Resultados para "Vera" en Aventureros, exploradores y supervivencia

Trial and tribulation are nothing new to Vera Simpson Gaines. When her mother sickened and died when Vera was a young girl, the effects were devastating, yet she managed to come through with her sanity intact and a strong sense of determination which served her well in later years as she faced more difficulties. Firmly rooted in her faith and the belief that God does not give you more than you can handle, in the intervening years she has faced estrangement from her father and other family members, an often rocky marriage, and scores of health problems that would have felled a lesser woman.

Com a reedição de O que eu vi, o que nós veremos, última obra publicada em vida por Santos Dumont, em 1918, a Coleção de Bolso Hedra traz ao público leitor um texto de prosa solta e elegante, em que o autor narra e comenta seus feitos e ideias, abordando questões diversas sobre a conquista dos ares e o posterior desenvolvimento da aviação, quer no mundo, quer no Brasil.

"Frauen sind auf Grund ihres Geschlechts und ihrer körperlichen Verfassung für Forschungsexpeditionen ungeeignet", urteilte Lord Curzon. Dass er damit falsch lag, hatten im 19. Jahrhundert schon die Weltumrunderin Ida Pfeiffer, die zu den Massai reisende Mary French Sheldon sowie Isabella Bird bei ihren Ritten durch die Rocky Mountains bewiesen.