Historical Survival

"An extraordinary saga." —David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon The mesmerizing account of a granddaughter's search for a World War II family history hidden for sixty years Growing up in Paris as the daughter of a German mother and an Irish father, Svenja...

Caje Amis and his father are mountain folk, they live off the land and have few interactions with more sophisticated people. But at the onset of an especially harsh winter, the two take shelter with distant relatives. The adjustment to their new life is an easy one for Caje, but impossible for his father, and the elder Amis ends up abandoning his son and vanishing into the cold!

A short, red-headed and red-faced man with a bold personality, Myles Standish is remembered for his soldierly defense of the Mayflower Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony. But he was just one participant in a legendary struggle for the colony’s survival in a harsh new world. Departing from Holland, the Pilgrims fought off hunger, disease, and terrifying weather to arrive on the northeast coast of North America.

1922: Seit fünf Jahren sucht der Archäologe Howard Carter im Tal der Könige nach dem Grab des Pharao Tutanchamun (ursprünglich auch Tut-ench-Amun genannt). Ohne Erfolg. Die Zeit der großen Entdeckungen im Tal der Könige scheint da eigentlich schon lange vorbei. In den drei Jahrtausenden zuvor haben hier zahllose Grabräuber, Priester, Forscher und Schatzsucher gewütet. Das Tal ist voller aufgetürmter Schuttberge zwischen freigelegten Gräbern. Jedes Sandkorn ist bereits mehrfach gesiebt worden. Howard Carter aber zeigt sich davon unbeirrt.

Heinrich Schliemann, Entdecker des antiken Trojas: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.

The Castaways finds Tom Tin and four other convicts drifting on the ocean when they come upon an empty ship. Shortly after, they also encounter two men who appear to be refugees from the abandoned vessel. But these two are not what they seem, and they become an obstacle for Tom as he travels home.

The year was 1853, the crossing sickening, crowded, terrifying, and almost unbearable, and yet this family of six survived 40 miserable days and nights in the dark hold of the John Ruttle, a sailing ship built to haul freight, not passengers.

I starten af 1800-tallet tog den unge dansker Hans Falk afsked fra sit fædreland og stak til søs for at opleve verden. Han levede i mange år et hårdt og dramatisk liv som hvalfanger, før han slog sig ned i New Zealand, hvor han levede blandt de menneskeædende maorier og giftede sig tre gange med maorikvinder. Den danske journalist Preben Dich er selv draget til New Zealand for at lære Hans Falks historie at kende gennem hans efterkommere, der er stolte over deres danske ophav.

Robbie McLeod has the misfortune to be orphaned at a very young age and is brought up for a while by his heartless uncle. He is also born into a difficult age, being young and idealistic, in Scotland, at the time of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745.

Robbie McLeod has the...

On September 11th 2001 British TV documentary filmmaker Paul Berriff was in New York shooting a series for the Discovery Network. As soon as the first plane hit the World Trade Center he and his team rushed to the scene. Paul was soon alongside the FDNY's Assistant chief Fire Commissioner who was setting up the incident command post immediately below the South Tower. Twenty minutes later the South Tower collapsed on them.

The life of Robert II Furfan de Ros is fascinating. The man did it all, but nobody has heard of him. He marries the king of Scotland's daughter. He goes on the Third Crusade with King Richard the Lionheart and angers the king of Austria during that Crusade, which causes King Richard to be held for ransom. He raises 25 percent of a king's ransom.

Hojae Jin is a senior at Tenafly High School in New Jersey. Kevin Kang is a senior at a high school in Rockland County, New York. David Yun is a senior at Ridgewood High School in New Jersey. This book is crucial for understanding the experiences of Korean-American youth. Listeners will share in joys and sorrows of the Korean immigration experience.

After 13-year-old Hertz endures World War II, he must now survive Berlin’s devastation. With only Father’s violin as comfort, Hertz scrounges for food with his older sister Elsa, best friend Jakub from Poland, and fellow Berliners. Meanwhile, Soviet soldiers police the streets and blockade people from traveling to the American-controlled areas of Berlin.

War has forced Omar and his mother to leave their home in Afghanistan and venture across the sea to Europe. When their boat sinks, and Omar finds himself alone, with no hope of rescue, it seems as if his story has come to an end. But it is only just beginning. Because in the end, a little hope makes a big difference....

When one of their friends is captured and sold into slavery in the land of the Rus, the children of the old chieftain and their comrades decide to risk everything to rescue him. Little do they know what awaits them when they embark on the Viking ship, the Eagle. In addition to the dangers of the sea voyage, they must face the villainy of a traitor, marauding pirates, and robbers, before they end up in a seemingly hopeless situation as slaves in a quarry.

Demetrio è stato incarcerato con la gravissima accusa di far parte di una congiura contro l'Imperatore Nerone, ma per proteggere la sua amica Clelia ha deciso di rinunciare alla propria difesa. La ragazza, infatti, nasconde un segreto che mette in pericolo non solo la sua vita, ma anche quella di molte altre persone.

En este bellísimo relato se narran las aventuras que vive Ulises navegando por el mar Mediterráneo. Enormes tempestades azotan su nave porque el dios del mar, Poseidón, no le quiere nada. Sin embargo, le protege la diosa de la sabiduría, Atenea. Mientras tanto, en su tierra, la isla Ítaca, le están esperando su fiel esposa, Penélope, y su hijo Telémaco, que irá en busca de noticias suyas.

Cook, an 18th-century explorer, lived during a time when humankind was yet naive and inexperienced in terms of understanding their environment. His legacy is quite astounding, given the fact that mankind had only begun to develop instrumentation. The people from Europe had never before seen Hawaii, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, nor crossed the Antarctic circle.

Orphaned in Poland at the age of 13, Tadeusz "Tad" Haska survived World War II on the run, narrowly evading the Nazis every step of the way. After the war, he daringly escaped jail from the Soviet Secret Police, fled to Sweden, and launched an elaborate plan to smuggle his wife in a coffin on an all-male naval ship. Discover how Tad's knowledge of nine languages helped him survive in the face of unspeakable adversity.

Most students know the basic facts about the voyages of Christopher Columbus, but this biography of his life isolates his lesser-known characteristics, such as his boastful nature and obsessive drive to reach the West Indies. It also chronicles the events leading to his eventual fall from grace in the court of Spain.

Revealed are detailed facts about the explorer, his thoughts, and his first impressions of the New World. This is an illuminating audiobook that enlivens a familiar history.