When you wake up in the morning, you feel that it is just another ordinary day, but someday, it could be a very special day that could change your life.
Terry's dad wrote an autobiography of his life, primarily because he was a quiet man, viewed as strange or a nonconformist by family and friends, and he wanted to set the record straight on who he was, who he is, what he believes, and the journeys he took along the way to cope with problems and live his life.
This book, narrating the discovery of an ancient lead anchor stock embossed with the names of the Egyptian gods Isis and Sarapi(s) in the seabed off Salina Bay on a Sunday morning in April 2005, is also the story of the search for the real site of St Paul's shipwreck in Malta.
How is it possible an old West gold mine stayed hidden for over a century especially since she is located near the heart of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District in Idaho?
After unbearable losses, unresolved griefs, mistakes made, and at the lowest point in her life, the author returns home to Widnes and receives an invitation from a baroness to go with her to Armenia and a war.
Das komplette Reisehandbuch, das alle wesentlichen Informationen über Outdoor-Aktivitäten einschließlich Survival-Tipps ausführlich und übersichtlich darstellt:- Ausrüstung von Bekleidung über Rucksack, Schlafsack und Zelt bis zu Kochequipment und sonstigem Zubehör.
Extrait : "Autrefois tous les bâtiments qui se rendaient à Calcutta, faisaient escale à Pointe de Galles, et remontaient le golfe du Bengale en s'arrêtant à Pondichéry et à Madras.
Extrait : "La situation de la république avait changé ; une seule campagne venait de replacer la France à la tête des nations ; et la ligue des rois de l'Europe, vaincue à Montenotte, à Millésimo, à Castiglione, terrassée, après une lutte de trois jours, aux champs d'Arcole, avait été obligée de subir le traité de Campo-Formio ; la révolution était sanctionnée par des signatures royales ; la monarchie et la démocratie venaient, pour ainsi dire, de contracter ensemble.
This is a firsthand account by Chuck Howard, one of the four art students who took a two-week canoe trip through the wilds of the Allagash's Wilderness Waterway of northern Maine in August 1978.
Soon after graduating high school, Shabequa finds herself seeking adventure, an opportunity to serve her country, travel, and continue her educational pursuits in the army.
Con el ultimo suspiro, es un extraordinario y conmovedor relato lleno de profundas emociones, de triunfos y fracasos sobre la vida de Adolfo Gonzalez, un indigena zapoteco de Oaxaca, Mexico.
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement.
From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.
The first comprehensive biography of Louise Arner Boyd - the intrepid American socialite who reinvented herself as the leading female polar explorer of the twentieth century.
The true story of a legend of Canadian pop culture broadcasting and the way he got his start in the 1970s: working as a fur trader for the Hudson's Bay Company in the Northwest Territories and then moving on to DJing in disco-era Vancouver.
Shackelton inició su experiencia antártica como tercer oficial de Scott en la «Expedición Discovery»; lideró la «Expedición Nimrod», entre cuyos logros estuvo llegar al punto más meridional jamás pisado por el hombre, quedando a tan sólo 180 km del Polo Sur; y alcanzó definitivamente su fama con la malograda aventura transantártica de la «Expedición Endurance».
Auf der Fram ins Packeis: Sein größter Traum geht nicht in Erfüllung: 1893 bricht der Norweger und spätere Friedensnobelpreisträger Fridtjof Nansen mit einem eigens dafür gebauten Schiff zur Eroberung des Nordpols auf und kehrt drei Jahre später in die Heimat zurück, ohne den Nordpol je betreten zu haben.
En agosto de 1897, el joven comandante belga Adrien de Gerlache partió para una expedición de tres años a bordo del barco Bélgica con sueños de gloria.
Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance.
