Resultados para "Memories" en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

"I have had a life which, for variety and romance, could, I think, hardly be exceeded. I have known what it was to be a poor man and I have known what it was to be fairly affluent. I have sampled every kind of human experience. I have known many of the most remarkable men of my time. I have had a long literary career after a medical training which gave me the MD of Edinburgh...I have traveled as Doctor to a whaler for seven months in the Arctic and afterwards in the West Coast of Africa." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The stories in this book are all true. Most began with a dream and conscientious study of maps and logistics. Others are true adventures. Most accounts are anecdotes taken from Cliff Jacobson's experiences as a professional canoeist guide in Minnesota and Canada.

A mother is a dissident, a refusenik, and a prisoner in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the 1970s and '80s. Her daughter, eleven years old, is left without a family. A grandmother is in the USA, waiting for her daughter and granddaughter and not knowing if she'll ever see them again. "I am fine," the three of them write to each other in their letters. How can you be "fine" when you have to fight to survive? When you must be silent? When the place that you love turns against you?

Memories of the Hunt, Volume 1 is a collection of exciting and action-packed short stories from the author's 30-year hunting journey across the United States. Hunting is a way of life for many people, and the hunt can be both rewarding and challenging. Listen as the author brings you firsthand accounts of the hunt, in his own voice.

This story is about a young man's dreams of moving to Alaska with the thoughts of moving for a year, even if he had to eat bark. Forty-two years later, he tells of his experiences with the land and the characters of the time. Many people of Alaska have had similar experiences, and he is hoping more would write and help to share the history of this great land.

In "Africa to Arizona–Memories of a South African Scatterling" Tihêhô takes listeners on a captivating journey through his life, spanning continents and cultures. Born and raised on the picturesque farm of Wintershoek in South Africa, his childhood is filled with adventures, close encounters with wildlife, and the unique experiences of rural life. Tihêhô's early years are rich with memories that shaped his identity. His years in the military also left scars on him–both psychological as well as physical.

Radici Riscoperte: Un Viaggio Siciliano ti invita nella toccante storia vera di Stephanie, la cui infanzia è stata profondamente influenzata dal ricco arazzo della sua eredità italiana. Fin dai suoi primi ricordi, era circondata dai valori che sua nonna le aveva tramandato con amore—famiglia, tradizione e l'importanza di onorare le proprie radici. Ma questo libro è più di una semplice storia personale. È una celebrazione della cultura italiana, un tributo alle generazioni che ci hanno preceduto e un potente promemoria di quanto profondamente la nostra identità sia legata a ciò da cui proviamo.

These are the exotic, funny and sometimes bittersweet family stories and photos of an overseas childhood told by the daughter of a State Department diplomat about her family's travels and experiences living overseas from 1957 to 1972. She and her six brothers spent their childhoods in South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Ethiopia. Through her stories, the listener can begin to appreciate the adaptability of children to other cultures and the fortitude and courage of parents trying to raise their children to be good citizens of the world as well as good Americans.