Resultados para "Georges" en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

Completely revised and updated for 2020, My 48 Years at Sea provides the reader with a fascinating look at the life of a merchant seaman in the 20th century. His adventures include harrowing stories of survival on storm-tossed ships, funny anecdotes of unforgettable characters encountered on his journeys and the rescue of stranded Vietnamese refugees looking for a better life.

Georg V. Bengtsson fortæller om nogle af det tyvende århundredes mest fascinerende spionsager. Læs blandt andet om den kontroversielle og sagnomspundne forførerske Mata Hari, hvis rolle under Første Verdenskrig har været omstridt og diskuteret lige siden. De andre sager tager os med rundt i verden til blandt andet Japan, Indonesien, USA og Tyskland. Georg V. Bengtsson (1908-1988) var en dansk forfatter. Han debuterede med bogen "Ungdommen og litteraturen" og udgav senere en lang række bøger, blandt andet om autentiske krimisager. Georg V.

In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was wielding to suppress dissent. Over ten months Kennan traveled eight thousand miles, mostly in horse-drawn carriages, sleighs, or on horseback. He endured suffocating sandstorms in the summer and blizzards in the winter. His interviews with convicts and political exiles revealed how Russia ran on the fuel of inflicted pain and fear.

Twenty years since its first publication, this new anniversary edition of the Holocaust memoir of George Salton (then Lucjan Salzman), gives listeners a personal and powerful account of his survival through one of the darkest periods in human history. With heartbreaking and honest reflection, the author shares a gripping first-person narrative of his transformation from a Jewish eleven-year-old boy living happily in Tyczyn, Poland, with his brother and parents, to his experiences as a teenage victim of growing persecution, brutality, and imprisonment as the Nazis pursued the Final Solution.

From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His voyage was one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, discovery, and diplomacy, and his marine survey of Hawaii and the Pacific coast was at its time the most comprehensive ever undertaken.

Sharon Stevens would never claim to be an angel. Early in life, perilous situations were thrust upon her. As an adult, she gravitated toward adventure and spur-of-the-moment decisions that often put her on the precipice of disaster and kept her in the pathway of people who would take advantage of her. If your aim is to find fault with her, she would be an easy target, but look again. This diminutive hair stylist was not the person you would have chosen for such a monumental task with a life hanging in the balance—but God chose her, nonetheless.

Featuring original interviews with Everest mountain guides and climbers, this is “a fast-moving, nuanced account of the peak’s transformation from the ultimate mountaineering challenge into a booming business opportunity” (Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author). Anyone who has...

Astoria, Oregon, owes its existence as much to a little-known ship captain as its namesake, John Jacob Astor. Captain George Flavel happened upon the ramshackle village at the mouth of the Columbia River in the fall of 1849, bringing goods during the California Gold Rush. As he subsequently captained and piloted three different ships along the Pacific coast, he learned that the perilous Columbia River Bar, the "graveyard of the Pacific", barred the entrance to most mariners. Hazards abounded.

This audiobook collection brings you the lives of the world's greatest explorers and adventurers – told in vivid, five-minute portraits. From fearless sea captains to daring desert wanderers, from polar pioneers to sky-breaking aviators – discover 27 extraordinary individuals who reshaped maps and minds alike. Each short biography offers a powerful glimpse into their achievements, risks, and legacies. Perfect for curious listeners, history lovers and fans of epic real-life stories.

How many lives can one person expect? Cats have nine lives. Did I deserve more? Pants on fire at age of 8. Wahconah Falls Jump from 40 ft. At 14. Motor Cycle crash. St.. A,s Jump of 100 feet on graduation day from college. Water Skiing crash into dock. Head on collision with woman driver cutting across 4 lanes on Westfield St. in West Springfield. Fell downstairs while my mother was on her dead bed. Head on collision with 18 wheeler on Montgomery St in Westfield. Stage Four cancer scare 2009..

This is a short history of the famous old seaport of Whitby, from the ancient Celts, right up to the present-day Steampunks and Goths, who I must say have revived the town's spirit and made it an even more interesting and exciting place to explore. Whitby has many connections not just with England, but with the far corners of the world; this due to its ability to produce first-class explorers like Captain Cook and the Scoresby captains, father and son.

Willem Jansz, Dutch explorer and discoverer of Australia: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Hiram Bingham, discoverer of ancient Machu Picchu: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

James Cook, discoverer of Australia: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Pytheas of Massalia, first explorer from ancient Greek: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer and conqueror: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Howard Carter, discoverer of the grave of Pharaoh Tutankhamon: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Hérnan Cortés, Spanish explorer and conqueror: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Heinrich Schliemann, German businessman, archaeologist, and discoverer of ancient Troy: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Ibn Battuta, first Arabic explorer from the middle ages: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.