Overleven op de Everest en de K2: verhalen
Everest and K2two of the most feared and respected peaks in the world. High offers a unique perspective on climbing these two peaks, from early exploration disasters, to the modern tragedies.
Das Lied der Elefanten/Die Herberge zur sechsten Glückseligkeit/Schnee in der Karibik/Gefährliche Wege - bk675; Verlag "Das Beste"; Wilbur Smith/Alan Burgess/Bernard Cornwell/Monica Hughes; Paperback; 1993
het verhaal van Gladys Aylward
Rejected by mission agencies, Englishwoman earns the money to send herself to China. There she opens an inn for mule drivers, serves as "foot inspector," and advises the local Mandarin. But when the Japanese invade, she discovers her true destiny---leading 100 orphans across the mountains to safety.
Ingrid Bergman - winner of three Academy Awards - tells her own story both onstage and off. The book describes her relationships with the characters she knew and worked with, including Selznick, Garbo, Bogart, Gary Cooper and Ingmar Bergman. Above all, she reveals the story of her personal life - her childhood in Sweden, her marriages (including her dramatic and controversial elopement with Roberto Rossellini), and, in more recent years, her battle against cancer. She died in 1982.
Nur einen Berufswunsch hat die junge Engländerin Gladys Aylward: Missionarin in China zu werden. Allen Widerständen zum Trotz und ohne Unterstützung der Missionsgesellschaft tritt sie im Oktober 1930 die abenteuerliche Reise nach Osten an. Wie sie das Misstrauen der Chinesen besiegt, die Achtung des Mandarins und die Liebe eines jungen chinesischen Offiziers erringt, schildert Alan Burgess in diesem Tatsachenbericht, der mit Ingrid Bergman und Curd Jürgens verfilmt wurde.§§
