerpt: "e;Down came the rain, sudden, heavy and terrible, seeming to quell even the sea's rage and whelming those defenceless hundreds of dark-skinned voyagers in new and more dreadful misery.
Wrecked on the Feejees: Experience of a Nantucket man a century ago, who was sole survivor of whaleship "e;Oeno"e; and lived for nine years among cannibals of South Sea Islands
2023 FOREWORD INDIES BOOK OF THE YEAR GOLD WINNER FOR TRAVELObservations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails along the less-traveled western coastline.
'Full of warmth, humour, optimism and sometimes painful honesty' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'Anyone who's ever struggled to make sense of who they are and where they belong should read this book' NADIA WHITTOME MP'An important voice of our generation' PARMINDER NAGRA'This guy has better Punjabi than both of us and he's only half Punjabi.
In this "e;irresistible memoir that's equal parts pathos and belly laughs,"e; the Irish American writer and actor shares stories from his first decade in the US (People).
