Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition (Penguin Classics)

The hot international tale of the Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca in his personal wordsThis riveting precise tale is the 1st significant narrative detailing the exploration of North the United States by means of Spanish conquistadors (1528-1536). the writer, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, used to be a fortune-seeking Spanish nobleman and the treasurer of an excursion despatched to say for Spain an unlimited sector of brand new southern usa.

African Wanderlust

In 1962 on the top of the Cuban missile difficulty, a tender Canadian tv author and his artist buddy have been prowling the docks in Montreal looking for a munitions send headed for blockaded Cuba. Their target was once to join up as crewmen, as a primary step of their deliberate trip of event world wide.

Unplugged From The Norm

Raised throughout the hippie period, Anne Spring had an inborn wish to be unfastened to event existence and the wonders of what she gave the impression to be God's production as she observed healthy, loose from the shackles of a nine to five activity simply to continue to exist. She observed Jesus for what He used to be: a long-haired hippie in sandals who rebelled opposed to the procedure of His day whereas loving the outcasts and the sinners.

Farewell to a Queen: The Mysterious Sinking of the Pride of BC Ferries

Almost immediately after hour of darkness on March 22, 2006, passengers aboard the Canadian ferry Queen of the North have been flung from their beds because the vessel crashed right into a rocky island. Evacuated into lifestyles rafts, many have been rescued through heroic Gitga'at First countries humans in fishing boats. passengers have been by no means discovered.