He made a point of going to Mass at a chapel at the Convento dos Santos , a school for aristocratic young ladies , and there he met Dona Felipa Perestrello y Moniz , whom he was to marry . Whatever personal qualities Dona Felipa had to ...
Tim was the 2007 Australian of the Year and the Head of the Australian Climate Commission from 2011-13. textpublishing.com.au 'The Explorers traces the face and searches for the heart of this extraordinarily varied continent which we do not ...
And for every Ross or Cherry-Garrard returning home to fanfare and acclaim, there were a dozen who perished or turned back, done in by the journey despite years of planning and physical preparation. Their loss was cause for despair, ...
The Explorers: Nineteenth Century Expeditions in Africa and the American West
The solitary eagle still was there . I wondered what could have become of Gibson ; he certainly had never come here , and how could he reach the fort without doing so ? I was in such a miserable state of mind and body that I refrained ...
The best-selling co-author of Bill O'Reilly's Killing series traces the divisive effort of adventurers Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke to discover the source of the Nile River, analyzing seven character traits shared by ...
More mystery, more bravery, more danger, and one amazingly reckless rescue await in the second book in the Explorers series! The perfect read for fans of The Name of This Book Is a Secret and The Mysterious Benedict Society! Reader!
A lavishly illustrated celebration of amazing journeys and exhilarating discoveries from the earliest days of seafaring to the first landing on the moon and beyond. This stunning book features more...
More mystery, more bravery, more danger, and one amazingly reckless rescue await in the second book in the Explorers series! The perfect read for fans of The Name of This Book Is Secret and The Mysterious Benedict Society! Reader!
Featuring a mysterious society, a secretive past, and a pig in a teeny hat, this is the first book in a new series for fans of The Name of This Book Is a Secret and The Mysterious Benedict Society.
The Explorersincludes the work of Wills, Giles, Leichhardt, Sturt, Eyre and Mitchell, and a host of other fascinating figures. Here, in one place, is the most remarkable body of non-fiction writing ever produced in Australia.
And there's still an explorer hanging from the edge of a perilous cliff! All this and more in the third book in the Explorers series: The Quest for the Kid. PRAISE FOR THE THE EXPLORERS SERIES: "[A] wildly funny adventure. . .
A shy boy's life is sent spiraling into adventure after a fateful day when he discovers a pig in a small hat and returns it to its home at the mysterious Explorers Club.