Bücher von Renoir

The people we now call Vikings were among the greatest explorers, traders and adventurers the world has ever known.This is the story of one of their greatest. Sigurd Saemundsson, who through a combination of determination, skill and luck - good and bad - travels far beyond the edges of the world as his people knew it. Facing trials of nature, weather, disease, and warriors unlike any they've ever known, Sigurd and his crew leave their mark across the globe on their way into legend.A tale of bravery, determination, love and tragedy, lost to history. Until now.

The lure of gold brought men to Australia from all over the world. The pursuit of gold was harsh, difficult, and ruthless. It was a time of violence and injustice. Life was cheap, the native population was often either the enemy, or simply in the way. But one ragtag group of men from all corners of the globe wanted to be better than that. They got together to fight for a people who couldn't fight for themselves, and found themselves taking on an army.

On April 20, 1979, Brisbane's historic Belle Vue Hotel was demolished. Over the ensuing forty years a treasured small fragment of the hotel has been carried around the surviving hostelries of the city in a celebratory Pub Crawl. Over-indulgent perhaps, but good natured fun, with participants numbering in the hundreds over the years. Eventually, it became a charity fund-raiser. This is an uncertain history of that annual event.

If you die in a dream, do you die for real? It seems like it. John B. and company are in Scotland – home of strong spirits of more than one kind – where someone is using a remarkable power to gain a different sort of power. And what secrets do the three old sisters know?