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The mutiny on Bounty on 28 April 1789 was the revolt of one man against another-Fletcher The mutiny on Bounty on 28 April 1789 was the revolt of one man against another - Fletcher Christian against William Bligh. On that fateful day two friends became mortal enemies in a mighty clash of wills that rocked a nation. In Fragile Paradise, the great-great-great-great-grandson of the Bounty mutineer brings to life a fascinating and complex character...

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Her life has been surrounded by mystery for more than two thousand years, the story of Mary Magdalene has baffled historians, spawned secret societies and inspired best-selling novels such as The Da Vinci Code. Yet questions remain. Who was this beautiful woman who loved the most controversial Jew of the time, Jesus of Nazareth? Why was this notorious courtesan more honoured by Jesus than his own mother? What were the connections between this ...

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No-one who wasn't mad as a hatter would try to take a horse across the Andes by one of the highest passes between Chile and the Argentine. That was what John Ure was told on his way to the British Embassy in Santiago-so he set out to find a few certifiable kindred spirits. The journey they made was an amateur adventure, not a solemn expedition. As problems arose - how many mules, for example, do you need to carry 540 eggs, a storm tent and hay...

The author set out to journey across Morocco in 1897 by riding through the Atlas mountains and reaching the city of Taroudant But the Sultan had forbidden outsiders, especially Christians, from going there. Cunninghame Graham flouted the danger, saddled his Barb horse and galloped straight into the teeth of one of the greatest desert stories ever told. Disguised in local clothes and calling himself "Sheikh Mohammad El Fasi, " the Scottish auth...

Es un libro que The Long Riders' Guild Press ofrece a los niños: está escrito para ellos. Los mil episodios plenos de aventura y de sana emoción que se sucedieron durante los dos años que duró el arriesgado viaje están narrados, como se hace en las fábulas, por Mancha y Gato: ellos mismos relatan sus peripecias. Era un maestro de escuela que ambicionaba realizar una gran empreso. ¿Cuál podia ser? Su espíritu romántico, con algo de aventurer y ...

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Niemand, der sie ansah, war sich bewusst, daß dies ein Held und seine zwei Pferde waren. Stattdessen verspottete die Lokalzeitung den jungen Mann als "einen Irren, der vorhat, quer durchs Land nach New York zu reiten." Wir schrieben das Jahr 1925. Der Ort: Buenos Aires, Argentinien. Ein junger Weitreiter namens Aime Tschiffely war dabei, in die Geschichte des Wanderreitens einzugehen. Neben ihm seine zwei treuen Criollopferde, Mancha und Gato....

Otto Schwarz berichtet in faszinierenden Reportagen und Bildern von seinen Reisen mit dem Pferd in alle fuenf Kontinenten und gibt eine Einfuehrung in die Kunst und Technik des Wanderreitens. Dieses Buch versteht sich als Aufforderung an alle Abenteuerlustigen.

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This is a fascinating story of a past rediscovered through a remarkable journey to one of the most exotic countries in the world - Sri Lanka. Full of drama and history, it not only relives the incredible story of a man-eating leopard that terrorized the tiny village of Punanai in the early part of the century, but also allows the author to come to terms with the ghost of his charismatic but tyrannical father. In his photographs and his highly ...