In 1971, a wealthy libertarian real estate developer named Michael Oliver decided that the only way to escape taxes and government overreach was to build a brand new country from scratch.
In 1860, the Victorian Exploring Expedition set out from Melbourne to achieve the ultimate prize: becoming the first Europeans to cross the Australian continent from south to north.
Dieses Buch luftet die Geheimnisse deutscher Kloster: Von benediktinischen Schatzkammern wie Maria Laach uber cisterziensische Mysterien in Eberbach bis zu verborgenen Archiven in Fulda.
In 1860, two men-Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills-set out to cross Australia from south to north, attempting a feat no European had ever completed.
Empire of Rum – The Unofficial Economy of Early Australia traces the hidden story of how alcohol shaped both the foundations of the Australian colony and the structures of power that endure today.
In the mid-14th century, an invisible killer emerged from the trade routes of the East, carrying with it the end of the world as the Middle Ages knew it.